Engineering Scientist

The University of Texas at Austin•Dallas, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin is one of the leading supercomputing centers in the world, supporting advances in computational research by thousands of researchers and students. TACC staff help researchers and educators use advanced computing, visualization, and storage technologies effectively, and conduct research and development to make these technologies more powerful, more reliable, and easier to use. TACC staff also educate and train the next generation of researchers, empowering them to make discoveries that advance knowledge and change the world. This position plays a central role in LEARN’s network operations center (NOC) strategy and the development of future above‑the‑network services. This position supports the design, deployment, and ongoing operation of all Linux‑based and cyberinfrastructure environments.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree + 6 years of direct work experience in architectural design and deployment of Linux-based solutions.
Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools
Experience with security analysis, virtualization, computer networking
Experience with system automation software, particularly Ansible and Red Hat Satellite
Experience with maintaining HPC systems.
Advanced experience with monitoring and metric systems
Experience with architecture, provisioning, and maintenance of Linux based Databases, application servers, and Web servers.
Understanding of OS vulnerabilities and patching, third party application vulnerabilities and patching
Advanced troubleshooting methodology and awareness of industry standards
Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Nice To Haves

Advanced understanding of WAN (Wide Area Network) technologies
Understanding of highly available cloud service deployments
Understanding of software containerization
Experience working in higher education
Advanced understanding of Linux operating systems internals.
Proficiency in MS Office skills including Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio
Ability to build collaborative working relationships with various internal and external stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to adapt to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines through strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, paired with excellent organizational capabilities and a proven track record of delivering projects on time and within budget.
Demonstrated strength in technical problem‑solving, supported by excellent interpersonal and customer‑relationship skills, with a proven ability to resolve conflicts and issues effectively.

Responsibilities

Lead the provisioning, deploying, administering, monitoring, maintaining, troubleshooting, upgrading, and patching of Linux-based server infrastructure resources and services.
Deploy Linux server hardening skills to reduce the surface of vulnerability, such as host-based firewall ACLs, removal of unnecessary protocols and services, strong patch management and secured remote access via ssh keys.
Document complex processes, procedures, system configurations and specifications.
Independently and collaboratively coalesce design specifications; manage and develop stable, best practice, environment specific enterprise class solutions.
Support infrastructure services such as DNS/DHCP, IPAM, RADIUS/LDAP, SNMP, system monitoring, system log monitoring and analysis.
Develop and maintain shell scripts and Ansible, Python, PHP, or C/C++ code.
Conduct research into technology problems and have direct interaction with technology vendors.
Mentor and train junior engineers.
Provide project planning, implementation and successful execution of projects including technical design, and detailed documentation.
Isolate and diagnose root causes of hardware and software issues and act on a plan of action for timely problem resolution.
Exhibit strong analytical, interpersonal and communication skills with the capability to acquire, retain and leverage advanced technical competencies.