FSL Linux Systems Administrator (ADV000BAP)

CGI Group Inc.•Houston, TX

67d•$78,400 - $154,300

About The Position

Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we need you! We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASA's pursuits in deep space exploration. As NASA's largest engineering solutions provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States. We have an exciting opportunity for a FSL Linux Systems Administrator to join the team with Nexus, a teammate company. This position is located in USA TX Houston -- USATXHOU01. Your future duties and responsibilities: This position, working on the Amentum JETS contract, will support the Flight Sciences Laboratory (FSL). The FSL is one of JSC's primary computing labs and hosts a wide variety of analyses, which support almost all the major programs at JSC including the International Space Station (ISS), Orion, Space Launch System (SLS), Commercial Crew Program, Lunar Gateway, Human Landing System (HLS), and many others. The FSL systems are currently comprised of over 900 machines, 25,000 cores and 3 PB of storage, which serve over 600 users. In this position you will be working with a team of Systems Administrators to build and maintain all FSL services. This can include HPC administration, high-end Linux workstation administration, high-speed networking, parallel file system administration, and more. The FSL System Administration Team is critical in supporting the FSL users in effectively utilizing the systems. The team's day to day tasks include investigating system problems, proactively monitoring system health, and working with FSL lab users to make sure they can support the NASA human spaceflight mission. Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

Typically requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent certification in a related area and a minimum of 5 years of experience in the field or in a related area.
Utilizing a Linux OS - We utilize a Red Hat-based OS, but if your experience is with a different Linux OS that is fine.
Demonstrated problem-solving experience.
Demonstrated task planning, and effective communication skills.
Demonstrated experience assisting others with IT-related issues.
Experience working in a team environment.

Nice To Haves

1 year in any IT-related field.
Familiarity with any of the following is preferred but not required for the position:- RedHat-based systems
IT Service Desk Support
Configuration management software (ansible, puppet)
Lustre Parallel Filesystems
InfiniBand
Containerization using Singularity or similar technology
Monitoring and alerting
SLURM resource manager
SPACK software manager
Log consolidation and monitoring
Git/Gitlab and software development (CI/CD)
Johnson Space Center campus network
NASA security mechanisms (security plans, POAMs, ATOs, Risk Assessments)