Senior System Administrator

Stony Brook University•Stony Brook, NY

37d•$65,000 - $120,000

About The Position

The Assistant System Administrator will automate departmental infrastructure, support private-cloud and container environments, maintain faculty-developed tools, and provide technical support for instructional and research computing. Appointment level will be based on the candidate's education and experience as outlined above. The System Administrator will automate departmental infrastructure, support private-cloud and container environments, maintain faculty-developed tools, and provide technical support for instructional and research computing. Appointment level will be based on the candidate's education and experience as outlined above. The Senior System Administrator will automate departmental infrastructure, support private-cloud and container environments, maintain faculty-developed tools, and provide technical support for instructional and research computing. Appointment level will be based on the candidate's education and experience as outlined above.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree (foreign equivalent or higher) in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a closely related field. In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, four [4] years of directly related full time experience, or a combination of education and experience totaling four [4] full-time years may be considered.
Two (2) years of full-time directly related programming or systems-administration experience.
Bachelor's degree (foreign equivalent or higher) in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a closely related field. In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, four [4] years of directly related full time experience, or a combination of education and experience totaling four [4] full-time years may be considered.
Three (3) years of full-time directly related programming or systems-administration experience.
Bachelor's degree (foreign equivalent or higher) Computer Science, Information Systems, or a closely related field. In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, four [4] years of directly related full time experience, or a combination of education and experience totaling four [4] full-time years may be considered.
Four (4) years of full-time progressively responsible, directly related experience that includes project-lead or supervisory duties.

Nice To Haves

Beginner level of experience with the following: Linux system-administration, scripting/application development skills, OpenStack, Ansible/Terraform, container technologies, GPU/AI software stacks, and research-computing workflows.
Additional years of progressively responsible, directly related experience.
Intermediate level of experience with the following: Linux system-administration, scripting/application development skills, OpenStack, Ansible/Terraform, container technologies, GPU/AI software stacks, and research-computing workflows.
Additional years of progressively responsible, directly related experience.
Advanced level of experience with the following: Linux system-administration, scripting/application development skills, OpenStack, Ansible/Terraform, container technologies, GPU/AI software stacks, and research-computing workflows.
Additional years of progressively responsible, directly related experience.

Responsibilities

Support and maintain Linux-based systems used across research and teaching environments
Provide user support and environment configuration for AI/ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, Jupyter)
Maintain automation using Ansible, Terraform, and scripting (Python/Bash)
Maintain and extend custom internal web applications to support departmental workflows (JavaScript, Python, Perl)
Deploy and support containerized environments (e.g., Docker, Singularity) for teaching/research workloads
Support and optimize Slurm job scheduling across GPU nodes (DGX/HGX, multi-GPU servers)
Monitor infrastructure health and usage using tools such as Zabbix, Prometheus, and Grafana
Work collaboratively with faculty, researchers, and staff to assess needs and deliver scalable, maintainable solutions
Other duties or projects assigned as appropriate to rank and department mission.
Design and implement enhancements for the departmental private-cloud infrastructure.
Serve as primary administrator for major subsystems (e.g., storage, backup, virtualization cluster)
Develop and maintain automation using Ansible, Terraform, and scripting (Python/Bash)
Supervise and evaluate work-study assistants providing help-desk and development support
Architect and lead major infrastructure upgrade projects and migrations, including capacity planning and security reviews.
Participate in departmental IT governance, and security reviews.
Other duties or projects assigned as appropriate to rank and department mission.
Advise research groups on workflow optimization and cost-effective resource utilization.
Guide adoption of new technologies
Develop and enforce departmental standards for infrastructure-as-code, observability, and security compliance
Lead departmental IT policy development and risk assessment initiatives.
Serve as a Senior administrator for Linux-based systems used across research and teaching environments.
Liaise with campus IT and external vendors on service agreements, procurement, and budget planning
Other duties or projects assigned as appropriate to rank and department mission.