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Senior Advanced Research Computing Systems Administrator - (990163.1)

University of Victoria
Victoria, BC

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Job details

Full-time

Skills

Elasticsearch
System administration
Computer Science
Kubernetes
Ansible
Git
Bash (Unix shell)
OpenStack
Docker
Bachelor's
SVN
Distributed systems
Virtualization
Terraform
Perl
Scripting
Cloud computing
Puppet
Linux
Communication skills
Python
IaaS
High availability

Full job description

Organizational Unit

University of Victoria -> VP Finance and Operations -> University Systems

Location

University of Victoria - Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2 CA (Primary)

Posting Close Date

Ongoing until filled

Please note that positions will close at 4 p.m. on the closing date.

FTE

Salary Grade

Additional Posting Information

N/A

Salary posted will be pro-rated based on FTE and achieved as per the collective agreement, if applicable.

Classification

SG15

Start Date

6/1/2026

End Date

6/1/2028

Employee Group:

PEA - Term

# of Hires Needed

Category

Computers, Hardware, Computers, Software, Information Technology, Science

About this Opportunity

Research Computing Services is currently looking to fill a vacancy on our team with a strong focus on supporting our on-premise cloud systems. We operate OpenStack as our IaaS cloud platform, with multiple deployments including the Arbutus Cloud - Canada's largest research cloud service, operated in partnership with the Digital Research Alliance of Canada. We also operate a number of Kubernetes clusters both within OpenStack and on bare metal, including large deployments serving national and international research projects in physics and astronomy.

RCS is looking for candidates with experience in administrating large scale self-hosted cloud compute environments, with particular focus on OpenStack, Kubernetes, and/or Ceph. This position will also have the opportunity to work on other exciting technologies like Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, IBM Spectrum Protect, and more.

We are looking for motivated individuals that want to be part of a collaborative team supporting Research Computing. From racking the bare metal all the way up to orchestrating complex distributed systems, from design and architecture through implementation and ongoing operations, our team does it all - providing UVic and Canadian researchers with the computing capabilities they need to stay at the leading edge of research.

Reporting to the Manager and Architect of Advanced Research Computing Infrastructure, the Senior Advanced Research Computing Systems Administrator works as part of a team to design, build, and ensure the operational effectiveness of the university's research servers and storage. Members of this team maintain systems critical to many research groups on-campus and beyond, including web servers and database servers, and large, high-performance research computing systems (HPC), cloud infrastructure and container orchestration used by researchers both at UVic, from institutions across the country, and with international collaborations.

*This position is eligible for a hybrid flex arrangement*

The salary range for this position is:

Recruitment range: $96,850 to $106,796. Starting salary is determined in accordance with the PEA Collective Agreement.

• Performance range: Up to $125,997. Progression beyond the recruitment range is available through annual performance increases, in accordance with the PEA Collective Agreement.

Job Summary

Mandate:
Reporting to the Manager and Architect of Advanced Research Computing Infrastructure, the Senior Advanced Research Computing Systems Administrator works as part of a team to design, build, and ensure the operational effectiveness of the university’s research servers and storage. Members of this team maintain systems critical to many research groups on-campus and beyond, including web servers and database servers, and large, high-performance research computing systems (HPC),cloud infrastructure and container orchestration used by researchers both at UVic, from institutions across the country, and with international collaborations. These systems are required to be in operation 24 hours per day, 365 days of the year and decisions regarding these systems can impact UVic’s obligations to other parties beyond the institution.

Objectives:
The Senior Advanced Research Computing System Administrator’s work includes the design, installation, configuration, and maintenance of hardware and software, problem determination/resolution, resource allocation, performance and security monitoring, and usage reporting.

Each position has specialized areas of expertise in multiple domains storage technologies such as Ceph, dCache, GPFs, Lustre and IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM); deployment technologies like, xCAT, Cobbler, Ansible, Puppet, and Terraform; and compute/virtualization technologies such as Kubernetes, OpenStack; HPC Schedulers such as SLURM, HTCondor, Moab; and Systems Monitoring. The specific technologies that are leveraged in this role will change over time and this position has the responsibility to help guide the decision on how future technologies are selected and deployed.

This position requires the incumbent to have significant problem solving skills to analyze and correct software and hardware problems and to automate administration tasks. This includes unanticipated and unique problem solutions where the incumbent may be the sole expert in the area. The incumbent also must possess effective communications skills in order to provide technical assistance and advice to peers and the user community, as well as inform user areas on the impact and implications of system failures, maintenance, and cyber security incidents. This role leads project teams and provides recommendations on the university’s server and storage infrastructure.

System maintenance is usually required to be performed off-hours and major issues are responded to on a 24/7 basis.

This role may need to work outside of normal work hours on an emergency or pre-scheduled basis. The role may need to travel out of town/country.

Job Requirements

This position requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or other relevant discipline plus at least five years of experience in system administration in a large enterprise or academic/research environment. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Required knowledge, skills, and abilities include:

Expert knowledge of RedHat Enterprise Linux and/or derivatives (eg AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, etc)
In-depth experience installing and operating of at least one of OpenStack, Kubernetes, or Ceph
In-depth experience with scripting and revision control (e.g. Bash, PERL and Python, Git or Subversion)
Working knowledge of provisioning and configuration management tools (e.g. Ansible, Terraform, xCAT, Cobbler)
Experience supporting cloud computing and/or containerized environments
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Ability to build and maintain productive working relationships with all stakeholders
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
Proven track record achieving project goals on time and produce deliverables of a high quality
High degree of attention to detail is required, as is the ability to understand complex technical concepts and the need to maintain broad and in-depth technical knowledge of all aspects of servers and server operating systems.
High level of problem solving abilities; must be able to effectively identify and resolve unusual and highly complex technical problems.
Ability to effectively manage multiple tasks and priorities and work under pressure to meet time sensitive and mission critical deadlines in a complex environment.
Ability to take initiative and work with limited direction.
Ability to mentor and coach technical staff and teams, and act as a resource.
Ability to successfully contribute to complex projects: developing project work plans; monitoring and directing the activities of a project team.
Excellent written and oral communications skills.
Ability to collaborate, build and maintain positive relationships with diverse individuals and work effectively in a team environment.
Commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive and respectful working and learning environment.

Assets or Preferences:

Working knowledge of Load Balancers and HA environments
Experience supporting HPC environments
Experience supporting compute and/or storage systems in a research or academic setting
Experience participating with and contributing to open-source software projects
Working knowledge of GPU acceleration of computational workloads, preferably in a virtualized environment
Working knowledge of KVM/QEMU virtualization, ContainerD or Docker container runtimes, and Calico, Linuxbridge, or OpenVSwitch virtual networking

Territory Acknowledgement: We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and WSÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Equity Statement: UVic is committed to upholding the values of equity, diversity, inclusion and human rights in our living, learning and work environments. In pursuit of our values, we seek members who are eager to actively participate in that shared responsibility. We actively encourage applications from members of historically and systemically marginalized groups.

Read our full equity statement here: www.uvic.ca/equitystatement.

Accessibility Statement: If you anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application and hiring process contact: [email protected] Any personal information provided will be maintained in confidence.

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