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Oakland University

Linux Systems Administrator

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Rochester, MI

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $82K

💻 Administrator

🗓️ July 17th, 2025

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Edtech.com's Summary

Oakland University is hiring a Linux Systems Administrator. The role involves managing and maintaining the university’s High-Performance Research computing environment and parts of the Enterprise server infrastructure to support scientific research in various disciplines. The administrator performs system upgrades, implements new solutions, ensures security, and collaborates on enterprise-wide projects to keep systems current and operational.

Highlights
  • Manage and support High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters and enterprise Linux servers.
  • Perform system upgrades, enhancements, and problem-solving within a collaborative technical team.
  • Requires advanced knowledge of Linux services, networking, filesystems, and cluster administration.
  • Experience with software compilation, configuration management, network file systems (NFSv4), and HPC job scheduling (e.g., SLURM) is preferred.
  • Familiarity with Red Hat technologies, containerization (Docker, Singularity), virtualization (VMware), and cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) is desired.
  • Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field plus four years of relevant experience.
  • Salary is $82,000 annually with a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare, retirement contributions, and tuition assistance.
  • Supports academic research in chemistry, physics, biology, data science, and informatics.
  • Requires Michigan residency and occasional schedule flexibility for maintenance windows.
  • Work-from-home option available with expectation to be on campus within 1 to 1.5 hours if needed.