Research HPC Systems Administrator

🇺🇸 Las Cruces, NM 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $67K - $67K 💻 Information Technology 🗓️ July 24th, 2026

Docker Terraform Ansible

Edtech.com's Summary

New Mexico State University is hiring a Research HPC Systems Administrator. The role involves managing and optimizing the university's high-performance computing cluster, supporting researchers with complex computational challenges, and ensuring system security and performance using automation tools and parallel file systems.

Highlights

Administer and optimize HPC cluster including compute and login nodes, storage, and networking.
Manage Slurm workload manager configuration, troubleshooting, and user support.
Maintain parallel file systems (PanFS) ensuring reliability and data integrity.
Perform software installation and environment management with tools like modules, conda, Spack.
Apply system and security updates using automation tools such as Ansible, Puppet, and Terraform.
Develop documentation and training to assist researchers in effective cluster use.
Support containerized workloads with Singularity/Apptainer and Docker.
Ensure system security, compliance, backups, monitoring, and best practices in data protection.
Bachelor's degree plus 7 years experience or Associate's plus 9 years, Master's preferred.
Salary starting at $67,161.67, adjusted for experience.