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Rutgers University

System Admin III

🇺🇸 Newark, NJ

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $85K - $122K

💻 Information Technology

🗓️ July 4th, 2025

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Edtech.com's Summary

Rutgers University is hiring a System Admin III for the Office of Advanced Research Computing (OARC). The role involves managing and supporting the university's high performance computing (HPC), high-throughput computing (HTC), and data-intensive computing environments, including system administration, performance analysis, onboarding new systems, and collaborating with the research community to meet computational research needs.

Highlights

  • Supports and manages Advanced Research Computing infrastructure including HPC, HTC, and data-intensive computing.
  • Administers HPC services in a multiuser environment and manages end-user accounts using queuing software.
  • Assists with installation, expansion, and performance optimization of operating systems and HPC systems.
  • Participates in on-call rotation and assists with system recovery to minimize data loss.
  • Develops training materials and user education for internal and external stakeholders.
  • Requires familiarity with Linux configuration management tools like Ansible and Puppet.
  • Technical skills include virtualization, cloud technologies, batch cluster resource management (Slurm), monitoring tools (Nagios, Ganglia, Elasticsearch), Linux cluster hardware support, and networking management.
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering preferred, with four years relevant experience including three years in HPC and Linux cluster support.
  • Salary range: $84,829 to $121,574 with a maximum budgeted salary of $119,659.
  • Operates within Rutgers’ Office of Advanced Research Computing, serving diverse research groups and campuses, with adherence to university compliance standards.