System Programmer/Administrator III (High Performance and Research Computing)

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Piscataway, NJ

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $106K - $153K

💻 Information Technology

🗓️ November 7th, 2025

Jupyter Python

Edtech.com's Summary

Rutgers University is hiring a System Programmer/Administrator III (High Performance and Research Computing). The role involves engineering, administering, and managing Linux-based research computing platforms for high-performance clusters. Responsibilities include system hardening, monitoring, patching, ensuring service stability and availability, automating operations, troubleshooting complex incidents, and supporting university data center environments.

Highlights

Engineer, administer, and manage Linux-based HPC systems and related services.
Harden and secure systems, perform monitoring, patching, and upgrades.
Ensure stability, performance, and high availability of compute, scheduler, storage, networking, and software layers.
Develop automation to support repeatable operations.
Troubleshoot complex technical incidents within the research computing infrastructure.
Collaborate with peer platform teams across university data centers and edge locations for resilient, scalable service delivery.
Required knowledge includes Linux HPC system administration, cluster job schedulers, parallel storage, high-speed interconnects, scripting/programming languages, configuration management, and cybersecurity.
Experience with scientific software such as Python, R, Julia, Fortran, SAS, MATLAB, Stata, SPSS, and tools like Jupyter, Git, Conda, and RStudio.
Minimum qualification: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field plus five years relevant experience, or equivalent combination.
Salary range: $106,113 to $152,927 annually, with a midpoint of $128,245.
Department: Office of Information Technology, Enterprise Infrastructure and Service Delivery, Platform Research Systems group.