System engineer position

[Annette Bildøy]

System engineer at the High Performance Computing Laboratory/BCCS

A three-year position, with the possibility for an extension, as a system 
engineer is immediately available at Unifob AS, Bergen Center for 
Computational  Sciences (BCCS) within the High Performance Computing 
Laboratory (Para//ab). The center operates the High Performance Computing 
facilities of the University of Bergen and is related to computational 
sciences in Biology and Environmental Sciences.
The team of system engineers at Para//ab is concerned with installation, 
implementation and maintenance of the High Performance Computing facilities, 
grid related tasks as well as a pool of PCs. The High Performance Computing 
facilities currently comprise a SMP-machine, two compute-clusters as well as 
disk- and tape storage. The grid activities are related to the 
compute-clusters and storage facilities and provide corresponding services. 
The pool of PCs comprises about 50 Linux and Windows machines. The team 
currently consists of four engineers.
The new position is related to the grid activities of the group. The new 
system engineer will be concerned with the operation and support of the 
compute clusters, the storage facilities as well as the grid services. His 
or her work will be closely related to the work of the whole team.
We expect enthusiasm and independence as well as the ability to work in a 
team environment. The candidate should have experience within UNIX/Linux 
system administration - including knowledge of networks, firewalls, security 
and performance optimization. Knowledge and experience within programming, 
cluster management software and storage infrastructure will be considered a 
plus. Good knowledge in English is  required.

The candidate must hold a masters or college degree, or equivalent higher 
education. Extensive relevant experience may be considered in place of 
higher education. Women in particular are invited to apply.
Please send detailed overview of educational achievements and previous 
practice (CV),  letter of motivation and contact information of two 
references to HR Manager Hilde.Solvberg at bccs.uib.no with cc to Group Leader 
of Parallab,  Professor Klaus Johannsen (klaus.johannsen at bccs.uib.no). For 
more information about Parallab and BCCS, please refer to 
http://www.bccs.uib.no/ or contact Klaus Johannsen.

The position remains open until a successful candidate is found.


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Annette Bildøy
Project Secretary

Unifob AS (University of Bergen research company)
Bergen Center for Computational Science
Thormøhlensgt.55
5008 Bergen
Norway

Ph: +47 55 58 41 70 / Fax: +47 55 58 42 95

E-mail: annette.bildoy at bccs.uib.no

Web: http://bccs.unifob.no/