Senior Systems Cloud Platform Engineer

The Computing, Environment, and Life Sciences (CELS) Systems Group is dedicated to empowering scientific discovery through innovative IT solutions. Our mission is to create a world-class computing environment that supports groundbreaking research and collaboration. By joining our team, you'll contribute to transformative projects, tackle complex challenges, and work alongside passionate colleagues in an inclusive, customer-focused culture.

Our group will be implementing a NextGen platform to build a private cloud through OpenStack to make these services available to our research staff.  We are looking for an experienced Cloud Engineer to be a key partner in building this environment and mentor our staff on the new technologies.

In this role, as a member of the Research Computing team in the CELS Systems group, you can expect to:

• Research, develop, integrate, and administer next-generation platforms, including OpenStack, Ceph, Kubernetes, and public cloud resources in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Participate in the technical operation and support of CELS computing infrastructure and high-performance computing (HPC) facilities to enhance the productivity of scientific, administrative, and research colleagues.
• Experience opportunities to learn from industry leaders, gain exposure to cutting-edge technologies, and grow your expertise in managing hybrid computing environments and advanced infrastructure solutions.
• Aid in cultivating a customer-centric culture by leveraging customer feedback to drive continuous improvement and innovation.
• Collaborate with colleagues and customers using Agile Scrum for project management and ITIL for IT service and operations management.
• Lead infrastructure design initiatives for scalable, reliable, and secure systems while ensuring comprehensive design solutions align with business and technical requirements.

This position requires a hybrid schedule, blending on-site and remote work; on-site presence will be required at the Argonne campus in Lemont, Illinois 3+ days each week.

Position Requirements

• Proficiency in Linux systems administration and scripting (e.g., Python).
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform in private and public clouds (AWS, GCP).
• Skilled in Ansible for configuration management, including developing roles, modules, and templating with YAML, JSON, and Jinja2.
• Experience with developing CI/CD workflows for automating deployments in both IaC and software development contexts.
• Expertise in containerization (Kubernetes and/or Docker) and virtualization technologies (OpenStack and/or VMware).
• Familiarity with debugging tools (e.g., strace) and performance tuning in HPC environments.
• Ability to specify, design, and implement hardware components/systems.
• Ability to understand the architecture of high-performance computing (HPC) systems, with the ability to design, engineer, manage, and troubleshoot these environments.
• Provision, configure, and ensure database reliability and automate routine administration tasks and monitor database load, performance, and security metrics.
• Propose and implement secure configuration practices for Configuration Items (CIs).
• Develop tools (including automation) for CI tracking and management, ensuring accuracy and completeness and report on configuration status and recommend corrective actions as needed.
• Develop and document solution architectures, evaluating trade-offs in cost, performance, and scalability and align solutions with enterprise and solution architecture standards, ensuring security compliance.
• Investigate and resolve system and service problems, identifying preventative measures and support problem management by analyzing patterns and trends to refine processes.
• Define and manage medium-scale projects, ensuring alignment with governance and business priorities while monitoring project metrics, ensuring deliverables meet agreed standards, budgets, and timelines.
• Monitor multi-channel service delivery, analyzing performance metrics to identify trends to enhance customer experiences by recommending and implementing process improvements.
• Demonstrated ability to model Argonne's core values: impact, safety, respect, teamwork, and integrity.
• To perform the essential functions of this position successful applicants must provide proof of U.S. citizenship, which is required to comply with federal regulations and contract.

This position can be hired at one of two levels (PT3 or PT4), and the minimum requirements for each are as follows: 

• PT3: Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of experience, or a Master's degree and 2+ years of experience, or equivalent 
• PT4: Bachelor's degree and 6+  years of experience, or a Master's degree and 4+ years of experience, or equivalent 

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