Senior Linux System Administrator

Location: US - MD, Aberdeen

Remote Type: Office

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for a talented Linux Systems Administrator to join a tight-knit team keeping powerful, large-scale HPC systems healthy and secure. Your work will help enable cutting-edge research, AI/ML workloads, and production science. If you love working close to the metal, solving hard problems, and learning technologies most admins never touch, this is your type of environment.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Perform day-to-day administration on multiple HPC clusters, including installation, configuration, provisioning, tuning, and troubleshooting.
• Apply and maintain security hardening (e.g., DISA STIGs) and patching to support compliance and accreditation activities.
• Perform physical hardware tasks such as replacing failed components (e.g., drives, memory, NICs, cables).
• Work as part of an on-site system administration team supporting research, development, and production HPC environments.
• Work with customers to resolved issues related to the HPC clusters and the services they run. 

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Hands-on Linux systems administration experience (RHEL/Rocky/SLES).
• Working knowledge of HPC concepts and/or willingness to learn (clusters, schedulers, parallel/shared filesystems, high-speed interconnects).
• Proficiency with scripting and automation using Bash, Python or other technologies.
• Strong troubleshooting fundamentals with hands-on hardware replacement.
• The ability to work on-site and collaborate within a system administration team.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Experience with job schedulers such as Slurm or PBS.
• Experience with HPC cluster managers (e.g., Warewulf, HP CM, xCAT, or Bright).
• Experience with parallel/shared filesystems (e.g., Lustre, WEKA, or DDN).
• Experience with high-speed interconnects (e.g., InfiniBand or Slingshot).
• Experience administering GPU-based platforms, including NVIDIA GPUs and CUDA.
• Experience implementing monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
• Container experience (Apptainer/Singularity, Podman, or Docker).
• Exposure to Cloud and/or Kubernetes is a plus.

Education and Experience:

• BS or MS degree in computer science or engineering, or equivalent experience

• At least 8 years of directly related experience

• Linux+ certification (or equivalent)

• Security+ certification (or equivalent)

• Top Secret clearance

Security Clearance Requirement:

An active Top Secret security clearance is required for this position.​

This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.

The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.

Salary Range: $134,100.00 - $241,400.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!

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