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Academic Systems Administrator
Milwaukee, WI
Job Description
Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) invites applications for a full-time Academic Systems Administrator to join our Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) department. The Academic Systems Administrator will provide engineering and administration support for EECS academic computing systems including the daily operation of a small to medium-sized GPU-based high-performance computing (HPC) cluster. They will be responsible for assisting faculty, students, staff, and MSOE partners with running and troubleshooting HPC workloads, developing and delivering training, and planning for growth of the system. They will also teach one to two courses per term. Successful candidates will identify, engage, and support the needs of faculty, students, staff, and MSOE partners to support a variety of academic and research workloads.
Essential Job Functions
Other Duties and Responsibilities
This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management may deem necessary from time to time.
Qualifications
The above statements reflect the general details necessary to describe the principle functions of the occupation described and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the occupation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Job Code: 222
Essential Job Functions
- Day-to-day operations of EECS academic computing systems including administering and monitoring
- Working with EECS chair to ensure that the computing needs of faculty and students are being met
- Installing, testing, and maintaining software applications on EECS academic computing systems
- Configuring and monitoring of scheduling and queuing systems
- Teach one to two computer science or software engineering courses each term
- Documenting system administration procedures for routine and complex tasks
- Developing and delivering training materials related to running and monitoring workloads for users
- Creating, administering, archiving, and deleting user accounts (~500), user groups and storage systems
- Creating, clearly communicating, and enforcing policies and procedures
- Leveraging and developing automation tools where valuable and appropriate
- Providing reactive support and excellent customer service to all students, faculty, and staff
- Working closely with campus Information Technology department
Other Duties and Responsibilities
- Communicate with MSOE faculty, staff, and students in all departments and external community regarding applications of HPC
This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management may deem necessary from time to time.
Qualifications
- Master's degree in computer science or a related field with two years of professional experience preferred.
- Ability to teach core computer science topics.
- Ability to install, configure, and maintain enterprise Linux systems.
- Ability to configure and manage network attached storage systems and networks.
- Ability to manage and troubleshoot high performance network equipment.
- Experience with application and systems programming languages such as Python, Java, or Javascript.
- Strong understanding of open source and commercial database systems.
- Experience with identity management technology such as LDAP, Kerberos, etc.
- Ability to manage the full stack (datacenter rack equipment, server hardware, OS, network, and security) of multi-tenant Linux-based systems both individually and within a team environment.
- Ability to read and interpret technical documentation such as coding libraries, technical manuals, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to write routine reports, correspondence, and scripts.
- Ability to create detailed technical documentation.
- Ability to speak effectively before employees and constituents of MSOE.
- Ability to communicate in both written and verbal form.
- Ability to use numbers to solve problems involving concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
- Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions.
- Ability to apply complex problem-solving techniques to a variety of situations.
- While performing the duties of this job the employee is largely sedentary, the ability to move is required. The employee is occasionally required to traverse within their work area as well as other areas on campus. Ability to lift 35 lbs.
- This job operates in a professional office environment. This role uses standard office equipment, including but not limited to computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.
The above statements reflect the general details necessary to describe the principle functions of the occupation described and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the occupation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Job Code: 222
Job Summary
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Work Hours (i.e. shift)
M-F, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Required Education
Master's Degree
Required Experience
2+ years
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