Desired Skills and Experience

  • Configuration, installation and maintenance of HPC system stacks (operating system, network, software)
  • Ownership and maintenance of HPC scheduling software (eg: Slurm) across heterogeneous clusters/environments
  • Contribution to HPC user support
  • Liaison with 3rd party support vendors
  • Participation in the building and delivery of HPC infrastructure components and IT services
  • Experience with operating and supporting large scale HPC clusters
  • Experience with InfiniBand, Omnipath, 40/10GbE fabrics
  • Experience working with core network infrastructure (Cisco Nexus/Catalyst)
  • Experience in administrating, optimizing and troubleshooting parallel file systems (eg: GPFS)
  • Track record of operating production services in a dynamic environment
  • Experience with configuration management tools (eg: puppet, ansible)
  • Exposure to cloud computing infrastructure
  • Proficient in scripting languages (e.g. Python, Ruby, Perl, shell)
  • Bachelor or Master degree in computer science or similar
  • Experience working in a collaborative and multi-cultural environment
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, written and oral
  • Fast learner, eager to expand his/her domains of expertise
  • Proven ability to work both independently and in team-based environments
  • Fluent communication in English (written and spoken)
  • A world-recognized leader in simulation-based research in neuroscience.
  • A dynamic, multidisciplinary, international and collaborative working environment committed to benefitting the global community
  • A modern working environment, based at the Biotech Campus in Geneva Sécheron