Linux Systems Administrator

The Research Systems Engineer within the Data Science Platform will contribute to the implementation of Garvan’s research computing strategy. The aim of the strategy is to future-proof Garvan’s research storage and compute platforms to facilitate the analysis, storage and processing of large massive genomic datasets.

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Research Systems Engineer will work closely with Garvan researchers to support and optimise their computational pipelines and data workflows on HPC and cloud systems. In addition to service monitoring and reporting, the Research Systems Engineer will manage the current on-premises infrastructure, help Garvan research teams migrate their HPC workflows and data to Australia’s National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) and commercial clouds and contribute to Garvan’s hybrid storage and compute roadmap.

This role will involve close collaboration with stakeholders from different research groups at Garvan and from our partner organisations, such as NCI, as well as cloud service providers.

Salary: up to $135,000 +11% super + salary packaging

Employment Type: 2-year full time term contract

SNAPSHOT OF BENEFITS

• Generous salary packaging to save you income tax on your wages thereby boosting your monthly take home pay (max. $15,900 general expenses + $2,650 meals/accom)

• Ample opportunities for on-going training and development

• Stimulating, diverse and highly international research environment

• Flexible work arrangements e.g. start / finish times

• 18 weeks paid parental leave for both parents including paid superannuation

• A range of additional leave types to meet your personal needs including cultural leave, conference leave, community service and study leave

• Discounted Health Insurance

• Lifestyle discounts with our community partners

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Engage research teams to understand their needs and provide expert advice on the use of HPC and cloud services for genomic research and data storage.

• Design, implement, document and deploy service monitoring and reporting tools.

• Maintain the existing on-premises HPC infrastructure.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop and optimise genomic pipelines and data workflows using HPC and cloud resources.

• Enable data- and compute-intensive workflows by leveraging services provided by cloud service providers and National Computational Infrastructure     .

• Develop training materials and user documentation.

• Contribute to the development of onboarding and offboarding materials.

• Contribute to training workshops, including content delivery as well as workshop support.

• Contribute to the Data Science Platform Helpdesk.

• Other duties as required.

ABOUT YOU

• Experience in using HPC and/or cloud services for scientific research.

• Experience in providing HPC and/or cloud computing support, such as batch job processing and parallel data transfers.

• Experience in scientific software installation in HPC and cloud environments.

• Experience in Linux system administration and scripting (e.g. Shell and Python).

• Experience in authoring user documentation and training materials.

• Excellent written and oral communication, representation and interpersonal skills essential for interaction with internal and external stakeholders.

Desirable

• Experience in creating containers (e.g. Docker and/or Singularity) for reproducible workflows.

• Experience in optimising HPC workflows.

• Experience in VMware vSphere management.

ABOUT GARVAN

The Garvan Institute of Medical Research is an independent Medical Research Institute (MRI) in Sydney, delivering scientific and clinical impact on a global basis and in partnership with organisations that share our vision. We are proud to be one of Australia’s largest and most highly regarded MRI’s.

Our vision is global leadership in discoveries to impact and our enduring purpose is to impact human health, by harnessing information encoded in our genome.

We seek to see our world-class discovery research achieve life-changing impacts, not only for individual patients with rare diseases, but for the many thousands affected by complex, common disease.

Garvan promotes a diverse workplace and is committed to the principles of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging. We are always looking for culture ‘add’, not culture ‘fit’ and are building diverse teams with great sets of complementary styles and skills to help deliver our important work effectively.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply for this position, please submit your application with a CV and cover letter as one document, stating why you are interested in this role. If you think you’re the right person for this role, we’d love to hear how your capabilities, achievements and experience set you apart. Only applicants with full working rights in Australia are eligible to apply for this role.