Presentation
Position manages the administration, support, operational, and developmental functions for Research Imaging Division facilities’ specialized computing systems and resources. Coordinates with Senior Director of IT regarding overall Department and University policies and procedures, standards, processes, and projects.
j.kacich@wustl.eduPrimary Duties & Responsibilities:
Design, deploy, configure and operate high performance computing systems.
Design, deploy, configure and operate high performance storage systems.
Design, deploy, configure and operate physical servers and associated virtualization layer.
Oversee selection, employment, development, control and discharge of employees and the establishment of personnel policies and practices in conjunction with the department’s HR leadership.
Develop and manage user support programs, including active helpdesk for these specialized resources, training sessions and written documentation.
Interface with vendors to select, purchase and maintain hardware and software solutions.
Develop and maintain service level agreements and supporting system for monitoring and tracking metrics.
Interface with department, school and university information technology groups to enable integrated operations with network, computing and identify management.
Maintain hardware installations in university data centers.
Develop and maintain comprehensive cybersecurity plan consistent with and meeting or exceeding the minimum standards of the university including threat detection, intrusion monitoring and system/data backups.
Provide reports to advisory board, department leadership and other key stakeholders.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and/or experience may substitute for minimum education.
Certifications:
No specific certification is required for this position.
Work Experience:
Management/Supervisory (10 Years)
Skills:
Atlassian, Ceph (Software), Docker (Software), File Management System, File Storage, Git, GitLab, High-Performance Computing (HPC) Systems, Interpersonal Communication, Iptables, Linux Bash, Network File System (NFS), Oracle Grid Engine, Oral Communications, Portable Batch System (PBS), PostgreSQL, Proxy Servers, Puppet (Software), Python (Programming Language), Scripting Languages, Slurm Workload Manager, Virtual Infrastructure, VMware vSphere, Written Communication
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