Research Systems Engineer - Technology Solutions

Research Systems Engineer - Technology Solutions

Hiring Department: Technology Solutions

Location: Chicago, IL USA

Requisition ID: 1043386

FTE: 1

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 9:00AM - 5:00PM

Shift: Days

# of Positions: 1

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Salary Range (commensurate with experience): $80,000.00 - 90,000.00 / Annual Salary

About the University of Illinois Chicago

UIC is among the nation’s preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago.

UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI).

Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university.

Recent “Best Colleges” rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities. UIC has nearly 260,000 alumni, and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.

This position is intended to be eligible for benefits. This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.

The Research Systems Engineer collaborates with ACER staff to build, manage, and support server infrastructure, including secure computing environments, databases, and virtual and physical systems. Under the direct supervision of the Associate Director of Advanced Platforms for Research, this position will work with our clients and staff to provide reliable systems and services.

ACER also encourages staff exploration of emerging technologies such as deep learning, data science, blockchain, IoT, cloud, and quantum computing. In the recent years, other staff members expressed their willing to advance their careers and successfully managed to specialize in other areas ACER has an impact on, so staff have a unique opportunity to choose a personal career path that suits their goals.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provides technical support via ticketing systems; troubleshoots nontrivial system issues; establishes a trusted relationship with faculty and researchers; attends meetings with the customers as needed.
• Installs operating systems, libraries, security patches and updates; Installs complex research software;_x000d_ provisions virtual machines and user access; configures file systems, local/network storage, firewalls/security policies.
• Builds new servers in the datacenter; rebuilds/reconfigures existing infrastructure including but not limited to server nodes, storage, networking.
• Participates in internal team meetings; contributes to setting and meeting the team's goals/targets by leveraging task management tools.
• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor Degree within Computer Science or closely related field of study
• Minimum 1 year of professional IT experience within System Administration & Operations which includes demonstrated experience in configuration, installation, maintenance, backup / recovery and upgrading multi-user computer systems hardware and software as well as establishing/managing user accounts.
• Demonstrated IT experience with Windows Server and Linux system administration and operations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience with using command line interfaces (e.g. Bash, PowerShell).
• Demonstrated knowledge of Bash, Python, and other scripting languages HPC job schedulers Moab, Slurm.
• Containerized workloads with Docker, Singularity/Apptainer, Kubernetes, Cloud computing in AWS and Azure,
• Configuration management Ansible, Puppet, Chef, YAML, Firewalls, routing and VLANs, Proxies, Apache and Nginxbased web services, Parallel filesystems Lustre, GPFS, NFS, CIFS, Shibboleth, LDAP and Active Directory authentication, Encryption and security policies.
• Knowledge and/or experience with handling HIPAA/FERPA sensitive data.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with various faculty and members of a comprehensive team.
• Ability to be a team player and lead by example.
• Ability to develop positive relationships with new research labs and student community.

To Apply

For fullest consideration click on the Apply Now button, please fully complete all sections of the online application including adding your full work history with specific details of your duties & responsibilities for each position held. Fully complete the education, licensure, certification and language sections.

You may upload a resume, cover letter, certifications, licensures, transcripts and diplomas within the application.

Please note that once you have submitted your application you will not be able to make any changes. In order to revise your application you must withdraw and reapply. You will not be able to reapply after the posting close date.

Please ensure the application is fully completed and all supporting documents have been uploaded before the posting close date. Illinois Residency is required within 180 days of employment.

The University of Illinois System is an equal opportunity employer, including but not limited to disability and/or veteran status, and complies with all applicable state and federal employment mandates.

Please visit Required Employment Notices and Posters to view our non-discrimination statement and find additional information about required background checks, sexual harassment/misconduct disclosures, and employment eligibility review through E-Verify.

The university provides accommodations to applicants and employees. Request an Accommodation

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person.