Job Posting Title:Engineering Scientist
----Hiring Department:Texas Advanced Computing Center
----Position Open To:All Applicants
----Weekly Scheduled Hours:40
----FLSA Status:Exempt from FLSA
----Earliest Start Date:Immediately
----Position Duration:Expected to Continue
----Location:DALLAS, TX
----Job Details:PurposeThis position plays a central role in LEARN's network operations center (NOC) strategy and the development of future above-the-network services. This position supports the design, deployment, and ongoing operation of all Linux-based and cyberinfrastructure environments.
Responsibilities - Lead the provisioning, deploying, administering, monitoring, maintaining, troubleshooting, upgrading, and patching of Linux-based server infrastructure resources and services.
- Deploy Linux server hardening skills to reduce the surface of vulnerability, such as host-based firewall ACLs, removal of unnecessary protocols and services, strong patch management and secured remote access via ssh keys.
- Document complex processes, procedures, system configurations and specifications.
- Independently and collaboratively coalesce design specifications; manage and develop stable, best practice, environment specific enterprise class solutions.
- Support infrastructure services such as DNS/DHCP, IPAM, RADIUS/LDAP, SNMP, system monitoring, system log monitoring and analysis.
- Develop and maintain shell scripts and Ansible, Python, PHP, or C/C++ code.
- Conduct research into technology problems and have direct interaction with technology vendors.
- Mentor and train junior engineers.
- Provide project planning, implementation and successful execution of projects including technical design, and detailed documentation.
- Isolate and diagnose root causes of hardware and software issues and act on a plan of action for timely problem resolution.
- Exhibit strong analytical, interpersonal and communication skills with the capability to acquire, retain and leverage advanced technical competencies.
Required Qualifications - Bachelor's degree + 6 years of direct work experience in architectural design and deployment of Linux-based solutions.
- Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools
- Experience with security analysis, virtualization, computer networking
- Experience with system automation software, particularly Ansible and Red Hat Satellite
- Experience with maintaining HPC systems.
- Advanced experience with monitoring and metric systems
- Experience with architecture, provisioning, and maintenance of Linux based Databases, application servers, and Web servers.
- Understanding of OS vulnerabilities and patching, third party application vulnerabilities and patching
- Advanced troubleshooting methodology and awareness of industry standards
Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
Preferred Qualifications - Advanced understanding of WAN (Wide Area Network) technologies
- Understanding of highly available cloud service deployments
- Understanding of software containerization
- Experience working in higher education
- Advanced understanding of Linux operating systems internals.
- Proficiency in MS Office skills including Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio
- Ability to build collaborative working relationships with various internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to adapt to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines through strong analytical and problem-solving skills, paired with excellent organizational capabilities and a proven track record of delivering projects on time and within budget.
- Demonstrated strength in technical problem-solving, supported by excellent interpersonal and customer-relationship skills, with a proven ability to resolve conflicts and issues effectively.
Salary Range$140,000 + depending on qualifications
Working Conditions- Typical Office Environment
- Repetitive use of a keyboard
- Frequent travel (up to 25%) is expected for this role, including visits to existing and prospective member venues and LEARN sites across Texas, as well as attendance at regional and national meetings and conferences throughout North America. Some overnight travel (up to 5% annually) is also required.
- On-call availability for resolving system emergencies, both during regular and off-hours is required for this position.
Required Materials- Resume/CV
- Letter of interest
- 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume in the first step of the online job application process. Then, any additional Required Materials will be uploaded in the My Experience section; you can multi-select the additional files or click the Upload button for each file. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.
Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find Jobs. Before you apply though, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left-hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will need to click the Upload button multiple times in order to attach your Resume, References and any additional Required Materials noted above.
Employment Eligibility:Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.
Retirement Plan Eligibility:The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.
Background Checks:A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.
