FYI ________________________________________ From: Jeff [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 11:40 PM To: DiPierro, Massimo Subject: Fwd: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology - Experienced manager of high-performance computing systems - Okinawa
Dr DiPierro, I was in a few of your classes before and know that you post jobs that students might be interested in. If you could please spread the word on this. The job is in Okinawa, Japan. r/ Jeff ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Robert M. Evans <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 1:22 PM Subject: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology - Experienced manager of high-performance computing systems - Okinawa To: "Robert M. Evans" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> No other info on this one. Job Summary Company Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Location Onna, Okinawa 904-0142 Industries Other/Not Classified Job Type Full Time Employee High Performance Computing Facility Manager About the Job The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) is an Independent Administrative Institution established by the Government of Japan. Its aim is to establish a world-class university of science and technology in Okinawa. English will be the language of instruction and a large segment of the faculty and student population will be international. Currently, 23 Principal Investigators and a total of more than 200 scientists, students, and research support staff are located in OIST facilities in Uruma and Onna, Okinawa. OIST is presently constructing a new permanent campus in Onna village, where there will be a major expansion of research support and the establishment of the University in 2012. The High Performance Computing (HPC) facility comprises two commodity clusters plus a number of specialized machines. Further expansions are planned. The HPC facility is a part of the IT section. Responsibilities: OIST is seeking an experienced manager of high-performance computing systems. The manager leads a small team of HPC support personnel but is ultimately also responsible for the HPC systems management. This position requires managing, and if needed, providing system administration and technical support to faculty, students and research staff at OIST who wish to use high performance computers. The manager is directly responsible for the life cycle management of the HPC research infrastructure, including preparation of bids and acceptance testing and benchmarking. The manager overviews the job scheduling, HPC programming and systems analysis tasks, the maintenance of new software on HPC of various architectures and operating systems and the support of users in application development and migration of software systems to the HPC cluster environments. Qualifications: BS or MS degree in science or engineering, and at least 6 (BS) or 3 (MS) years of Unix and Linux experience. Experience managing or collaborating with technical staff and/or exposure to HPC systems or datacenters. Candidates should have experience in high-performance research computing and in-depth understanding of the following: hardware architectures, queuing systems and schedulers; networking infrastructure issues and storage solutions related to HPC; system tuning, and data backup and security issues. Other desirable skills include familiarity with grid computing; application software configuration; compilers; parallel libraries; knowledge of high-level scripting languages such as Python and Perl; proficiency in project planning and project management; ability to work independently as well as collaborate with end users and other system administrators. Excellent communication skills in English. Japanese language skills are a plus. Compensation: A highly competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience will be offered. Benefits: Relocation, housing and commuting allowances, annual paid leave, summer holidays, national social insurance includes health insurance, welfare pension insurance, and worker’s accident compensation insurance. Starting date: As early as possible.
