Linux System Administrator
Invitae (NYSE: NVTA) is a leading medical genetics company trusted by millions of patients and their providers to deliver timely genetic information using digital technology. We aim to provide accurate and actionable answers to strengthen medical decision-making for individuals and their families. Invitae's genetics experts apply a rigorous approach to data and research, serving as the foundation of their mission to bring comprehensive genetic information into mainstream medicine to improve healthcare for billions of people.
We are looking for an expert Linux Systems Engineer to help support our terrestrial data center High-Performance Computing (HPC) environment and cloud-based systems. Our ideal candidate is a collected and organized problem solver with an eye for automation and excellent communication skills. Our Systems Engineers work closely with DevOps and Site Reliability Engineers (SRE) as well as a large Software Engineering organization including both production and development teams. They will assist with development work, operational support for new and existing services, and supply to the constant improvement of production systems. Candidates should be able to perform functions required to configure, support and tackle issues with large scale computing environments hosted in a co-lo facility. Experience in Amazon Web Services (AWS) is not required but is a plus.
What you’ll do :
- Participate in on-call responses to incidents including crafting fixes or workarounds and improving systems
- Support cluster users with troubleshooting and performance profiling of HPC jobs using systems monitoring and our PostgreSQL HPC job database
- Help configure and maintain our cluster workload manager (Univa/Altair Grid Engine) and cluster nodes to help ensure optimal resource allocation based on organizational needs.
- Help maintain our petabytes of on prem state-of-the-art all-flash storage.
- Support PIPE Platform colleagues in managing production and development operational services
- Support cluster users with troubleshooting and execution of their Nextflow bioinformatics workflows
- Coordinate with our Networking team for operational support and incident management
- Work with our AWS Operations and EKS teams to stage and test running our PIPE Platform services and bioinformatics workloads in AWS.
What you bring :
- 8 years of technical experience with at least 5 years supporting Linux systems demonstrating strong troubleshooting skills, curiosity, and interest in Linux OS configuration and system internals.
- Hands-on experience with managing computational and large-scale storage resources in a multi-user environment
- Scripting or programming skills in Bash, Go, Python, or Java in a Linux environment
- Strong desire to identify and mitigate performance bottlenecks
- Preferred: Experience supporting containerized workflows (Singularity/Apptainer, Docker, or Podman) in production and development environments
- Preferred: Experience deploying AWS environments via TerraForm or Cloudformation.
- Preferred: Experience with using Salt
At Invitae, you’ll work alongside some of the world’s specialists in genetics and healthcare at the forefront of genetic medicine. Our teams thrive in our dynamic organization which has been crafted to empower them to make the biggest impact they can for our patients. We give our employees the ability to explore interests and capabilities broadly within the organization. We prize freedom with accountability and offer significant flexibility. We also provide excellent benefits and competitive compensation in a fast-growing organization.
At Invitae, we’re changing healthcare to change lives.
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This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience and location. This position is eligible for benefits including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, flexible paid time off, Spring Health, Carrot Fertility, participation in a 401k with company match, ESPP, and many other additional voluntary benefits. Invitae also offers generous paid leave programs so you can spend time with your new child, recover from your own illness or care for a sick family member.
USA National Pay Range
$138,400—$173,000 USD
Please apply even if you don’t meet all of the “What you bring” requirements noted. It’s rare that someone checks every single item, it’s ok, we encourage you to apply anyways.
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