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Job information System Administrator and Parallel Programmer from the Company University of Toronto, this latest System Administrator and Parallel Programmer job vacancy is located in the city Toronto, ON located in the country Canada . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate Bachelor Degree . Job Vacancies in this Administrative field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

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Date Posted: 11/13/2023 Req ID: 34935 Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science Department: Can. Inst for Theoretical Astrophysics Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto) Position Number: 00025759

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About us: The Faculty of Arts & Science is the heart of Canada's leading university and one of the most comprehensive and diverse academic divisions in the world. The strength of Arts & Science derives from our combined teaching and research excellence in the humanities, sciences and social sciences across 29 departments, seven colleges and 46 interdisciplinary centres, institutes and programs. We can only realize our mission with the dedication and excellence of engaged staff and faculty. The diversity of opportunities and perspectives within the Faculty reflect the local and global landscape and the need for curiosity, innovative thinking and collaboration. At Arts & Science, we take pride in our legacy of innovation and discovery that has changed the way we think about the world. Your opportunity: The Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) is a nationally supported research institute and a non-profit corporation (CITA Inc.). Our mission is to foster interaction within the Canadian astrophysics community and to serve as an international centre of excellence for theoretical studies in astrophysics. We educate and develop the next generation of scientific leaders with national postdoctoral fellowships as well as postdoctoral and senior research associate fellowships, and through the supervision of undergraduate and graduate students. We are devoted to studying the origin and evolution ofthe universe and the many phenomena revealed by modern astronomy. Under the general direction of the Computing Facilities Manager, the System Administrator and Parallel Programmer maintains the smooth operation of general CITA hardware and software infrastructure, administers CITA's key High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems (currently includes a 1,600-core Linux cluster), and ensures a reliable and efficient environment for scientific researchers. Your responsibilities will include:

• Troubleshooting complex computer system problems
• Analyzing server and/or desktop performance data
• Documenting network-related activities or tasks
• Creating complex and technical documentation and user support guides
• Executing security measures for network devices and introducing variations as required
• Analyzing, recommending and documenting parallelization strategies
• Providing orientation to others on work procedures and practices, including onboarding technicial support to post-doctoral students
• Performing preventive maintenance on audio-visual equipment

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Physics, Engineering, or an acceptable equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum four years of recent and related programming experience in an UNIX-like environment providing IT support to administrative staff, faculty, post-doctoral students and scientific researchers, ideally in a post-secondary or research institute
• Expert knowledge and experience of C, Fortran and python under *nix, visualization.
• Experience with RAID Storage configuration, and setup and the lustre filesystem is considered a strong asset
• Experience with complex network and firewall management
• Experience in configuring and deploying detection and prevention technologies (anti-spam, anti-virus, malware prevention, networkscanning tools)
• Experience writing technical documentation and user support guides
• Experience troubleshooting and providing preventive maintenance to desktop equipment and audio-visual equipment
• Advanced programming skills.
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to improve software systems.
• Advanced level skills interfacing with parallel astrophysical programming needs, including massively parallel system configuration and programming.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work cohesively in teams, and independently
• Excellent organization, time management and multi-tasking skills
• Ability to solve complex technical problems, and the ability to explain solutions to a wide variety of users

Assets (Nonessential):

• Formal certification in Rocky Linux 8, ITILv2 or ITILv3, CCNA & CCNP
• Our ideal candidate will have expertise with Fortran, C, C++, Python, CUDA, MPI and OpenMP

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Adaptable
• Motivated self-learner
• Patient
• Problem solver
• Resourceful
• Team player

This role is not currently eligible for a hybrid work arrangement, pursuant to University policies and guidelines, including but not limited to the University of Toronto's Alternative Work Arrangements Guideline.

Closing Date: 11/22/2023, 11:59PM ET Employee Group: USW Appointment Type: Budget - Continuing Schedule: Full-Time Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:Job Category: Information Technology (IT) Lived Experience Statement

Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

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Closed Date : 2025-09-05