Mandate

Reporting to the Manager and Architect of Advanced Research Computing Infrastructure, the Senior Advanced Research Computing Systems Administrator works as part of a team to design, build, and ensure the operational effectiveness of the university’s research servers and storage. Members of this team maintain systems critical to many research groups on-campus and beyond, including web servers, database servers, high‑performance research computing systems (HPC), cloud infrastructure, and container orchestration used by researchers both at UVic, from institutions across the country, and with international collaborations. These systems are required to be in operation 24 hours per day, 365 days of the year, and decisions regarding these systems can impact UVic’s obligations to other parties beyond the institution.

Objectives

The Senior Advanced Research Computing System Administrator’s work includes the design, installation, configuration, and maint...