Systems Engineer (CBDS/HPC)

This position is for a Systems Engineer at Duke-NUS Medical School's Centre for Biomedical Data Science, focusing on maintaining and upgrading the center's servers and HPC clusters within a Linux environment. Key responsibilities include installing, configuring, and managing Linux operating systems, ensuring system security, performing data backups, and providing technical support to research staff. A Bachelor's or Master's degree in IT or a related field and proficiency in Linux, Bash, R, and Python are required.

• We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in IT/Computer Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent. Candidates with higher credentials may be considered for more senior appointments.
• Ability to work extensively in Linux operating system environments such as Fedora/Red Hat/Rocky Linux and Ubuntu/Debian, or equivalent distributions.
• Proficiency in Bash, R, and Python.
• Experience with operating system–level virtualisation technologies such as Apptainer/Singularity and Docker is an advantage.
• Familiarity with HPC cluster management tools such as NVIDIA Base Command Manager or Warewulf is an advantage.
• Knowledge of job scheduling and workload management in HPC environments, such as Slurm or PBS, is an advantage.
• Experience with installation and configuration of the Open OnDemand HPC web portal is an advantage.
• Experience in implementing user authentication by integrating Linux systems with Microsoft Azure AD (now Microsoft Entra ID) is an advantage.