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<font face="Arial Unicode MS">Team Leader, Research Computing
Operations (Contract Position)<br>
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Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard, Cambridge MA<br>
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The Broad Institute is redefining the boundaries of science and
medicine with an interdisciplinary model designed to meet today’s most
critical biomedical challenges. Here you will find an intense,
exciting environment and a firm commitment to continuously invest in
cutting edge technology. At the Broad we are developing the new tools
that will enable scientists to begin unlocking the mysteries of
genomics.<br>
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The Broad Research IT infrastructure comprises a 4000-core computing
cluster, several hundred application and compute servers—both physical
and virtual—and a NAS environment hosting more than 4PB of data.
Spanning three physical data centers, this infrastructure supports an
active research community of more than 1000 people.<br>
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OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY<br>
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Under the direction of the Manager of Research Computing and working
with other members of the IT Department, the Team Leader, Research
Computing operations leads a team of systems and storage administrators
responsible for key operational aspects of the research computing
infrastructure, including Unix and Linux servers, and SAN and NAS
storage and backup platforms, This is a leadership role requiring a
strong technical background in related fields, a proven ability to
project manage complex implementations, and the ability to supervise
technicians and team leaders. The key focus of this role is to
coordinate with Broad Research and Administrative Computing groups and
outside partners to develop and maintain resources to support the
computing infrastructure needs of the Institute. An ability to clearly
communicate and document the details of the infrastructure to other
staff is essential.<br>
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CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES<br>
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o Oversee the acquisition, installation, and maintenance of
appropriate computational and data storage platforms to meet the
scientific needs of the Institute<br>
o Manage a team of Unix systems administrators responsible for
installing and maintaining server operating systems and core
applications, including the operation of the LSF-based compute farm<br>
o Provide and manage reliable data backup and archiving services
based on industry best-practices utilizing both local and off-site
resources<br>
o Coordinate projects to ensure changes do not conflict with the
overall IT Department plan or routine daily Institute operations<br>
o Ensure timely response and appropriate escalation of all
operational issues<br>
o Create and test data recovery, disaster recovery and business
continuity plans to reduce the impact of interruption scenarios<br>
o Continually monitor resource utilization, and report statistics
and trends<br>
o Diagnose failures and resolve any problems in a timely manner<br>
o Share 24x7 on-call support for all operational emergencies<br>
o Other responsibilities as required<br>
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SUPERVISION EXERCISED: 7 Systems Administrators.<br>
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QUALIFICATIONS<br>
o 5-8 years of related experience<br>
o Degree in Computer Science or Management Information Systems with
a strong leadership and project management background, or equivalent
training and experience; industry training towards Certification in
Technical Discipline strongly desired<br>
o Demonstrated ability to lead a team of technical staff<br>
o Experience with enterprise scale data storage, backup systems,
disaster recovery and business continuity planning<br>
o Strong oral and written communication<br>
o Effective organizational skills<br>
o Ability to work professionally in a demanding production oriented
environment<br>
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Paul Rescigno
Sr. Recruiter Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard
7 Cambridge Center Cambridge, MA 02142
617-714-7162
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