FSL Linux Systems Administrator

Are you passionate about human space exploration, understanding the origins of the universe, and working with a passionate and diverse team to make a difference? If you are, we need you!    

We need your talent, teamwork, and energy to help us achieve great things that inspire people all over the globe. We need you to bring creative ideas and diverse backgrounds to help us envision, shape, and deliver systems that will enable the exploration of space while benefiting people here on Earth. We are excited about what we do, and we need you on our team as we take on exciting challenges for NASAs pursuits in deep space exploration. As NASAs largest engineering solutions provider working together with NASA at centers across the United States. 

We have an exciting opportunity for a FSL Linux Systems Administrator to join the team with Nexus, a teammate company.

** We are actively searching for qualified candidates for this potential opening; however, we do not have assurance at this time when the position will be finalized and opened. Because we have strong reason to believe the position will be approved soon, we are proceeding with identifying qualified candidates and conducting interviews. **

The FSL Linux Systems Administrator will:

• This position, working on the Amentum JETS contract, will support the Flight Sciences Laboratory (FSL). 
• The FSL is one of JSCs primary computing labs and hosts a wide variety of analyses, which support almost all the major programs at JSC including the International Space Station (ISS), Orion, Space Launch System (SLS), Commercial Crew Program, Lunar Gateway, Human Landing System (HLS), and many others. The FSL systems are currently comprised of over 900 machines, 25,000 cores and 3 PB of storage, which serve over 600 users.
• In this position you will be working with a team of Systems Administrators to build and maintain all FSL services. This can include HPC administration, high-end Linux workstation administration, high-speed networking, parallel filesystem administration, and more. 
• The FSL System Administration Team is critical in supporting the FSL users in effectively utilizing the systems. The teams day to day tasks include investigating system problems, proactively monitoring system health, and working with FSL lab users to make sure they can support the NASA human spaceflight mission.  ​
• Perform other duties as required.