Senior HPC Administrator, Secure HPC Platform High Performance Computational and Data Ecosystem Technology Specialist III HybridOnsite

The Scientific Computing and Data group at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai partners with scientists to accelerate scientific discovery. To achieve these aims we support a cutting-edge high-performance computing and data ecosystem along with MD/PhD-level support for researchers. The group is composed of a high-performance computing team a clinical data warehouse team and a data services team.

The Senior HPC Administrator High Performance Computational and Data Ecosystem is responsible for the operation security and governance of a secure HPC environment supporting multiple regulated research and clinical workloads. These include CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) controlled data subject to NIST SP 80053 (Data Management Self-Attestation Questionnaire - DMP SAQ) and NIHcontrolled genomic datasets subject to NIST SP 800171 and equivalent regulatory frameworks. This role ensures continuous compliance with federal institutional and sponsor cybersecurity and data governance requirements while delivering highperformance reliable and auditable research computing services.

To support Sinais scientific and clinical mission the Senior HPC Administrator brings deep technical expertise in computational systems data platforms and research software environments with a strong emphasis on cybersecurity compliance and researcherfocused service delivery. The role requires independent leadership advanced troubleshooting skills and the ability to drive complex initiatives to completion with minimal supervision.

Scientific Computing operates a largescale computational and data ecosystem including a 30000 core HPC cluster and 50 PB of usable storage as well as a clinical data warehouse and secure software development environments. The HPC system is ranked among the fastest academic biomedical computing platforms globally (Top500).

This position reports to the Senior Director for Computational & Data Ecosystem in Scientific Computing. Specific responsibilities are listed below.

HPC Administration and HPC Cybersecurity

• Provide full lifecycle administration of secure HPC infrastructure including compute storage networking and supporting services. Manage system configuration authentication and authorization monitoring logging performance tuning and analytics usage reporting and capacity planning.
• Administer and support core HPC services such as job scheduling platforms (e.g. LSF) Open OnDemand user access environments and PostgreSQL databases.
• Design maintain and enforce secure network architectures including segmentation firewall rules and controlled ingress/egress.
• Lead the troubleshooting isolation and resolution of all technical issues including system hardware software and network.
• Implement and maintain NISTaligned security controls including encryption of data at rest and in transit secure enclaves access control centralized logging audit trails and monitoring. Lead system security hardening patching vulnerability management and technical risk remediation activities.
• Ensure continuous compliance with CMS DMP SAQ requirements NIST SP 800171/80053 controls NIH data governance policies and Mount Sinai cybersecurity standards.
• Develop maintain and regularly update security policies operational procedures and technical documentation supporting regulatory compliance.
• Serve as the primary technical and process liaison with DTP Cybersecurity GCO and compliance stakeholders. Coordinate incident response activities and security investigations in partnership with DTP Cybersecurity.
• Organize and manage annual external audits and recertification efforts ensuring timely remediation and sustained audit readiness.
• Stay current with emerging HPC and cybersecurity technologies to keep the organizations infrastructure up-to-date.
• Work effectively and productively with other team members within the group and across Mount Sinai.
• Support researchers and users with computational data and analytics needs including data transfers software installation batch jobs and troubleshooting etc. Answers and resolves user tickets. Create and update user-facing technical documentation for the CMS cluster.
• Provide after-hours support as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned or requested.

• Bachelors degree in a technical discipline in computer science engineering or related scientific field. Masters or PhD preferred
• 8 years minimum experience (higher preferred) 12 years of related experience including a demonstrated ability in technology -depth knowledge of associated technology areas that could impact area of responsibility; healthcare technology experience preferred.

Specific experience for this position:

• 8 years of progressive HPC systems administration experience in largescale Red Hat/CentOS Linux batch environments.
• Hands-on experience with HPC schedulers parallel file systems configuration management (e.g. xCAT Puppet Ansible) databases web services globus and highperformance networking (InfiniBand Ethernet).
• Must be an expert troubleshooter; Must be a team player and customer focused
• Strong background in cybersecurity practices within regulated environments (e.g. healthcare government) including firewalls data protection access controls monitoring and incident response.
• Indepth knowledge of NIST SP 800171 and NIST SP 80053 with handson experience implementing and operating compliant HPC systems.
• Script and programming experience
• Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively in a dynamic environment
• Excellent analytical ability strong judgment and management skills and the ability to work effectively as a liaison between both research and technology teams.
• Excellent written verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
  

Preferred Experience

• Experience with IBMLSF and GPFS Spectrum Scale.

• Experience in an academic or research environment.

• Experience with confidential computing and privacy-preserving linking of PHI.

• Experience withpublic cloud platforms (Azure AWS or GCP).

Compensation Statement

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides salary ranges that comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $113011.58 - $202155.00 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors including experience education and operational need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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