Senior Technology Analyst

Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is a US scientific extreme-scale Data Laboratory. The SCDF at BNL hosts one of the most extensive scientific data archives worldwide. In 2021, over one Exabyte of data was processed on-site. This data comes mainly from the many scientific user facilities that are supported at BNL, such as the unique nuclear physics experiment at RHIC, the brightest synchrotron in the world at NSLS II, the largest Tier 1 center for the LHC Atlas experiment at CERN (Switzerland), the Japanese particle physics experiment Belle II, the Center for Functional Nano Materials, and the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program. As a result, we have a lively, fast-growing data science research program at BNL, explicitly focusing on the challenges presented by analyzing, interpreting, and using data at extreme scales and in real-time. The data science program is accompanied by significant computational modeling research efforts supporting the design, planning, analysis, and interpretation of experiments and their results.

The SCDF is looking for a Senior Technology Analyst to contribute to computing support at the SCDF within the Computing and Data Sciences Directorate (CDS).

Responsibilities include assisting with the operational duties in the SCDF data center operations and General Services teams, addressing user community requests for support, installing, and upgrading hardware/software at the facility, participating in the evaluation, adoption, and operation of new technologies, and contributing to the general operational readiness of the SCDF.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist in data center infrastructure management using our in-house DCIM tool
• Assist in the installation of new computer equipment
• Participate in off-hours support of the data center
• Assist and contribute to the general operational readiness of the SCDF

POSITION REQUIREMENTS (fill-in required and preferred knowledge, skills, and abilities)

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems or related discipline or equivalent directly related experience based on 2:1 (exp:edu)

• A minimum of 1 year of full-time relevant experience in large data center operations

• Working knowledge of the Nlyte DCIM software system
• Prior experience with data center facility operations
• Experience in asset management and validation in a large computing center environment
• Willingness to perform physically demanding work occasionally
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously in a collaborative environment with time-sensitive deadlines

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Familiarity with high-performance disk storage systems
• Familiarity with high-performance and high-throughput computing clusters
• Working knowledge of networks and networking concepts
• Basic IT services that interface facility with user-facing services
• Configuration management and version control software
• Familiarity with Collaborative Tools, such as MatterMost and Jira

Environmental, Health & Safety Requirements:

• Ability and willingness to perform physically demanding work occasionally (replacing server components, installing and moving servers within the data center, connecting network cabling among servers, inventory and organizing replacement hardware parts, etc.)

OTHER INFORMATION: (add if applicable)

• Brookhaven National Laboratory is committed to providing fair, equitable and competitive compensation. The full salary range for this position is $72900 - $95000 / year. Appointment level and salary offers will be commensurate with the final candidate's qualification, education and experience and considered with the internal peer group.
• This position is fully on-site in Upton, NY.
• This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

• Occasional travel (foreign and domestic) is required