SYSADMIN DEVOPS ENGINEER

Job Responsibility: REMOTE CANADA March 13, 2025

Svitla Systems Inc. is looking for a SysAdmin DevOps Engineer for a full-time position (40 hours per week) in Canada. Our client is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company specializing in discovering, developing, and commercializing prescription medicines. The company operates in several therapeutic areas, including oncology, cardiovascular, renal, metabolic, respiratory, immunology, and rare diseases. They work alongside the world's leading academic and biotech research institutions to stimulate innovation and evaluate emerging technologies. The client operates in over 100 countries, and its innovative medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide. The headquarters is located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. This location aligns with the focus on science and innovation, providing proximity to leading academic and research institutions.

The Scientific Computing Platform (SCP) is a high-performance computing (HPC) environment that supports scientific research in structural chemistry, pharmacology, imaging, multi-OMICs, and structural biology. They are an R&D IT group developing and operating the Scientific Computing Platform (SCP), a collection of scientific applications centered on a high-performance computing (HPC) environment. It serves scientists across R&D with use cases ranging from structural chemistry to pharmacology, imaging, multi-OMICs, structural biology, and many more. You will join the team responsible for maintaining an HPC platform the Clinical Pharmacology organization uses to perform complex Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics calculations to determine a drug's efficacy and safety during clinical trials. You will be a member of an agile DevOps team, working together to build and maintain platform services and end-to-end solutions supporting leading scientists' computational needs. The successful candidate will bring deep knowledge in one or more technologies relating to HPC and contribute to specific projects in those areas of expertise while also having the opportunity to gain broad knowledge across other technology areas.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a quantitative or engineering field (computer science, bioinformatics, engineering) OR equivalent work experience.
• At least 1 year of hands-on experience operating and/or engineering large-scale computing environments such as HPC, HTC, or BC, preferably life sciences (e.g., pharmaceutical industry, biotech).
• In-depth knowledge of Linux System Administration, specifically with Red Hat Linux.
• Understanding Linux system administration, the TCP/IP stack, and storage subsystems.
• Understanding of operation and configuration of public cloud computing infrastructure (preferably AWS) CloudFormation, Compute, Storage, Networking, and IAM.
• Experience in scripting using Bash and Python.
• Knowledge of container technology and schedulers (e.g., Docker and Singularity, Nomad, and Kubernetes).
• Experience with CI/CD GitHub/GitLab actions.
• Observability stacks such as Grafana, Prometheus, and ELK.

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience with application profiling and performance tuning
• Configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, salt, puppet)
• Experience in using analytical tools: Nonmem, R, R-Studio, Monolix, etc.
• Experience in managing HPC schedulers such as Slurm
• Conda package management

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide operational support for the platform and deployed services, including direct end-user engagement.
• Drive problem investigation and resolution for complex incidents.
• Maintain scientific workflows built on the platform with open-source software or vendor partnerships.
• Manage the infrastructure aspects of the configuration, implementation, and support of the platform and GitHub workspace in the cloud.
• Supervise monitoring and responses to service alerts and events on time.
• Implement best practices to optimize efficiency and reliability.
• Maintain documentation and providing technical guidance and support to team members.

WE OFFER

ABOUT SVITLA

Svitla Systems is a global digital solutions company headquartered in California, with business and development offices throughout the US, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. Svitla is an outspoken advocate of workplace flexibility, best known for its well-established remote culture, individual approach to our teammate's professional and personal growth, and trustworthy environment. Since 2003, Svitla has served a wide range of clients, from innovative start-ups in California to mega-large corporations such as Ingenico, Amplience, InvoiceASAP and Global Citizen. At Svitla, developers work with clients' teams directly, building lasting and successful partnerships, as a result of seamless integration with on-site processes. Svitla Systems' global mission is to build a business that contributes to the well-being of our partners, personnel and their families, improves our communities, and makes a lasting difference in the world. Join us!

If you are interested in our vacancy, please send your CV. We will be happy to see you in our friendly team :)

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