The University of Chicago Research Computing Center (RCC) is seeking a qualified Jr. HPC System Administrator & Programmer to join its Systems and Operations Team that manages and supports an ecosystem of HPC systems and services. The individual in this position will contribute to the ongoing efforts to streamline RCC processes, maintain the backend tools of the HPC environment, develop automated workflows to support the system administration efforts and improve the ways in which RCC enables transformational computational research at the University of Chicago. The job duties will primarily include development and maintenance of backend software and deployment automation for the systems in the RCC environment. The Jr. HPC System Administrator & Programmer will also closely work with the application development team in consolidating continuous integration and continuous deployment approaches (CI/CD) and supporting faculty projects. The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical background in programming and HPC, an analytical mind, and be comfortable working as part of a team. The job participates in the design of automated, scalable, and rapidly deployable solutions to systems infrastructure and server configuration. Installs, configures, and maintains operating systems, monitoring and alerting systems, utility software, and firewalls. Plans and executes hands-on maintenance for production servers as well as Windows and Linux servers. This is a hybrid position requiring at least 3 days a week onsite.