2 jobs found in chapel hill

Our client is actively seeking a talented Systems Administrator to work at their location in Chapel Hill, NC. This is a 6-month contract to hire assignment. The Systems Administrator provides systems administration support for an innovative, large scale cloud-based initiative involving collaborations with academic researchers, medical professionals and computational scientists. The Systems Administrator collaborates with software developers and researchers to create and manage cloud-based systems to provide secure workspaces for diverse data analyses. Responsibilities: 30% - Technical Solutions: Evaluate and recommend cloud-based solutions for providing secure computing environments for biomedical researchers. Consult on security and configuration policies and standards. Implement cloud systems to support software requirements of biomedical researchers. 40% - Systems Administration: Install and maintain Linux systems. Create automated procedures for building, deploying and managing virtual machines and container images. Implement cloud-based user authentication. Ensure system security by identifying potential security problems and develop methods to reduce vulnerabilities. Monitor production systems, analyze errors and create tools that help mitigate problems. Perform routine maintenance tasks such as applying software updates. Identify improvements to processes or infrastructure that are needed to maintain optimal system performance and ensure reliability and high availability. Design and implement automated backup procedures. Write documentation to help system users and the systems administration team to utilize systems efficiently and effectively. 30% - DevOps: Design and implement systems to support Platform as a Service development, deployment and monitoring. Design and implement systems to support software development, deployment and monitoring processes. Manage source control systems for software written in-house as well as algorithms written by project researchers. Requirements: An undergraduate (four-year) or graduate degree in degree in computer science, information science or another relevant field. Professional work experience with Linux systems administration. Professional work experience with cloud infrastructure. Expertise implementing information security policies in a cloud computing environment. A working understanding of code and script (Python and/or Perl). Preferred Qualifications: Experience with relational database systems. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Job Requisition # 30388

Our client is actively seeking a talented Systems Programmer / Specialist to work at their location in Chapel Hill, NC. This is a 6-month contract to hire assignment. The Systems Programmer / Specialist will work with a team of researchers and developers to spearhead a new initiative to develop a cloud-based SaaS platform which will provide tools to analyze large, diverse health-related datasets. The SaaS platform will provide access to innovative algorithms and confidential data in a secure environment. The programmer will function as the lead developer for the platform. The programmer must have experience delivering high quality, complex systems and be well-versed in software design patterns, cloud infrastructure and the principles of micro-service architectures. Responsibilities: 75% - Solution development for complex cloud-based systems: Develop a Software-as-a-Service cloud platform to allow algorithm development and testing as well as management and analysis of large heterogeneous datasets such as genetic and proteomic data, electronic medical records, patient reported outcomes, surveys and clinical data. Participate in requirements gathering and design decisions. Choose frameworks, languages and development methodologies to be used in system development. Ensure that the design will allow system scalability as data and processes increase. Develop specifications, implementation guidelines and documentation for systems. 25% - Technology Assessment and Planning: Research of current and new technologies which are applicable to system development. Ensure that system developed meets requirements for performance, security and external regulations. Use expertise to resolve complex performance, interoperability or other problems. Requirements : An undergraduate (four-year) or graduate degree in degree in computer science. At least five years of professional work experience designing and developing complex, high-availability web-based applications. Experience with all levels of the software stack. Development experience in Javascript, Post Gres Full technical knowledge of all phases of SDLC. Experience with cloud architecture for infrastructure (IaaS), platform (PaaS), and software (SaaS) Preferred Qualifications: Exposure to software development tools such as Maven, Jenkins Experience designing RESTful application programming interfaces and implementing web services. At least five years of professional work programming Java and 2 years programming Clojure. Experience with JavaScript programming and relational database systems. Ability to analyze technical requirements and design applications to meet the requirements. Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to work independently with general guidelines and little supervision as well as in a collaborative team environment. Ability to understand client requirements as well as underlying infrastructure applications, systems and processes and to develop software applications to meet those requirements.