Data Storage Planning Chief Systems Engineering, High Performance Computing

Peraton • Fort Meade, MD

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About The Position

Peraton is hiring a skilled Systems Engineer (SE) with experience planning for and managing data storage solutions. The SE will support our customer’s large High Performance Computing (HPC) related program. This program is cutting edge and includes everything from HPC test planning and execution, architecture design and prototyping, and vendor outreach and collaboration support. Program technical areas include commercial cloud technologies, high performance computing, and enterprise architecture. The program is tactically important to the national security of the United States and the work on these missions are frequently recognized for their results and the Program Integrator will be directly involved in ensuring the government is successful in achieving their planned objectives of this growing, high-profile program. The selected Systems Engineer should have significant and relevant experience managing storage solutions.

Requirements

• Position requires active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph. Polygraph must have been completed in the past 5 years.
• A High School Diploma or GED plus twenty-four (24) years of general systems engineering experience, OR A Bachelor’s degree in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus twenty (20) years of systems engineering experience, OR A Master’s degree or PhD in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus eighteen (18) years of systems engineering experience.
• Must be proficient with Linux commands and OS file structure
• Must have programming language experience. Python preferred, but other languages will be helpful – position requires basic scripting skills (bash and Python to support telemetry actions
• Must be familiar with FIO or IOR benchmarking tools
• Must be familiar with Ansible playbooks
• Must be familiar with Lustre parallel file system
• Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Responsibilities

• Understand file systems (XFS, Lustre/GPFS/SephFS, NFS, EXT4, etc.)
• Understand performance testing of IOPS and have the ability to write/evaluate test plans to reflect a need (for example, x number of nodes with xMB write capability)
• Have knowledge in various types of HW configurations (i.e. RAID (0-10), Grid RAID, Sharding, etc.)
• Have familiarity with various storage networks (i.e. SAN, Ethernet, Infiniband, slinghsot, etc.)
• Have knowledge in various types of storage, interfaces, tools, file systems (Flash/NAND (or other types) based SSD's, Form factors, RAID levels, Interfaces (M.2, SATA, PCIe NVMe, etc.)
• Have familiarity with smart data
• Be able to effectively monitor storage network, bus, and devices
• Have familiarity with general CPU components/architecture (Cache, processor core(s), Integrated Memory/Storage Controllers)
• Be familiar with the FIO or IOR benchmarking tools
• Be familiar with Ansible playbooks
• Be familiar with Lustre parallel file system

Benefits

• Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees