High Performance Computing Data Storage Administrator IV - 530901
About The Position
The High Performance Computing Data Storage Administrator IV designs, administers, optimizes, and operates enterprise and high-performance computing storage systems, including the University's multi-petabyte research storage infrastructure supporting HPC, AI, machine learning, and data-intensive research. The role establishes long-term storage technology and service strategies, develops roadmaps, leads modernization initiatives, and architects large-scale parallel filesystem environments. The administrator analyzes large-scale input/output workloads and establishes infrastructure-as-code strategies to automate provisioning, monitoring, capacity reporting, lifecycle management, and disaster recovery. The position leads integration of storage environments with cloud platforms, archival consortia, external research collaborations, and multi-site infrastructure; forecasts storage growth and research demand; and defines storage security and encryption strategies for complex and regulated research environments. This position partners with systems, networking, cybersecurity, cloud, and research application teams to deliver scalable, resilient, high-performance storage services, and contributes to the future direction of the University's research cyberinfrastructure. It provides technical leadership through presentations and training, mentors storage administrators, and may lead a team of High Performance Computing Data Storage Administrators. The position is eligible for hybrid work subject to University policy.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED and 10 years of systems administration or storage administration experience; or an associate's degree and 8 years; or a bachelor's degree and 6 years; or a master's degree and 4 years.
- Valid U.S. driver's license.
- Must be at least 19 years of age at time of hire and have an acceptable Motor Vehicle Report in compliance with University policies. Applicants under age 21 will have some driving restrictions.
- Strong scripting or software development skills.
- Excellent communication and project leadership skills.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in computer science, information systems, data science, or a related computational discipline.
- Five or more years of experience designing and administering enterprise or HPC storage systems.
- Experience in research computing IT for national laboratories, including connectivity, use, or researcher support.
- Experience supporting AI infrastructure.
- Experience with GPU clusters.
- Experience integrating storage with SLURM.
- Experience with cloud storage design.
- Experience with object storage.
- Experience with vendor platforms such as DDN, VAST Data, Dell PowerScale, or NetApp.
- Extensive Linux administration experience.
- Experience with one or more parallel filesystems.
- Experience supporting multi-petabyte storage environments.
Responsibilities
- Design, administer, optimize, and operate enterprise and high-performance computing storage systems.
- Establish long-term strategies for storage technology and services, develop storage roadmaps, and lead modernization initiatives.
- Architect large-scale parallel filesystem environments and multi-petabyte research storage systems.
- Analyze large-scale input/output workloads and establish infrastructure-as-code strategies for automated provisioning, monitoring, capacity reporting, lifecycle management, and disaster recovery.
- Lead integration of storage environments with cloud platforms, archival consortia, external research collaborations, and multi-site infrastructure.
- Forecast storage growth and research demand and establish expansion strategies.
- Define storage security and encryption strategies for complex and regulated research environments.
- Partner with systems, networking, cybersecurity, cloud, and research application teams to deliver scalable, resilient, high-performance storage services.
- Mentor storage administrators and provide technical leadership through presentations and training.
- May lead a team of High Performance Computing Data Storage Administrators.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
High school or GED
