HPC Storage Engineer

NorthMark Strategies • Dallas, TX

17h

About The Position

The Company NorthMark Compute & Cloud (NMC²) is backed by dedicated leadership and investment, with a clear mission as it operates at the bleeding edge of technology. Its goal is to scale and enhance the high-performance computing (HPC) and cloud infrastructure that supports its clients' research, production, and delivery, enabling breakthroughs that shape the industries of tomorrow. Its engineers build critical infrastructure to eliminate friction in scientific research, simulations, analysis, and decision-making, accelerating discovery and driving faster innovation. The Position The HPC Storage Engineering team manages our high performance scalable storage in excess of 200 petabytes. We are responsible for the design, deployment, and operation of this storage platform, which supports the research workloads of our Researchers, and is therefore a core component of infrastructure. Working alongside our global team, you will optimize and troubleshoot workflows alongside our Researchers and Software Engineers, Our involvement extends to optimization and troubleshooting of workflows, working with Researchers and Software Engineers daily, as well as our Networks team and external vendors, including DELL, VAST, HPE and, RUBRIK.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
• Experience deploying and managing high-performance and/or clustered filesystems at scale
• Strong working knowledge of the different types of data center storage technologies (file, block, object) and how they differ
• Team player that enjoys collaborating with others to deliver supportable storage environments
• Experience with scale-out storage architectures such as Vast Data and Isilon/PowerScale
• Recent experience working through JIRA tickets
• Great problem solving skills, be self-driven, and hard working
• A passion for technology and hardware
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Nice To Haves

• Python and/or DevOps experience

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage multi-PB storage systems to support the compute environment
• Implement automated processes and procedures consistent with a strategy of Infrastructure-as-code for a consistent, repeatable storage product
• Leverage experience and expertise across all things storage related to act as an expert for a wide array of projects
• Work with customers to streamline workflows for optimal storage usage

Benefits

• Company-Paid Lunch Stipend: Lunch is provided via GrubHub
• Company-Paid Benefits: 100% Employer-Paid Medical in our High Deductible Health Plan, Dental and Vision benefits for employees and their families, 16 weeks of Paid Parental Leave, Employee Assistance Program, Life insurance, Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability
• 401(k): Company will match 100% of your contributions up to 6%
• Optional Employee-Paid Benefits: Medical insurance in our PPO plan and a variety of other benefits such as Health Savings Accounts (with Company Contribution!), Flexible Spending Accounts, Supplemental Life Insurance, Wellhub and more.
• Time Off: 25 days of Paid Time Off plus 12 company holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level