HPC Storage Engineer

Ford

5h • Hybrid

About The Position

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves? Enterprise Technology plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If you’re looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance the customer experience and improve people’s lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are. In this position... As an HPC Storage Engineer, you will architect the data backbone that powers our most ambitious innovations. You will join a high-impact team dedicated to engineering and managing large-scale, multi-datacenter storage and interconnect infrastructure. From optimizing parallel filesystems to fine-tuning low-latency networking, your work will directly enable our internal customers to solve complex problems at scale. We are looking for a technical leader who is passionate about building high-performance solutions and ensuring our environment operates at its peak potential.

Requirements

• 5+ years of Linux administration experience
• 2+ years of storage engineering experience
• Strong storage and server infrastructure knowledge
• Strong architectural and engineering experience with enterprise Linux environments
• Strong scripting experience with Python and Bash, and willingness to learn other languages.
• Performs at an extremely high level of technical competence and maturity
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent communication skills and ability to utilize desktop tools to accelerate communications (Grafana, mkdocs, wikis, IM, MS Teams, etc.)
• Seeks out improvements to processes and business offerings
• Ability to create detailed technical documentation
• Ability to handle multiple complex projects at one time

Nice To Haves

• Experience using parallel filesystems (GPFS, Lustre, Vast, Weka, etc.)
• Exposure to HPC interconnect technologies like InfiniBand or MPI
• Familiarity with batch workload managers
• Experience using SRE practices and Jira/Agile
• Experience managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Responsibilities

• Actively design, implement and support HPC storage, networking, and related infrastructure
• Assist application teams with optimizing workflows for the environment
• Develop and support automation and scripts (Python, bash, Ansible)
• Monitor and troubleshoot system failures (participate in a regular on call schedule)

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees