Senior IT Systems Engineer, Storage

10x Genomics•Pleasanton, CA

2d•$136,500 - $184,700

About The Position

10x Genomics is seeking an exceptional Linux systems administrator with strong data protection experience to join its IT team. The role supports a growing infrastructure serving multi-petabyte genomic datasets in a High Performance Computing environment, with a focus on performance, availability, and durability. The IT organization provides secure, stable, and scalable infrastructure for research and development, manufacturing, and business operations, while supporting innovation and productivity. The Senior IT Systems Engineer will design, implement, operate, and document enterprise and HPC compute and storage across on-premises and cloud environments. The position also manages storage clusters, backup and archive systems, data replication, security and integrity controls, monitoring, and data lifecycle policies. The role participates in a shared operational on-call rotation and leads post-incident reviews.

Requirements

At least 5 years managing petabyte-scale enterprise or HPC storage, including scale-out NAS, with a focus on performance, data protection, and integrity.
Strong knowledge of data replication and backup technologies.
Strong knowledge of diverse Linux distributions, including Debian, Ubuntu, and Amazon Linux.
Experience with AWS services, including S3, EBS, EC2, VPC, and IAM.
Solid knowledge of cross-platform file-sharing protocols (NFS, SMB) and access control (Active Directory/LDAP), including NFSv4 with Kerberos and storage network segmentation.
Experience scripting in Bash or Python.
Experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools such as Ansible and Terraform.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with data classification, metadata management, and at-rest encryption technologies.
Operational knowledge of virtualization technologies and hypervisors such as VMware ESXi/vCenter and Proxmox VE.
Strong analytical and organizational skills.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, operate, and document enterprise and HPC compute and storage across hybrid on-premises and cloud environments.
Architect and maintain storage and compute clusters using best practices for configuration management, automated patching, and performance tuning.
Manage off-site and cloud backup, archive, and data replication solutions.
Ensure operational readiness of backup systems.
Enforce data integrity, security compliance, and automated monitoring across production storage and backup systems.
Manage the data lifecycle of corporate and research datasets.
Implement and enforce data lifecycle management (DLM) policies.
Participate in a shared operational on-call rotation supporting the production environment.
Lead post-incident reviews to identify root causes and implement long-term preventative fixes.