Argonne

HPC Storage Systems Team Lead

Lemont, IL USA · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$117k-$182kDetected 50 days ago

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About the role

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The HPC Storage Systems Team Lead provides team leadership and overall technical planning for projects related to the HPC Storage team of the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF).
The team lead will also lead efforts in the design and planning for future machine upgrades and recommend improved approaches for providing disk storage and file system services.
Provide rigorous oversight of design, testing, and deployment for storage solutions while mentoring team members and stakeholders on emerging storage technologies.
Ability to lead a team of individual contributors to integrate storage solutions with compute clusters using advanced networking (InfiniBand, Slingshot, Ultra Ethernet).
Ability to develop goals and objectives focused on the success of the HPC storage team.

To perform the essential functions of this position successful applicants must provide proof of U.S. citizenship, which is required to comply with federal regulations and contract.
Comprehensive expertise in storage performance through strategic tuning of configurations, including NVMe-oF, metadata management, and tiering strategies.
Demonstrated leadership experience in designing, planning, and implementing storage systems at multi-PB scale, including state-of-the-art parallel file systems.
Deep technical expertise in Linux administration, storage hardware (NVMe SSDs, high-capacity disk arrays), storage protocols (e.g., NFS, Lustre, S3, HPSS), and vendor solutions (e.g., VAST, WEKA, DDN, Spectra Logic).
Advanced proficiency of scripting languages (Python, Bash) and system automation to streamline storage operations and troubleshooting.
Experience overseeing large-scale projects, with significant organizational impact and accountability for high-stakes deliverables.
Ability to model Argonne's core values of impact, safety, respect, integrity and teamwork

Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage with leaders and other managers as part of the decision-making process.

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