Argonne
HPC Storage Systems Team Lead
Lemont, IL USA · Senior · Contract
Sponsorship not specified$117k-$182kDetected 97 days ago
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About the role
- Please note that the pay range information is a general guideline only.
- Argonne encourages everyone to apply for employment.
- Argonne is committed to nondiscrimination and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law.
Responsibilities
- 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.
Requirements
- 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
Compensation
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Company info
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage with leaders and other managers as part of the decision-making process.
Visa & Work Authorization
- citizenship, which is required to comply with federal regulations and contract
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