Qualification & Experience: 8+ years of working experience in IT working on Linux environments (RHEL) with development experience. ● Solid Linux/RedHat system administration skills for Installing, managing Scientific Computing applications and Performance Analysis and debugging real time application execution.

Storage

Infrastructure & Data Lifecycle Management ● Design & Engineering: Architectural planning, deployment, and administration of parallel file systems (e.g., Lustre, IBM Spectrum Scale, BeeGFS) and scalable object storage solutions. ● Performance Engineering: Continuous monitoring of storage I/O performance; identification and mitigation of I/O bottlenecks to ensure throughput requirements for compute workloads are met. ● Data Lifecycle Strategy: Preparing for the future implementation of tiered storage concepts (HSM/ILM) to enable automated data migration across different performance tiers (hot-to-cold archiving).

Network

Architecture & Troubleshooting ● Advanced Diagnostics: Analyzing complex interdependencies between storage backends, file systems, and fabric architectures. ● Protocol Analysis: Utilizing deep packet inspection tools (e.g., tcpdump, Wireshark) and performance profiling suites (e.g., fio, perf, iostat) to isolate packet loss, latency jitter, or metadata lock contention. ● Interconnect Optimization: Performance tuning of low-latency network configurations (InfiniBand/Ethernet) with a specific focus on RDMA protocols (RoCE/iWARP).

Access

Control, Security &

• Compliance ● Identity &

• Access Governance: Managing NFS (v3/v4) and SMB/CIFS exports, taking into account multi-tenant structures and cross-cluster access. ● Hardening &

• Compliance: Enforcing network-level export policies (CIDR-based) and implementing POSIX-compliant ACLs as well as POSIX group mappings via LDAP/NIS. ● Data Security: Ensuring data-at-rest and data-in-transit encryption in compliance with regulatory standards (GDPR, Export Control) and institutional security policies. Workload &

• User Enablement ● Data Movement:



Orchestrating large-scale data transfers using specialized tools (e.g., XCP, Aspera, Globus). ● Consulting &

• Optimization: Advising users on I/O-efficient application development and best practices for highly scalable workflows.

Candidate

Profile (Skills) ● Expertise: Deep knowledge in administering HPC storage stacks and distributed file systems (POSIX-compliant). ● Network Stack: Expert knowledge of TCP/IP networking, InfiniBand fabrics, routing & switching, and RDMA technologies. ● Automation: Experience in automating provisioning and configuration management (Ansible, Puppet, Bash/Python). ● Containers & Orchestration: Solid understanding of integrating storage solutions into containerized environments (Singularity/Apptainer, Kubernetes). ● Good understanding of ITIL processes (Incident, Change, Problem, Service Management);

certification preferred. ● Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving skills, able to diagnose, reproduce, and resolve complex issues. ● Experience in stakeholder management and user support, with ability to adapt to evolving business processes. Good understanding of server architecture and Engineering applications. ● Knowledge on AI tools (Copilot, Gemini Coding Assistant) for Quality improvement, Automation and Value generation. ● Understanding and experience in Cloud technologies (preferably AWS) and contributing to building cloud ready solutions. (Bonus points if Certified). ● Excellent communication skills to work in a globally distributed team Responsibilities: ● Operate, maintain, and optimize Scientific Computing environments (Linux/RedHat, HPC clusters, scheduling systems). ● Develop and maintain legacy codebases,



recent codebases and automation scripts. ● Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Scientific Computing Applications, its installation, dependency management and performance. ● Apply ITIL processes in daily operations (Incident/Change/Problem Management). ● Proactively challenge existing workflows and propose innovative improvements to enhance efficiency and user experience. ● Collaborating with business users and relevant stakeholders to define project requirements, scope and deliverables. ● Provide day-to-day support for production processing by solving incidents and requests raised by the user community and an ongoing event and alert management ● Analyze and propose/implement to Improve incident resolution quality. ● Perform incident categorisation/classification & find out critical issues/most popular incidents and do root cause analysis ● Perform root cause analysis for critical incidents & trend analysis for proactive measures ● Participate in Agile Development activities and deliver features for fix/improvement of the service Apply DevOps and AI tools, culture and mindset for all your activities on a daily basis ● Excellent communication skills to work in a globally distributed team ● Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives on demand. ● Engage and motivate the people (involved and stakeholders / customers) to promote Self- reflection, Self-management, Communication and Teamwork. ● Manage Conflicts and Negotiation to achieve optimized results for the business. ● Define and develop the objectives hierarchy of the project or product using appropriate strategies, methods and tools. ● Engage stakeholders in a governance that ensures effective use of time, budget and achievement of quality. ● Integrate processes and people from other functions (matrix organizations). ● Ensure effective integration of lessons learnt. Ensure active risk and opportunity and contract (internal or external) management. ● Ensure effective management of partners and suppliers.

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