Job Description

Qualification & Experience:

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8+ years of working experience in IT working on Linux environments (RHEL) with development

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experience. ● Robust Linux/RedHat system administration skills for Installing, managing Scientific

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Computing applications and Performance Analysis and debugging real time application execution.

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Storage Infrastructure & Data Lifecycle Management

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● Design & Engineering: Architectural planning, deployment, and administration of parallel file

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systems (e.g., Lustre, IBM Spectrum Scale, BeeGFS) and scalable object storage solutions.

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● Performance Engineering: Continuous monitoring of storage I/O performance; identification and

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mitigation of I/O bottlenecks to ensure throughput requirements for compute workloads are met.

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● Data Lifecycle Strategy: Preparing for the future implementation of tiered storage concepts

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(HSM/ILM) to enable automated data migration across different performance tiers (hot-to-cold

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archiving).

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Network Architecture & Troubleshooting

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● Advanced Diagnostics: Analyzing complex interdependencies between storage backends, file

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systems, and fabric architectures.

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● Protocol Analysis: Utilizing deep packet inspection tools (e.g., tcpdump, Wireshark) and

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performance profiling suites (e.g., fio, perf, iostat) to isolate packet loss, latency jitter, or metadata

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lock contention.

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● Interconnect Optimization: Performance tuning of low-latency network configurations

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(InfiniBand/Ethernet) with a specific focus on RDMA protocols (RoCE/iWARP).

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Access Control, Security & Compliance

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● Identity & Access Governance: Managing NFS (v3/v4) and SMB/CIFS exports, taking into account

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multi-tenant structures and cross-cluster access.

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● Hardening & Compliance: Enforcing network-level export policies (CIDR-based) and implementing

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POSIX-compliant ACLs as well as POSIX group mappings via LDAP/NIS.

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● Data Security: Ensuring data-at-rest and data-in-transit encryption in compliance with regulatory

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standards (GDPR, Export Control) and institutional security policies.

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Workload & User Enablement

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● Data Movement:



Orchestrating large-scale data transfers using specialized tools (e.g., XCP,

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Aspera, Globus).

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● Consulting & Optimization: Advising users on I/O-efficient application development and best

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practices for highly scalable workflows.

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Candidate Profile (Skills)

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● Expertise: Deep knowledge in administering HPC storage stacks and distributed file systems

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(POSIX-compliant).

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● Network Stack: Expert knowledge of TCP/IP networking, InfiniBand fabrics, routing & switching,

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and RDMA technologies.

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● Automation: Experience in automating provisioning and configuration management (Ansible,

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Puppet, Bash/Python).

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● Containers & Orchestration: Solid understanding of integrating storage solutions into

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containerized environments (Singularity/Apptainer, Kubernetes).

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● Good understanding of ITIL processes (Incident, Change, Problem, Service Management);

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certification preferred.

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● Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving skills, able to diagnose, reproduce, and resolve

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complex issues.

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● Experience in stakeholder management and user support, with ability to adapt to evolving

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business processes.

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Good understanding of server architecture and Engineering applications.

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● Knowledge on AI tools (Copilot, Gemini Coding Assistant) for Quality improvement, Automation

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and Value generation.

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● Understanding and experience in Cloud technologies (preferably AWS) and contributing to building

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cloud ready solutions. (Bonus points if Certified).

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● Excellent communication skills to work in a globally distributed team

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Responsibilities:

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● Operate, maintain, and optimize Scientific Computing environments (Linux/RedHat, HPC

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clusters, scheduling systems).

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- Develop and maintain legacy codebases,



new codebases and automation scripts.
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- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Scientific Computing Applications, its installation,
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dependency management and performance.

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- Apply ITIL processes in daily operations (Incident/Change/Problem Management).
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- Proactively challenge existing workflows and propose innovative improvements to enhance
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efficiency and user experience.

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● Collaborating with business users and relevant stakeholders to define project requirements,

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scope and deliverables.

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● Provide day-to-day support for production processing by solving incidents and requests raised by

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the user community and an ongoing event and alert management

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- Analyze and propose/implement to Improve incident resolution quality.
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- Perform incident categorisation/classification & find out critical issues/most popular incidents and
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do root cause analysis

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● Perform root cause analysis for critical incidents & trend analysis for proactive

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measures

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● Participate in Agile Development activities and deliver features for fix/improvement of the

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service Apply DevOps and AI tools, culture and mindset for all your activities on a daily

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basis

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- Excellent communication skills to work in a globally distributed team
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- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives on demand.
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- Engage and motivate the people (involved and stakeholders / customers) to promote Self-
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reflection, Self-management, Communication and Teamwork.

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- Manage Conflicts and Negotiation to achieve optimized results for the business.
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- Define and develop the objectives hierarchy of the project or product using appropriate strategies,
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methods and tools.

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● Engage stakeholders in a governance that ensures effective use of time, budget and achievement

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of quality.

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- Integrate processes and people from other functions (matrix organizations).
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- Ensure effective integration of lessons learnt. Ensure active risk and opportunity and contract
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(internal or external) management.

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● Ensure effective management of partners and suppliers.

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