Only the job description changed.
| Previous Job Description | Current Job Description | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | Job Description: | n | 1 | This is a two-year contract of employment, inclusive of benefits. |
| 2 | This is a two-year contract of employment, inclusive of benefits. The Academic Research Services tea | ||||
| > | m at UCSF is seeking an Storage Systems Engineer (SYS ADM 4) to serve as a technical resource in the | ||||
| > | design, deployment, and operation of large-scale(multi petabytes) research storage and data infrast | ||||
| > | ructure. This role will work in close partnership with the FAC Storage Lead to support UCSF’s evolvi | ||||
| > | ng research ecosystem, including Physical/Virtual Compute, CoreHPC, the Research Analysis Environmen | ||||
| > | t (RAE), and large institutional storage initiatives. This position is primarily responsible for arc | ||||
| > | hitecture, implementation, and lifecycle management for the Facility for Advanced Computing (FAC), s | ||||
| > | torage and systems, including support for large storage environments based on ZFS, NFS v3 and v4 & S | ||||
| > | AMBA(SMB) NSF-funded infrastructure, and OS Nexus–aligned data platforms. The role ensures seamless | ||||
| > | integration between storage systems and the Physical/Virtual Compute as well as CoreHPC compute clu | ||||
| > | ster, enabling performant, reliable, and scalable data access for AI, data science, and computationa | ||||
| > | l research workloads. The Storage Systems Engineer will: Work with the FAC Storage lead to continue | ||||
| > | supporting the design and evolution of storage architecture on ZFS across on-prem and hybrid environ | ||||
| > | ments, including ZFS, NFS, SMB VAST, parallel filesystems, and enterprise storage platforms Develop | ||||
| > | and maintain data movement strategies and tooling (e.g., rsync, rclone, Globus, NFS, SMB workflows) | ||||
| > | to support large-scale data ingestion, migration, and lifecycle management Ensure tight integration | ||||
| > | between storage and Physical/Virtual Compute as well as CoreHPC compute cluster systems, optimizing | ||||
| > | throughput, latency, and reliability for distributed workloads Support and scale storage systems ba | ||||
| > | cking major institutional initiatives (FAC storage(ZFS), OS Nexus integration) Collaborate closely w | ||||
| > | ith DevOps, networking, and security teams to deliver cohesive research infrastructure solutions Des | ||||
| > | ign and implement monitoring, performance tuning, and capacity planning strategies for storage and d | ||||
| > | ata systems Troubleshoot complex issues across storage, networking, and compute boundaries Participa | ||||
| > | te in system upgrades, migrations, and expansion efforts with minimal disruption to researchers Prov | ||||
| > | ide guidance to researchers on data organization, transfer strategies, and performance optimization | ||||
| > | Evaluate and recommend emerging storage technologies and architectures This role may lead storage-fo | ||||
| > | cused projects and contribute to cross-functional initiatives that improve the scalability, usabilit | ||||
| > | y, and reliability of UCSF’s research computing ecosystem. Department Overview Academic Research Sys | ||||
| > | tems (ARS) serves the needs of the UCSF research community by providing an integrated repository of | ||||
| > | HIPAA compliant clinical and life sciences data and a centralized, secure, professionally managed in | ||||
| > | frastructure for the storage and management of research data. ARS empowers medical scientific invest | ||||
| > | igations by offering secure computing environments, data capture, management and analysis tools, and | ||||
| > | support services which meet researchers’ needs. The Research Infrastructure team of the Academic Re | ||||
| > | search Service (ARS) focuses on large scale research platform support, high performance computationa | ||||
| > | l and storage services for UCSF researchers so they can address complex computational, AI, and data | ||||
| > | science problems. | ||||
| 3 | 2 | ||||
| t | 4 | Qualifications: | t | 3 | The Academic Research Services team at UCSF is seeking an Storage Systems Engineer (SYS ADM 4) to s |
| > | erve as a technical resource in the design, deployment, and operation of large-scale(multi petabytes | ||||
| > | ) research storage and data infrastructure. This role will work in close partnership with the FAC St | ||||
| > | orage Lead to support UCSF’s evolving research ecosystem, including Physical/Virtual Compute, CoreHP | ||||
| > | C, the Research Analysis Environment (RAE), and large institutional storage initiatives. | ||||
| 5 | REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS - Bachelor's degree in a related area, such as computer science or engineeri | 4 | |||
| > | ng, and 6+ years of experience with storage infrastructure support and management, or 10+ years of r | ||||
| > | elated experience with large-scale storage systems - Demonstrated skill (5 years +) deploying, manag | ||||
| > | ing, and troubleshooting ZFS (or similar) InfiniBand-based clusters - Strong knowledge of ZFS, high- | ||||
| > | performance parallel filesystems, and storage such as GPFS, Lustre, Vast, DDN, etc - Advanced knowle | ||||
| > | dge of computer security best practices and policies, including demonstrated experience securing res | ||||
| > | earch cyberinfrastructure systems to meet NIST 800-171 / 800-223, HIPAA, or IS-3 requirements - Know | ||||
| > | ledge of HPC job scheduler system design and operation, such as SLURM or PBS, - Ability to elicit an | ||||
| > | d communicate technical and non-technical information in a clear and concise manner. - Self-motivate | ||||
| > | d and works independently and as part of a team. Demonstrates problem-solving skills. Able to learn | ||||
| > | effectively and meet deadlines. - Understanding of system performance monitoring and actions that ca | ||||
| > | n be taken to improve or correct performance. - Demonstrated advanced knowledge, skills, and abiliti | ||||
| > | es associated with system problem identification and resolution. Experience with design, configurati | ||||
| > | on, operation, repair, and tuning of technology systems. - Advanced experience writing and editing t | ||||
| > | he most complex scripts used to perform system maintenance and administration. - Demonstrated testin | ||||
| > | g and test planning skills. Demonstrated ability to create automated testing. - Ability to write tec | ||||
| > | hnical documentation in a clear and concise manner. Ability to develop runbooks defining complex tec | ||||
| > | hnical processes in a clear and concise manner PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Expert knowledge of Virtua | ||||
| > | l Machines, Bare Metal Servers & HPC systems infrastructure design - Knowledge of the design, develo | ||||
| > | pment and application of technology and systems to meet business needs. - General knowledge of other | ||||
| > | areas of IT. E.g., Active Directory, Domain Controllers, Network Infrastructure. - Demonstrated ski | ||||
| > | lls associated with adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs. Demonstrated comprehensiv | ||||
| > | e understanding of how system management actions affect other systems, system users and dependent/re | ||||
| > | lated functions. - Professional certification in enterprise storage technologies (e.g., NetApp, Dell | ||||
| > | EMC PowerScale, IBM Storage Scale, VAST, Pure Storage) | ||||
| 5 | This position is primarily responsible for architecture, implementation, and lifecycle management f | ||||
| > | or the Facility for Advanced Computing (FAC), storage and systems, including support for large stora | ||||
| > | ge environments based on ZFS, NFS v3 and v4 & SAMBA(SMB) NSF-funded infrastructure, and OS Nexus-ali | ||||
| > | gned data platforms. The role ensures seamless integration between storage systems and the Physical/ | ||||
| > | Virtual Compute as well as CoreHPC compute cluster, enabling performant, reliable, and scalable data | ||||
| > | access for AI, data science, and computational research workloads. | ||||
| 6 | |||||
| 7 | The Storage Systems Engineer will: | ||||
| 8 | |||||
| 9 | * | ||||
| 10 | |||||
| 11 | Work with the FAC Storage lead to continue supporting the design and evolution of storage architect | ||||
| > | ure on ZFS across on-prem and hybrid environments, including ZFS, NFS, SMB VAST, parallel filesystem | ||||
| > | s, and enterprise storage platforms | ||||
| 12 | * | ||||
| 13 | |||||
| 14 | Develop and maintain data movement strategies and tooling (e.g., rsync, rclone, Globus, NFS, SMB wo | ||||
| > | rkflows) to support large-scale data ingestion, migration, and lifecycle management | ||||
| 15 | * | ||||
| 16 | |||||
| 17 | Ensure tight integration between storage and Physical/Virtual Compute as well as CoreHPC compute cl | ||||
| > | uster systems, optimizing throughput, latency, and reliability for distributed workloads | ||||
| 18 | * | ||||
| 19 | |||||
| 20 | Support and scale storage systems backing major institutional initiatives (FAC storage(ZFS), OS Nex | ||||
| > | us integration) | ||||
| 21 | * | ||||
| 22 | |||||
| 23 | Collaborate closely with DevOps, networking, and security teams to deliver cohesive research infras | ||||
| > | tructure solutions | ||||
| 24 | * | ||||
| 25 | |||||
| 26 | Design and implement monitoring, performance tuning, and capacity planning strategies for storage a | ||||
| > | nd data systems | ||||
| 27 | * | ||||
| 28 | |||||
| 29 | Troubleshoot complex issues across storage, networking, and compute boundaries | ||||
| 30 | * | ||||
| 31 | |||||
| 32 | Participate in system upgrades, migrations, and expansion efforts with minimal disruption to resear | ||||
| > | chers | ||||
| 33 | * | ||||
| 34 | |||||
| 35 | Provide guidance to researchers on data organization, transfer strategies, and performance optimiza | ||||
| > | tion | ||||
| 36 | * | ||||
| 37 | |||||
| 38 | Evaluate and recommend emerging storage technologies and architectures | ||||
| 39 | |||||
| 40 | This role may lead storage-focused projects and contribute to cross-functional initiatives that imp | ||||
| > | rove the scalability, usability, and reliability of UCSF’s research computing ecosystem. | ||||
| 41 | |||||
| 42 | Department Overview | ||||
| 43 | |||||
| 44 | Academic Research Systems (ARS) serves the needs of the UCSF research community by providing an int | ||||
| > | egrated repository of HIPAA compliant clinical and life sciences data and a centralized, secure, pro | ||||
| > | fessionally managed infrastructure for the storage and management of research data. ARS empowers med | ||||
| > | ical scientific investigations by offering secure computing environments, data capture, management a | ||||
| > | nd analysis tools, and support services which meet researchers’ needs. | ||||
| 45 | |||||
| 46 | The Research Infrastructure team of the Academic Research Service (ARS) focuses on large scale rese | ||||
| > | arch platform support, high performance computational and storage services for UCSF researchers so t | ||||
| > | hey can address complex computational, AI, and data science problems. | ||||