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| t | This is a two-year contract of employment, inclusive of benefits. The Academic Research Services tea | t | Certain terms and conditions of employment for this position, including the rate of pay, benefits, e |
| m at UCSF is seeking an Storage Systems Engineer (SYS ADM 4) to serve as a technical resource in the | | tc., are currently subject to negotiation with the appropriate union This is a two-year contract of |
| design, deployment, and operation of large-scale(multi petabytes) research storage and data infrast | | employment, inclusive of benefits. The Academic Research Services team at UCSF is seeking an Storage |
| ructure. This role will work in close partnership with the FAC Storage Lead to support UCSF’s evolvi | | Systems Engineer (SYS ADM 4) to serve as a technical resource in the design, deployment, and operat |
| ng research ecosystem, including Physical/Virtual Compute, CoreHPC, the Research Analysis Environmen | | ion of large-scale(multi petabytes) research storage and data infrastructure. This role will work in |
| t (RAE), and large institutional storage initiatives. This position is primarily responsible for arc | | close partnership with the FAC Storage Lead to support UCSF’s evolving research ecosystem, includin |
| hitecture, implementation, and lifecycle management for the Facility for Advanced Computing (FAC), s | | g Physical/Virtual Compute, CoreHPC, the Research Analysis Environment (RAE), and large institutiona |
| torage and systems, including support for large storage environments based on ZFS, NFS v3 and v4 & S | | l storage initiatives. This position is primarily responsible for architecture, implementation, and |
| AMBA(SMB) NSF-funded infrastructure, and OS Nexus–aligned data platforms. The role ensures seamless | | lifecycle management for the Facility for Advanced Computing (FAC), storage and systems, including s |
| integration between storage systems and the Physical/Virtual Compute as well as CoreHPC compute clu | | upport for large storage environments based on ZFS, NFS v3 and v4 & SAMBA(SMB) NSF-funded infrastruc |
| ster, enabling performant, reliable, and scalable data access for AI, data science, and computationa | | ture, and OS Nexus–aligned data platforms. The role ensures seamless integration between storage sys |
| l research workloads. The Storage Systems Engineer will: Work with the FAC Storage lead to continue | | tems and the Physical/Virtual Compute as well as CoreHPC compute cluster, enabling performant, reli |
| supporting the design and evolution of storage architecture on ZFS across on-prem and hybrid environ | | able, and scalable data access for AI, data science, and computational research workloads. The Stora |
| ments, including ZFS, NFS, SMB VAST, parallel filesystems, and enterprise storage platforms Develop | | ge Systems Engineer will: Work with the FAC Storage lead to continue supporting the design and evolu |
| and maintain data movement strategies and tooling (e.g., rsync, rclone, Globus, NFS, SMB workflows) | | tion of storage architecture on ZFS across on-prem and hybrid environments, including ZFS, NFS, SMB |
| to support large-scale data ingestion, migration, and lifecycle management Ensure tight integration | | VAST, parallel filesystems, and enterprise storage platforms Develop and maintain data movement stra |
| between storage and Physical/Virtual Compute as well as CoreHPC compute cluster systems, optimizing | | tegies and tooling (e.g., rsync, rclone, Globus, NFS, SMB workflows) to support large-scale data ing |
| throughput, latency, and reliability for distributed workloads Support and scale storage systems ba | | estion, migration, and lifecycle management Ensure tight integration between storage and Physical/Vi |
| cking major institutional initiatives (FAC storage(ZFS), OS Nexus integration) Collaborate closely w | | rtual Compute as well as CoreHPC compute cluster systems, optimizing throughput, latency, and relia |
| ith DevOps, networking, and security teams to deliver cohesive research infrastructure solutions Des | | bility for distributed workloads Support and scale storage systems backing major institutional initi |
| ign and implement monitoring, performance tuning, and capacity planning strategies for storage and d | | atives (FAC storage(ZFS), OS Nexus integration) Collaborate closely with DevOps, networking, and sec |
| ata systems Troubleshoot complex issues across storage, networking, and compute boundaries Participa | | urity teams to deliver cohesive research infrastructure solutions Design and implement monitoring, p |
| te in system upgrades, migrations, and expansion efforts with minimal disruption to researchers Prov | | erformance tuning, and capacity planning strategies for storage and data systems Troubleshoot comple |
| ide guidance to researchers on data organization, transfer strategies, and performance optimization | | x issues across storage, networking, and compute boundaries Participate in system upgrades, migratio |
| Evaluate and recommend emerging storage technologies and architectures This role may lead storage-fo | | ns, and expansion efforts with minimal disruption to researchers Provide guidance to researchers on |
| cused projects and contribute to cross-functional initiatives that improve the scalability, usabilit | | data organization, transfer strategies, and performance optimization Evaluate and recommend emerging |
| y, and reliability of UCSF’s research computing ecosystem. Department Overview Academic Research Sys | | storage technologies and architectures This role may lead storage-focused projects and contribute t |
| tems (ARS) serves the needs of the UCSF research community by providing an integrated repository of | | o cross-functional initiatives that improve the scalability, usability, and reliability of UCSF’s re |
| HIPAA compliant clinical and life sciences data and a centralized, secure, professionally managed in | | search computing ecosystem. Department Overview Academic Research Systems (ARS) serves the needs of |
| frastructure for the storage and management of research data. ARS empowers medical scientific invest | | the UCSF research community by providing an integrated repository of HIPAA compliant clinical and li |
| igations by offering secure computing environments, data capture, management and analysis tools, and | | fe sciences data and a centralized, secure, professionally managed infrastructure for the storage an |
| support services which meet researchers’ needs. The Research Infrastructure team of the Academic Re | | d management of research data. ARS empowers medical scientific investigations by offering secure com |
| search Service (ARS) focuses on large scale research platform support, high performance computationa | | puting environments, data capture, management and analysis tools, and support services which meet re |
| l and storage services for UCSF researchers so they can address complex computational, AI, and data | | searchers’ needs. The Research Infrastructure team of the Academic Research Service (ARS) focuses on |
| science problems. | | large scale research platform support, high performance computational and storage services for UCSF |
| | | researchers so they can address complex computational, AI, and data science problems. |
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| Qualifications: | | Qualifications: |
| REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS - Bachelor's degree in a related area, such as computer science or engineeri | | REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS - Bachelor's degree in a related area, such as computer science or engineeri |
| ng, and 6+ years of experience with storage infrastructure support and management, or 10+ years of r | | 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 | | 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- | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | lated functions. - Professional certification in enterprise storage technologies (e.g., NetApp, Dell |
| EMC PowerScale, IBM Storage Scale, VAST, Pure Storage) | | EMC PowerScale, IBM Storage Scale, VAST, Pure Storage) |