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Peraton · 14 hours ago

Data Storage Planning & Management Senior High Performance Computing Systems Engineer

Fort Meade, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$135K/yr - $216K/yr

13+ years exp

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe. They are seeking a skilled Systems Engineer to support their customer's large High Performance Computing program, focusing on planning and managing data storage solutions and ensuring successful program objectives.

Information TechnologyRobotics

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Understand file systems (XFS, Lustre/GPFS/SephFS, NFS, EXT4, etc.)

Understand performance testing of IOPS and can write/evaluate test plans to reflect a need (for example, x number of nodes with xMB write capability)

Knowledgeable of various types of HW configurations (i.e. RAID (0-10), Grid RAID, Sharding, etc.)

Familiar with various storage networks (i.e. SAN, Ethernet, Infiniband, slinghsot, etc.)

Knowledgeable in various types of storage, interfaces, tools, file systems (Flash/NAND (or other types) based SSD's, Form factors, RAID levels, Interfaces (M.2, SATA, PCIe NVMe, etc.)

Familiarity with smart data

Able to effectively monitor storage network, bus, and devices

Familiarity with general CPU components/architecture (Cache, processor core(s), Integrated Memory/Storage Controllers)

Familiar with the FIO or IOR benchmarking tools

Familiar with Ansible playbooks

Familiar with Lustre parallel file system

Qualification

Data storage managementHigh Performance ComputingFile systems knowledgePerformance testingStorage network familiarityHardware configuration knowledgeLinux proficiencyProgramming skillsAnsible playbooksBenchmarking toolsSmart data familiarityCPU architecture familiarity

Required

Position requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph

Polygraph must have been completed in the past 5 years

A High School Diploma or GED plus Nineteen (19) years of general systems engineering experience, OR

A Bachelor's degree in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus fifteen (15) years of systems engineering experience, OR

A Master's degree or PhD in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus thirteen (13) years of systems engineering experience

Must be proficient with Fundamental Linux command and OS structure experiences

Must have programming language experience

Basic scripting skills (bash and Python to support telemetry actions)

Understands file systems (XFS, Lustre/GPFS/SephFS, NFS, EXT4, etc.)