HPC Storage Engineer: Onsite & Remote Enablement

DDN; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

DDN is seeking a Professional Services Engineer in Canberra to deliver technical implementations, consulting, and enablement services across DDN storage platforms, EXAScaler, Lustre file systems, Linux, and high-speed networks.

You will work with customers and cross-functional teams to install, configure, and optimize environments, perform benchmarking, and drive knowledge transfer and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in CS/Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years in infrastructure engineering, storage, or data-centre operations.
• Hands-on Linux system administration and troubleshooting.
• Experience with enterprise storage, HPC or high-performance computing environments.
• Strong IP networking knowledge and high-speed interconnects.
• Experience with Lustre, NFS, or GPFS file systems.
• Ability to read system logs, analyze performance data, and troubleshoot methodically.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to work independently with distributed teams.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute customer installations, upgrades, migrations, and health checks.
• Perform hardware installation: rack, cabling, power, health checks.
• Install and configure DDN storage and EXAScaler components.
• Configure file systems, connectivity, networking, and HA features.
• Conduct benchmarking, tuning, and capacity assessments.
• Troubleshoot hardware, OS, networking, file system, and performance issues.
• Coordinate with Support and Engineering for escalations and resolution.

Skills

Linux administration

High-speed networking

Storage systems

Lustre/EXAScaler

Troubleshooting

Customer enablement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Lustre

NFS

GPFS

Job description

DDN is seeking a Professional Services Engineer in Canberra to deliver technical implementations, consulting, and enablement services across DDN storage platforms, EXAScaler, Lustre file systems, Linux, and high-speed networks.

You will work with customers and cross-functional teams to install, configure, and optimize environments, perform benchmarking, and drive knowledge transfer and documentation.