Senior Storage Systems Lead – Ceph & HPC

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation; Western Australia; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CSIRO is seeking a Senior System Administrator Storage to lead and optimize Pawsey's storage and archive platforms. You will oversee Ceph-based object storage and tape/archive workflows, ensuring reliable access for researchers and ongoing service improvements.

You will contribute technical leadership across Linux, storage, cloud, HPC and supporting platforms, while maintaining documentation and effective incident management in a collaborative team.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated administration experience of Linux/Unix systems.
• Experience with Ceph object/storage infrastructure.
• Experience with HSM or tape archives (TSM, Bacula).
• Understanding of storage platforms, data movement and archiving.
• Ability to develop and apply knowledge of complex systems and supporting technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead operation, maintenance and optimization of Pawsey's object storage and archive infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot, resolve problems and drive continuous improvements across storage services.

Skills

Linux administration

Ceph storage

HSM / Tape Archive

Storage infrastructure

SAN

Education

Tertiary qualification in Science, Computing or Engineering

Equivalent experience

Tools

Bacula

TSM

Tape library

Job description

CSIRO is seeking a Senior System Administrator Storage to lead and optimize Pawsey's storage and archive platforms. You will oversee Ceph-based object storage and tape/archive workflows, ensuring reliable access for researchers and ongoing service improvements.

You will contribute technical leadership across Linux, storage, cloud, HPC and supporting platforms, while maintaining documentation and effective incident management in a collaborative team.