Storage Administrator for HPC & Secure Research Data

University of Oxford; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

Cycle loan scheme

Leave benefits

Job summary

University of Oxford IT Services invites applications for a Research Computing Storage Administrator to help develop storage foundations for the evolving computing environment. You will maintain, improve and integrate storage services supporting HPC/HTC clusters, the Trusted Research Environment and Research File Service, enabling researchers to move and manage data securely.

You will work with specialists across OxRC and colleague teams to tackle storage challenges, contribute expertise in

Qualifications

• A degree-level qualification or equivalent experience in a research computing environment.
• Extensive experience managing large-scale storage platforms (Scale/GPFS, Lustre or WEKA).
• Experience administering bulk block, file or object storage (NetApp ONTAP, Ceph, CephFS).
• Strong Linux system administration and scripting skills (Python, Bash) in RHEL-based environments.
• Familiarity with high-speed networking and storage protocols (NFS, SMB, S3).

Responsibilities

• Maintain, improve and integrate storage services for HPC/HTC clusters and Trust Environment.
• Develop data workflows and secure data movement using Globus-based services.
• Collaborate with information security, governance and research teams to meet compliance.

Skills

High-performance computing experience

Linux system administration

Scripting (Python/Bash)

Strong communication

Education

Degree-level qualification or equivalent

Tools

Scale/GPFS

Lustre

WEKA

NetApp ONTAP

Ceph/CephFS

NVIDIA InfiniBand

Cumulus/SONiC

Job description

University of Oxford IT Services invites applications for a Research Computing Storage Administrator to help develop storage foundations for the evolving computing environment. You will maintain, improve and integrate storage services supporting HPC/HTC clusters, the Trusted Research Environment and Research File Service, enabling researchers to move and manage data securely.

You will work with specialists across OxRC and colleague teams to tackle storage challenges, contribute expertise in