HPC Storage Engineer

SourcingXPress; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 5,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Client of Saffton Search & Staffing is seeking an experienced HPC Storage Engineer to join its Systems team in Hyderabad, Bengaluru or Gurugram. You will design, deploy, and operate petabyte-scale storage platforms to support quantitative research and trading in a global infrastructure.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in programming or scripting, strong Linux and networking knowledge, and hands-on experience with HPC storage filesystems.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related field with an exceptional foundation in algorithms, data structures, and object-oriented programming
• Robust expertise in Linux systems and a solid knowledge of networking fundamentals
• At least 5 years of experience in programming or scripting
• Hands-on experience with HPC storage filesystems
• Proven experience designing and implementing high-performance, reliable, and secure infrastructure systems end-to-end
• Excellent troubleshooting skills, including experience with diagnostic and tracing tools

Responsibilities

• Design, evaluate, operate, and troubleshoot petabyte-scale storage platforms.
• Research and deploy new storage technologies, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Resolve complex production issues; support the company’s global infrastructure.
• Contribute to a wide range of technology initiatives within a large distributed computing environment.

Skills

Linux

Networking fundamentals

Scripting

Programming

HPC storage

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Master's degree in CS or related field

Tools

GPFS

Puppet

Job description

Job Description

Company: Client of Saffton Search & Staffing

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Business Type: Enterprise

Company Type: Product

Business Model: Others

Funding Stage: Private Equity

Industry: FinTech

Salary Range: ₹ 50-90 Lacs PA

A global investment and technology development firm, founded since late 80's with offices across America, Europe & Asia. Having solid presence in world's capital markets and investing across all asset classes.

My client is seeking an experienced HPC (High Performance Computing) Storage Engineer to join their Systems team in Hyderabad/Bengaluru/Gurugram. Systems is a global group responsible for designing, building, and operating the company's largest and most critical compute infrastructure. This includes operating system platforms, high-performance computing environments, software development tooling, networking, and large-scale storage systems that support quantitative research and trading.

The team works in a collaborative environment, integrating advanced technologies to meet demanding performance, reliability, and scalability requirements.

What Will You Do

In this role, you will design, evaluate, operate, and troubleshoot petabyte-scale storage platforms used across the firm. You will work on researching and deploying new storage technologies, ensuring high availability and performance, and resolving complex production issues. Your responsibilities will also include supporting the company's global infrastructure and contributing to a wide range of technology initiatives within a large, distributed computing environment.

Who Are We Looking For

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related field with an exceptional foundation in algorithms, data structures, and object-oriented programming
• Robust expertise in Linux systems and a solid knowledge of networking fundamentals
• At least 5 years of experience in programming or scripting
• Hands-on experience with HPC storage filesystems
• Proven experience designing and implementing high-performance, reliable, and secure infrastructure systems end-to-end
• Excellent troubleshooting skills, including experience with diagnostic and tracing tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with Red Hat and Ubuntu Linux distributions
• Familiarity with configuration management tools such as Puppet
• Excellent communication skills, along with robust organizational and time-management abilities
• Experience with GPFS

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