HPC Storage Engineer

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

Job summary

Saffton Search & Staffing’s client seeks an experienced HPC Storage Engineer to join its Systems team across Hyderabad, Bengaluru, or Gurugram. You will design, operate, and scale petabyte-scale storage platforms for quantitative research and trading.

The role requires a strong background in Linux, networking, and scripting, plus 5+ years in programming and storage systems. You will contribute to global infrastructure, deploy new storage technologies, and ensure high availability and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in CS or related field with strong fundamentals in algorithms and data structures.
• Robust expertise in Linux systems and networking fundamentals.
• At least 5 years of experience in programming or scripting.

Responsibilities

• Design, evaluate, operate, and troubleshoot petabyte-scale storage platforms.
• Research and deploy new storage technologies to ensure high availability and performance.
• Support global infrastructure and contribute to a wide range of technology initiatives in a distributed environment.

Skills

Linux systems

Networking fundamentals

Programming or scripting

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science

Tools

HPC storage filesystems

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

Job Description

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