Linux Infrastructure Storage Engineer III

National Lab of the Rockies; Golden (CO); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Professional development opportunities

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) in Golden, CO seeks a Storage Engineer within our Computational Science Center. The role installs, configures, and supports storage‑related products and services for advanced computing efforts, including object, block storage, distributed file systems and cloud storage services.

This is a hybrid position with at least 3 days onsite at NLR. Candidates should have 8+ years of storage experience, strong Linux skills, and the ability to design secure,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience, or Master's with 3+ years, or PhD with experience.
• Complete understanding and wide application of principles, concepts and techniques in storage systems.
• General knowledge of related IS disciplines and strong leadership & project management skills.
• Advanced programming, design and analysis abilities with various computer software programs and information systems.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and support storage products (hardware and software) for data-intensive computing.
• Focus on object storage, block storage, distributed file systems and cloud storage services.
• Determine optimal hardware/software configurations and stay current with new storage technologies.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Analytical techniques

Problem solving

Communication & collaboration

Scripting languages

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Git

Ansible

SLURM

InfiniBand

Lustre/GPFS/BeeGFS/Ceph

Job description

Join the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), where world-class scientists, engineers, and experts are accelerating energy innovation through breakthrough research and systems integration. From our mission to our collaborative culture, NLR stands out in the research community for its commitment to an affordable and secure energy future. Spanning foundational science to applied systems engineering and analysis, we focus on solving complex challenges to deliver advanced, secure, reliable, and cost-effective energy solutions. Our work helps strengthen U.S. industries, support job creation, and promote national economic growth.

At NLR, you'll find a mission-driven environment supported by state-of-the-
a‑art facilities, multidisciplinary research teams, and strong collaborations with industry, academia, and other national laboratories. We offer robust professional development opportunities, and a competitive benefits package designed to support your career and well-being.

NLR’s Computational Science Center is currently seeking a Storage Engineer within our Center. In this role, the incumbent will install, configure, and support storage‑related products (hardware and software) and services for advanced computing efforts. The primary focus of the storage engineering effort supports data‑intensive activities utilizing object storage, block storage, distributed file systems and cloud storage services. The center focuses on providing optimal solutions to high throughput, high volume data management capabilities. The position will help determine optimal hardware and software configurations and stay abreast of new technologies and techniques for storage services.

This is a hybrid position with at least 3 days a week onsite at NLR.

Basic Qualifications

Relevant Bachelor's Degree and 5 or more years of experience or equivalent relevant education/experience. Or, relevant Master's Degree and 3 or more years of experience or equivalent relevant education/experience. Or, relevant PhD or equivalent relevant education/experience. Complete understanding and wide application of principles, concepts and techniques in specific field. General knowledge of related IS disciplines. Strong leadership and project management skills. Skilled in analytical techniques, practices and problem solving. Advanced programming, design and analysis abilities with various computer software programs and information systems.

Eligibility requirements

This position will require access to sensitive information, Government facilities, and/or Government information systems restricted to individuals with US citizenship. Only applicants that are US Citizens at the time of application will be considered.

* Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.

Additional Required Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of Experience supporting high-performance storage environments.
• Proven ability to design and implement secure, scalable, and performant infrastructure to support complex data pipelines and analysis tools.
• Strong problem‑solving skills with the ability to quickly diagnose and resolve technical issues impacting data processing and analysis.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with researchers, research operations, analysts, and cross‑functional teams.
• Ability to research and formulate hardware designs and act according to the decisions
• Solid foundation in Linux systems engineering, storage engineering, and data systems architecture
• Experience with Network Attached Storage solutions
• Experience with backup software
• Scripting languages such as Python, PERL, Bash

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Git and handling branches, merging, and conflict resolution
• Proficiency in configuration management/automation tools such as Ansible
• Exposure to HPC job schedulers (i.e. SLURM)
• Basic knowledge of InfiniBand
• A strong foundation in cloud native storage.
• Experience with any of the following high-performance filesystems Lustre, GPFS, BeeGFS, Ceph, DOAS, VAST, PNFS, or WEKAFS