MFT PLATFORM ENGINEER - GLOBUS

Unity Systems; United States; In loco; USD 110.000 - 160.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Unity Systems is seeking an experienced MFT engineer to implement and operate Globus Connect Server v5 on GCP Compute Engine. You will onboard users, define operational processes, and provide technical support for secure, high-volume data movement across TB to PB scales.

The role covers configuring storage connectors, endpoints, and authentication, while optimizing transfer performance and ensuring robust security controls. Collaboration with security, infra, and research teams is essential.

Competenze

• 3+ years of hands-on Globus experience including Globus Connect Server v5 deployment and administration.
• Strong experience with Globus endpoints, Managed/Guest Collections, Storage Gateways, S3/POSIX connectors, and Globus Web App.
• Experience with GridFTP, parallel transfers, concurrency, and performance optimization.
• Experience with Globus Flows, Globus CLI, and Globus Python SDK.
• Hands-on GCP Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, IAM, service accounts, VPC, DNS, and firewall.
• Strong Linux administration, Bash scripting, system monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Understanding of TCP/IP, HTTPS, DNS, networking, DMZ, and Zero-Trust security.
• Experience with Managed File Transfer and large-scale data movement.
• Experience supporting terabyte- to petabyte-scale transfers in research/academic environments.

Mansioni

• Configure, harden, and maintain Globus Connect Server v5 on GCP Compute Engine.
• Configure Globus Collections, Storage Gateways, S3 Storage Connectors, endpoints, DNS, and authentication.
• Validate secure, high-throughput TB-to-PB data transfer workflows.
• Troubleshoot transfer failures, stalled transfers, permissions, connectivity, and performance issues.
• Optimize GridFTP concurrency, parallelism, and transfer performance.
• Manage Linux VMs, services, patches, upgrades, logs, monitoring, and disaster recovery.
• Implement RBAC, access controls, audit logging, data governance, and security controls.
• Develop runbooks, SOPs, troubleshooting guides, architecture documents, and operational playbooks.
• Support Globus Flows, automation, and future AI-driven MFT operations.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, architecture, security, and research teams and provide knowledge transfer.

Conoscenze

Globus Connect Server v5

GCP Compute Engine

Linux administration

Networking fundamentals

Globus CLI / Python SDK

Globus Auth / OAuth

RBAC / access controls

Troubleshooting data transfer

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Associate's degree in Computer Science or Engineering (with 2 years relevant experience)

Strumenti

S3 Storage Connectors

Globus Windows/DNS configuration

Descrizione del lavoro

**Duration:** 6-12 Months, Possible Extension

**Schedule:** Full-Time, 40 Hours/Week

**Work Hours:** Availability during Central Time core hours

ROLE OVERVIEW

• Support the implementation, operationalization, configuration, and administration of a **Globus Managed File Transfer (MFT) platform** supporting secure, high-volume research data movement.
• Complete the **Globus Connect Server (GCS) v5** deployment, onboard users, establish operational processes, and provide technical support.
• Work across **GCP, Linux, networking, security, and large-scale data transfer** environments.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Configure, harden, and maintain **Globus Connect Server v5** on GCP Compute Engine.
• Configure **Globus Collections, Storage Gateways, S3 Storage Connectors, endpoints, DNS, and authentication**.
• Validate secure, high-throughput **TB-to-PB data transfer** workflows.
• Troubleshoot transfer failures, stalled transfers, permissions, connectivity, and performance issues.
• Optimize **GridFTP concurrency, parallelism, and transfer performance**.
• Manage Linux VMs, services, patches, upgrades, logs, monitoring, and disaster recovery.
• Implement **RBAC, access controls, audit logging, data governance, and security controls**.
• Develop runbooks, SOPs, troubleshooting guides, architecture documentation, and operational playbooks.
• Support **Globus Flows, automation, and future AI-driven MFT operations**.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, architecture, security, and research teams and provide knowledge transfer.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• **3+ years of hands-on Globus experience**, including **Globus Connect Server v5** deployment, configuration, and administration.
• Strong experience with **Globus endpoints, Managed/Guest Collections, Storage Gateways, S3/POSIX connectors, and Globus Web App**.
• Experience with **GridFTP**, parallel transfers, concurrency, and performance optimization.
• Experience with **Globus Auth, OAuth 2.0/OpenID Connect**, and identity provider configuration.
• Experience with **Globus Flows, Globus CLI, and Globus Python SDK**.
• Hands-on **GCP Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, IAM, service accounts, VPC, DNS, and firewall** experience.
• Strong **Linux administration**, Bash/shell scripting, system monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Understanding of **TCP/IP, HTTPS, DNS, networking, DMZ, and Zero-Trust security**.
• Experience with **Managed File Transfer and large-scale data movement**.
• Experience supporting **terabyte- to petabyte-scale transfers** in research, academic, healthcare, or similar environments.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering, **OR**
• Associate's degree in Computer Science or Engineering with 2 years of relevant experience.

PREFERRED

• Healthcare or regulated-environment experience.
• HIPAA/NIST knowledge.
• Signiant or Cleo experience.
• Terraform/IaC, Azure DevOps, SailPoint, Entra ID, HPC, or monitoring/observability experience.