Senior Linux & HPC Storage Engineer

10x Genomics, Inc.; Pleasanton, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

10x Genomics is seeking a Linux system administrator to design, implement, and operate enterprise and HPC compute and storage across hybrid environments, enabling secure, scalable access to multi-petabyte genomic datasets.

You will manage on-prem and cloud resources, enforce data protection, perform automated patching, and lead post-incident reviews to prevent recurrence, while supporting a high-availability research infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 5+ years managing petabyte-scale enterprise or HPC storage.
• Strong knowledge of data replication and backup technologies.
• Experience with Debian, Ubuntu and Amazon Linux, and AWS (S3, EC2, EBS, VPC, IAM).
• Scripting in Bash or Python; IaC tools such as Ansible or Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, operate and document enterprise and HPC compute and storage across hybrid environments.
• Architect and maintain storage and compute clusters with patching and performance tuning.
• Manage off-site/cloud backup, archive, and data replication solutions; ensure operational readiness of backup systems.
• Enforce data integrity, security compliance and automated monitoring across production storage and backup systems.
• Manage data lifecycle of corporate and research datasets; implement DLM policies.
• Participate in a shared on-call rotation to support production environment.
• Lead post-incident reviews to identify root causes and implement long-term fixes.

Skills

Petabyte-scale storage

Data replication

Backup technologies

Linux distributions

AWS

NFS/SMB file sharing

Bash/Python scripting

IaC/Configuration mgmt

Tools

VMware ESXi/vCenter

Proxmox VE

Job description

10x Genomics is seeking a Linux system administrator to design, implement, and operate enterprise and HPC compute and storage across hybrid environments, enabling secure, scalable access to multi-petabyte genomic datasets.

You will manage on-prem and cloud resources, enforce data protection, perform automated patching, and lead post-incident reviews to prevent recurrence, while supporting a high-availability research infrastructure.