GPFS Storage Engineer
Core
Provide hands-on administration and incident resolution for IBM Spectrum Scale / General Parallel File System (GPFS) and associated storage infrastructure, ensuring service restoration and operational resilience.
Role type
Senior IC storage engineer (GPFS/Spectrum Scale)
Builds
Enterprise and high-performance computing (HPC) storage services
Domain
Enterprise storage / High-Performance Computing (HPC)
Required skills
GPFS/Spectrum Scale administration, Linux troubleshooting, storage performance analysis (IOPS, latency, throughput), SAN/NAS connectivity (Fibre Channel, Ethernet, RDMA), incident management, root cause analysis
Preferred skills
DDN storage platforms, RDMA/InfiniBand environments, enterprise SLA operations
Technologies
IBM Spectrum Scale, GPFS, Linux, SAN, NAS, Fibre Channel, Ethernet, RDMA, InfiniBand, mm* commands
Responsibilities
Administer Spectrum Scale clusters, filesystems, NSDs, filesets, storage pools and policies; Troubleshoot node, disk, NSD, path, mount, quorum and connectivity conditions; Analyze capacity, IOPS, latency and throughput to identify bottlenecks; Execute backup, configuration validation and disaster recovery procedures; Mentor L1 engineers and improve runbooks
Seniority
Mid-Senior, hands-on IC
