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It is a commitment. This is the century of biology, and the breakthroughs we make now have the potential to change the world.\nWe enable scientists to advance their research, allowing them to address scientific questions they did not even know they could ask. Our tools have enabled fundamental discoveries across biology including cancer, immunology, and neuroscience.\nAbout The Role\nInformation technology is a vital and integral part of our success. At 10x Genomics, IT not only provides a secure, stable, and scalable infrastructure for R&D, manufacturing, and business operations, it serves as a catalyst for innovation and productivity. We are looking for an exceptional Linux system administrator with strong data protection experience to join our IT team. You will be working with a growing infrastructure that serves multi-petabytes of genomic data in a High Performance Computing environment while delivering optimal performance, availability, and durability.\nWhat you will be doing\nDesign, implement, operate and document enterprise and HPC compute and storage across hybrid (on-premises and cloud) environments.\n\nArchitect and maintain storage and compute clusters in accordance with best practices for configuration management, automated patching, and performance tuning.\n\nManage off-site/cloud backup, archive, and data replication solutions. Ensure operational readiness of all backup systems.\n\nEnforce data integrity, security compliance and automated monitoring across production storage and backup systems.\n\nManage data lifecycle of corporate and research datasets. Implement and enforce DLM policies.\n\nParticipate in a shared operational on-call rotation to support our production environment.\n\nLead post-incident reviews to identify root causes and implement long-term preventative fixes.\n\nMinimum Qualifications\n5 years managing petabyte-scale enterprise or HPC storage, including scale-out NAS, with a focus on performance, data protection, and integrity.\n\nStrong knowledge of data replication and backup technologies.\n\nStrong knowledge of diverse Linux distributions including Debian, Ubuntu and Amazon Linux.\n\nExperience with AWS (S3, EBS, EC2, VPC, IAM).\n\nSolid knowledge of cross-platform file sharing protocols (NFS, SMB) and access control (Active Directory/LDAP), including NFSv4 with Kerberos and storage network segmentation.\n\nExperience scripting in Bash or Python.\n\nExperience with IaC and configuration management tools (Ansible, Terraform).\n\nPreferred Skills & Experience\nFamiliarity with data classification, metadata management, and at-rest encryption technologies.\n\nOperational knowledge of virtualization technologies and hypervisors, such as VMware ESXi/vCenter and Proxmox VE.\n\nStrong analytical and organizational skills.\n\nExcellent oral and written communication skills.\n\nBelow is the base pay range for this full-time position. The actual base pay will depend on several factors unique to each candidate, including one’s skills, qualifications, and experience. At 10x, base pay is also just one component of the Company’s total compensation package. This role is also eligible for 10x’s equity grants, its comprehensive health and retirement benefit programs, and its annual bonus program or sales incentive program. During the hiring process, your 10x recruiter can share more about the Company’s total compensation package.\nUSD 136,500-184,700 / year\nOur teams are empowered and encouraged to follow their passions, pursue new ideas, and perform at their best in an inclusive and dynamic environment. We know that behind every scientific breakthrough, there is a deep infrastructure of talented people driving the life sciences industry and making it possible for scientists and clinicians to make new strides. We are dedicated to finding the very best person for every aspect of our work because the innovations and discoveries that we enable together will lead to better technologies, better treatments, and a better future. Find out how you can make a 10x difference.\nIndividuals seeking employment at 10x Genomics are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.\n10x does not accept unsolicited applicants submitted by third-party recruiters or agencies. Any resume or application submitted to 10x without a vendor agreement in place will be considered unsolicited and property of 10x, and 10x will not pay a placement fee.\nPlease be aware of recruitment scams impersonating 10x Genomics. All recruiting communication will come from email addresses @10xgenomics.com. 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