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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.\nAt NLR, you'll find a mission-driven environment supported by state-of-the-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.\nJob Description\nNLR’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.\nThis is a hybrid position with at least 3 days a week onsite at NLR.\n.\nBasic Qualifications\nRelevant 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.\n* Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.\nAdditional Required Qualifications\nMinimum 8 years of Experience supporting high-performance storage environments.\nProven ability to design and implement secure, scalable, and performant infrastructure to support complex data pipelines and analysis tools. \nStrong problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly diagnose and resolve technical issues impacting data processing and analysis. \nExcellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with researchers, research operations, analysts, and cross-functional teams. \nAbility to research and formulate hardware designs and act according to the decisions\nSolid foundation in Linux systems engineering, storage engineering, and data systems architecture\nExperience with Network Attached Storage solutions\nExperience with backup software\nScripting languages such as Python, PERL, Bash\nPreferred Qualifications\nFamiliarity with Git and handling branches, merging, and conflict resolution\nProficiency in configuration management/automation tools such as Ansible\nExposure to HPC job schedulers (i.e. SLURM)\nBasic knowledge of InfiniBand\nA strong foundation in cloud native storage.\nExperience with any of the following high-performance filesystems Lustre, GPFS, BeeGFS, Ceph, DOAS, VAST, PNFS, or WEKAFS\n.\nJob Application Submission Window\nThe anticipated closing window for application submission is up to 30 days and may be extended as needed.\nAnnual Salary Range (based on full-time 40 hours per week)\nJob Profile: IT Professional III / Annual Salary Range: $100,400 - $180,700NLR takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.\nBenefits Summary\nBenefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; short*- and long-term disability insurance; pension benefits*; 403(b) Employee Savings Plan with employer match*; life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance; personal time off (PTO) and sick leave; paid holidays; and tuition reimbursement*. NLR employees may be eligible for, but are not guaranteed, performance-, merit-, and achievement- based awards that include a monetary component. Some positions may be eligible for relocation expense reimbursement. Limited-term positions are not eligible for long-term disability or tuition reimbursement.* Based on eligibility rules\nBadging Requirement\nNLR is subject to Department of Energy (DOE) access restrictions. All employees must also be able to obtain and maintain a federal Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card as required by Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12), which includes a favorable background investigation.Drug Free Workplace\nNLR is committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace in accordance with the federal Drug-Free Workplace Act and complies with federal laws prohibiting the possession and use of illegal drugs. Under federal law, marijuana remains an illegal drug.\nIf you are offered employment at NLR, you must pass a pre-employment drug test prior to commencing employment. Unless prohibited by state or local law, the pre-employment drug test will include marijuana. If you test positive on the pre-employment drug test, your offer of employment may be withdrawn.\nSubmission Guidelines\nPlease note that in order to be considered an applicant for any position at NLR you must submit an application form for each position for which you believe you are qualified. 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