HPC Storage Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 23, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 16, 2026. Williams Grand Prix Technologies scores B on the Alion truth index.
The Company
NorthMark Compute & Cloud (NMC²) is backed by dedicated leadership and investment, with a clear mission as it operates at the bleeding edge of technology. Its goal is to scale and enhance the high-performance computing (HPC) and cloud infrastructure that supports its clients' research, production, and delivery, enabling breakthroughs that shape the industries of tomorrow. Its engineers build critical infrastructure to eliminate friction in scientific research, simulations, analysis, and decision-making, accelerating discovery and driving faster innovation.
The Position
The HPC Storage Engineering team manages our high performance scalable storage in excess of 200 petabytes. We are responsible for the design, deployment, and operation of this storage platform, which supports the research workloads of our Researchers, and is therefore a core component of infrastructure.
Working alongside our global team, you will optimize and troubleshoot workflows alongside our Researchers and Software Engineers, Our involvement extends to optimization and troubleshooting of workflows, working with Researchers and Software Engineers daily, as well as our Networks team and external vendors, including DELL, VAST, HPE and, RUBRIK.
Responsibilities:
Design, implement, and manage multi-PB storage systems to support the compute environment
Implement automated processes and procedures consistent with a strategy of Infrastructure-as-code for a consistent, repeatable storage product
Leverage experience and expertise across all things storage related to act as an expert for a wide array of projects
Work with customers to streamline workflows for optimal storage usage
Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
Experience deploying and managing high-performance and/or clustered filesystems at scale
Strong working knowledge of the different types of data center storage technologies (file, block, object) and how they differ
Team player that enjoys collaborating with others to deliver supportable storage environments
Experience with scale-out storage architectures such as Vast Data and Isilon/PowerScale
Recent experience working through JIRA tickets
Great problem solving skills, be self-driven, and hard working
A passion for technology and hardware
Python and/or DevOps experience
It is impossible to list every requirement for, or responsibility of, any position. Similarly, we cannot identify all the skills a position may require since job responsibilities and the Company’s needs may change over time. Therefore, the above job description is not comprehensive or exhaustive. The Company reserves the right to adjust, add to or eliminate any aspect of the above description. The Company also retains the right to require all employees to undertake additional or different job responsibilities when necessary to meet business needs.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
Benefits & Perks:
Company-Paid Lunch Stipend: Lunch is provided via GrubHub
Company-Paid Benefits: 100% Employer-Paid Medical in our High Deductible Health Plan, Dental and Vision benefits for employees and their families, 16 weeks of Paid Parental Leave, Employee Assistance Program, Life insurance, Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability
401(k): Company will match 100% of your contributions up to 6%
Optional Employee-Paid Benefits: Medical insurance in our PPO plan and a variety of other benefits such as Health Savings Accounts (with Company Contribution!), Flexible Spending Accounts, Supplemental Life Insurance, Wellhub and more.
Time Off: 25 days of Paid Time Off plus 12 company holidays
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