HPC Storage Engineer

HPC Storage Engineer

Location: Dallas, TX (Hybrid)

Type: Direct Hire

• Competitive base salary + performance bonus
• 100% company-paid benefits

Overview

We are seeking an HPC Storage Engineer to support the design, deployment, and operation of large-scale, high-performance storage infrastructure supporting mission-critical compute environments.

This role sits within a high-performance computing (HPC) storage engineering team managing over 200PB of scalable storage. The environment supports research-driven workloads, making storage performance, reliability, and optimization a core component of overall infrastructure success.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in large-scale storage systems, clustered filesystems, and modern data center storage architectures, along with a strong collaborative mindset to partner with researchers, software engineers, network teams, and external vendors.

Key Responsibilities

Storage Architecture & Engineering

• Design, implement, and manage multi-petabyte storage systems supporting high-performance compute environments
• Support the architecture and scaling of distributed and clustered storage platforms
• Act as a subject matter expert across storage technologies for infrastructure and engineering initiatives

Automation & Infrastructure as Code

• Develop and implement automated processes aligned with Infrastructure-as-Code principles
• Build consistent, repeatable deployment and operational workflows for storage platforms
• Support DevOps-driven approaches to infrastructure management and lifecycle operations

Performance Optimization & Troubleshooting

• Optimize storage performance to support demanding HPC and research workloads
• Troubleshoot complex storage, workflow, and performance issues across compute environments
• Partner with engineering and research teams to identify and resolve bottlenecks

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with researchers and software engineers to streamline workflows and improve storage utilization
• Collaborate with network teams and infrastructure partners to ensure end-to-end system performance
• Interface with external vendors including Dell, VAST Data, HPE, and Rubrik

Required Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
• Experience deploying and managing high-performance or clustered filesystems at scale
• Strong understanding of data center storage technologies including file, block, and object storage
• Experience with scale-out storage architectures such as VAST Data and Isilon/PowerScale
• Hands-on experience operating in large-scale, high-availability environments

Technical Skills

• Python and/or DevOps experience supporting infrastructure automation
• Experience working within ticketing systems such as JIRA
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues
• Passion for storage technologies, hardware, and performance optimization

Preferred Experience

• Experience supporting HPC or research-driven environments
• Exposure to large-scale (multi-petabyte) storage platforms
• Experience working in highly collaborative, cross-functional engineering environments