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Storage System Administrator

***The following opportunity will be fully remote until the COVID pandemic slows down. At that point, the employee will be required to relocate to the Denver Metro area of Colorado.***

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), is the leading DOE research center focusing on renewable energy technology. This includes the material design, implementation and long term analysis of such solutions. Due to the nature of the technology, it also includes the design and analysis of grid (large and small/remote scale) system integration and the cyber security around said platforms.

The Computational Science Center at NREL is currently seeking a Systems Administrator to work in our Storage Technologies team. In this role, the incumbent will install, configure, and support storage-related products (hardware and software) and services in the Center's data center. This Systems Administrator / Storage Engineer will focus primarily on storage engineering of multiple data-intensive activities that utilize a variety of storage strategies including object storage, block storage, and distributed file systems using high speed interconnects. There is a research component to determine optimal hardware and software configurations in addition to keeping abreast of new technologies and techniques for storage services.

Job Duties:

  • Implement, configure, and maintain specialized storage solutions and environments.
  • Maintain documentation on system capabilities, storage environments, equipment, and procedures for use by other team members.
  • Perform storage administration of data-intensive activities including:
  • Backup management.
  • Installation, tuning, and maintenance of system and storage hardware including servers, disk and tape subsystems.
  • Deployment and maintenance of technologies that provide access to storage resources such as NFS.
  • Independently write, document, and maintain system or storage administration tools and scripts for internal use. Research and obtain storage-engineering tools available outside of NREL as appropriate.
  • Install, configure, test, and maintain innovative storage-related computing hardware and software systems, coordinating with vendors as applicable. Document and report problems to the team, and follow issues through to successful problem resolution.
  • Work with the HPC Operations team in a primarily Linux environment to identify and provide hardware, software, and support services that enable and advance NREL's mission with data-intensive science and engineering goals.
  • Make technical recommendations on system software configuration, hardware configuration, user policies, security procedures, and administration procedures.
  • Monitor systems and inform operations staff of system events (new features, failures, patches) and the impact of these on the user community. Participate in the Operations Team's Change Management process to track changes.
  • Use, develop, and deploy monitoring tools to provide usage reporting and problem alerting.
  • Apply all applicable NREL and DOE policies and procedures to ensure the security and reliability of provided services.
  • Share knowledge with other team members, including training others in your areas of expertise.
  • You will be expected to learn and adapt new technologies.

Requirements:
Bachelor's degree & 2+ years of relevant experience
Master's degree & and 0+ years of relevant experience

Preferred background:
  • Solid foundation in Linux systems engineering, storage, and data systems architectures
  • exposure to backup software, SAN concepts, tape drives, and tape libraries
  • Scripting languages such as Python, PERL, Bash
  • TCP/IP network environment concepts