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Storage Systems Engineer

United Kingdom
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Design, deploy, and operate large-scale storage infrastructure for EMBL-EBI's data-intensive research activities. Manage end-to-end user storage lifecycle, including quota policies, tiering strategies, and capacity governance. Ensure system integrity, performance, and efficient resource utilization across NAS, SAN, Object, and Tape storage systems.

Key Highlights
End-to-end ownership of user storage lifecycle and quota enforcement
Implementation and maintenance of storage tiering across high-performance, standard, and archive tiers
Automation of storage infrastructure using Ansible and Linux administration
Collaboration with HPC team to maintain parallel file system performance

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Key Responsibilities
Own the end-to-end management of user storage, including definition and enforcement of quota policies
Implement and maintain storage tiering strategies across high-performance, standard, and archive tiers
Monitor storage consumption and proactively advise users on data management to prevent capacity exhaustion
Ensure operation, reliability, and integrity of EMBL-EBI's storage resources (NAS, SAN, Object, Tape)
Design and implement future storage infrastructure including logical configuration, physical racking, and cabling
Advise users on storage requirements and best practices for efficient resource use
Work with HPC team to ensure parallel file systems remain performant
Automate setup and configuration of storage infrastructure using Ansible
Lead storage benchmarking during procurement and track performance over system lifetime
Maintain and update reporting interfaces for accurate monitoring and accounting
Produce and maintain high-quality technical documentation and operational procedures
Technical Skills Required
Linux administration Ansible automation Storage tiering and capacity management HPC storage performance optimization

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Benefits & Perks
Monthly family, child and non-resident allowances
Annual salary review
Pension scheme
Private medical insurance
30 days annual leave
Relocation package including installation grant
On-site nursery
Child sick leave
Parental leave
Holiday clubs
Monthly family and child allowances
Visa exemption
Education grant for private schooling
Financial support to travel back home every second year
Monthly non-resident allowance

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Nice to Have
Experience with high-performance parallel file systems (Lustre, GPFS, Weka)
Storage benchmarking tools (ior, iozone, warp)
Cloud technologies (Google or AWS certification)
Network technologies (Ethernet, InfiniBand)

Job Description

You will be working closely with members of IT and Technical Services (ITS), and more widely with technical users across EMBL-EBI, you are responsible for the design, deployment, and operation of the substantial storage resources required to support the large data flows fundamental to EMBL-EBI activities.Your role is not merely operational; it is a user facing technical ownership role. You will act as the primary point of contact for storage consumption, managing the lifecycle of data from high performance tiers to long term archives, ensuring that storage is used efficiently and according to organisational policy.
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Job Overview
Posted Aug 20, 2026
Employment Full-time
Experience Not Applicable
Location United Kingdom
Category Networking
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