Senior HPC Storage Architect & Engineer

Lam Research

Hybrid Actively hiring
Fremont, CA Posted 140 days ago $114,000$253,000 / year

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As a Senior HPC Storage Engineer, you will join the GIS Enterprise Storage team to architect and manage high-performance data platforms for on-premises and cloud environments. Your responsibilities include designing large-scale storage architectures using traditional parallel file systems like Lustre or GPFS/Spectrum Scale, as well as modern solutions such as VAST Data or WEKA. You will integrate these systems with NetApp ONTAP to enable hybrid cloud workflows and ensure data mobility through automated replication and tiered storage. Additionally, you will perform rigorous benchmarking to optimize performance and scalability while adhering to strict security guidelines. The role requires expertise in infrastructure automation tools like Ansible and Terraform, as well as a deep understanding of HPC interconnects such as InfiniBand and NVMe-over-Fabrics.

Skills

Lustre GPFS/Spectrum Scale VAST Data WEKA NetApp ONTAP FlexCache AWS Azure GCP InfiniBand RoCE NVMe-over-Fabrics SLURM xCAT Warewulf Ansible Terraform Python YAML Kubernetes CSI S3 IaC CI/CD

What you'll do

  • Design large-scale storage architectures for specialized HPC workloads.
  • Build automated data pipelines between on-premise infrastructure and cloud platforms.
  • Implement NetApp FlexCache to provide low-latency access to datasets globally.
  • Ensure hardened storage systems comply with corporate security guidelines.
  • Perform benchmarking to eliminate bottlenecks in the storage fabric.
  • Design high-availability configurations for mission-critical research data.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of Storage Engineering experience, with at least 6 years in HPC environments.
  • Expert-level mastery of parallel file systems like Lustre or IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS) in Petabyte-scale deployments.
  • Proven expertise with modern storage solutions such as VAST Data or WEKA in high-performance NVMe/Flash-first environments.
  • Advanced skills with NetApp ONTAP, including hybrid cloud workflows using FlexCache and SnapMirror.
  • Experience managing infrastructure as code using automation tools like Ansible, Terraform, or SaltStack.
  • Deep knowledge of HPC interconnects such as InfiniBand, RoCE, and high-speed Ethernet (100GbE+).
  • Demonstrated ability to implement storage security best practices including Kerberos, LDAP integration, and SEC-compliant data immutability.

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This role pays less than 62% of similar roles. Most pay $151,475–$235,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $184k versus about $194k for comparable roles.

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About Lam Research

Lam Research Corporation is a leading American supplier of wafer-fabrication equipment and services to the global semiconductor industry.

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