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HPC Platform Engineer

Houston, TX · Hybrid

$70 - $90/hr

Configure and optimize parallel file systems (Lustre preferred) * Support GPU and accelerated computing environments * Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues * Manage Linux-based HPC ...

Software Development Engineer - Storage

Austin, TX · On-site

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In this role, you'll own the storage platforms-spanning Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, FSx for Lustre, and S3-that enable chip design teams to iterate faster, run regressions more efficiently, and ...

HPC / Linux Systems Administrator

MS · On-site

$120K - $140K/yr

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Manage HPC storage (Lustre, HPE Parallel File System, GPFS), including backups and capacity monitoring * Install and maintain the HPC/AI-ML software stack (compilers, libraries, TensorFlow, PyTorch ...

NetApp & Pure Storage (NAS), Lustre experience is nice to have. Provide technical leadership and is responsible for the development of new storage infrastructure and Information Lifecycle Managment ...

... as Lustre, BeeGFS, Spectrum Scale, WekaIO, or CephFS, ensuring maximum performance and fault tolerance. • Ensure compatibility across Hydra's diverse GPU/OEM ecosystem, accounting for unique ...

... Lustre/NFS), virtualization and containerization related experience is a plus • Configuration and maintenance of the HPC computer rack/hardware. Professionally resolve hardware issues • HPC Rack ...

Senior Storage Engineer

Miami, FL · On-site

$120 - $150/hr

Integrate and optimize parallel file systems such as Lustre, BeeGFS, Spectrum Scale, WekaIO, or CephFS, ensuring maximum performance and fault tolerance. * Ensure compatibility across Hydra's diverse ...

... Lustre, GPFS, BeeGFS). • Implement data transfer and storage strategies for high-throughput workloads. • Provide technical support and training to researchers and end users. • Work with ...

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As of Aug 16, 2026, the average yearly pay for lustre in the United States is $142,133.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $127,500.00 and $161,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Infographic showing various Lustre job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 95% Full Time, 1% Part Time, and 4% Contract. Highlights an 87% Physical, 5% Hybrid, and 8% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $142,133 per year, or $68.3 per hour.

Principal Storage Architect & Team Lead (Research & HPC Data Platforms)

Stanford University

Stanford, CA • On-site

Full-time

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Company rating: 7.9 out of 10

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Job description

Job Summary:
Stanford University operates one of the most sophisticated academic storage ecosystems in the world, with aggregate capacity exceeding 100PB and 5 billion files. They are seeking a world-class technical leader to oversee their primary research storage platforms, which support Nobel-caliber research across all disciplines.
Responsibilities:
• Lead and mentor a specialized team of systems engineers, balancing high-level architectural design with hands-on operations and escalation support.
• Oversee the integration of Lustre HSM on the Elm platform, managing data movement policies between parallel filesystems and MinIO object storage.
• Drive the scaling, reliability, security, compliance, operations, and lifecycle management of our primary research computing storage platforms, including for high-risk data.
• Tune I/O for large-scale High Performance Computing and AI workloads.
• Represent Stanford within the Lustre community and other key community groups, contributing to the upstream roadmap and maintaining a vendor-neutral storage strategy.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Education: Bachelor’s degree and ten years on increasingly technical work experience or a combination of education and relevant experience.
• Expertise at Scale: 10+ years of hands-on experience architecting, building, and managing Lustre and ZFS or similar filesystems at the 20PB+ scale.
• Management: Proven experience leading technical teams in a High-Performance Computing (HPC) or Research Computing environment.
• Object Storage & HSM: Deep technical fluency in MinIO and Lustre HSM (copytools, policy engines like RobinHood) or similar tools.
• Kernel & Network Mastery: Expert-level knowledge of the Linux kernel and large-scale InfiniBand/Ethernet fabric tuning.
• "Hands-On" Requirement: Must be comfortable in the "weeds"—capable of debugging issues such as kernel panics, LNet congestion, and metadata bottlenecks alongside the team.
Company:
Stanford University is a teaching and research university that focuses on graduate programs in law, medicine, education, and business. Founded in 1885, the company is headquartered in Stanford, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.

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