(Senior) Storage Systems Engineer

About Us

Diamond Light Source is the UK’s national synchrotron; a huge scientific facility designed to produce very intense beams of X-rays, infrared, and ultraviolet light. Our scientists use the light to study a vast range of subject matter, from new medicines and treatments for disease to innovative engineering and cutting-edge technology.

World class science requires world class computing infrastructure. Our Scientific Computing team provides computing network and storage systems that keep Diamond and its scientists at the forefront of scientific research

About the Role

We now have an excellent opportunity for a Storage Engineer within Diamond’s Scientific Computing team to support and develop the various specialist storage systems used for cutting edge science. High performance parallel file systems are used to capture the data from the beamline experiments and are closely coupled to high throughput computing platforms via low latency networks.

The Scientific Computing group is responsible for the scientific and control computing used for the collection, analysis, and storage of experimental data. The technical demands are varied and challenging with data streaming from state-of-the-art detector systems at high rates and volumes, and users requiring very fast feedback of their results.

This role will provide expertise and leadership for the development of all storage solutions with Scientific Computing including NAS filers, specific custom systems and parallel file systems that will continue to meet the demands of the scientific instruments and data analysis, you will also plan infrastructure that will support the operation of Diamond-II.

You will work alongside other specialists in networking and computing and contribute the development and maintenance of all of the Scientific Computing infrastructure as a whole.

Depending on candidates’ knowledge, skills and experience, there is an opportunity at a senior level, which will have line management responsibility and will undertake project management of large integrated storage and computer systems.

About You

You will hold a degree level qualification in a computing or science subject or demonstrate equivalent experience.

For the senior role, you will need to demonstrate experience of:

• Systems administration of Linux or Unix
• Storage and file systems
• Scalable parallel file systems such as Lustre and Spectrum Scale
• High performance or high throughput computing
• Scripting in Bash and/or Python
• Common network protocols such as PXE, DHCP, DNS, CIFS and NFS
• Low latency network technology such as Infiniband
• Configuration management systems such as Ansible or Puppet

Lack of experience in any of the above will not rule you out of consideration as long as you can demonstrate the ability to assimilate complex technology.

You will also demonstrate good interpersonal, communication and presentational skills in order to interact with staff and facility users at all levels.

Benefits

Diamond offers an exceptional benefits package to support staff in achieving a positive work/life balance. This includes 25 days annual leave plus 13 days of statutory and company holidays, along with flexible working hours and an excellent pension scheme. Staff also have access to a range of amenities on site including a nursery, cafes, a restaurant and sports and leisure facilities. A relocation allowance may also be available where applicable.

Apply

Please use the online application process to apply and tell us why you believe you are suitable for this role.

The closing date is 9th March 2025, however, we encourage early applications as some candidates may be interviewed before this date.

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