Research Storage Consultant
Company: Stanford University
Location: Palo Alto
Posted on: October 23, 2024
Job Description:
Stanford Research Computing is looking for a talented data and
storage consultant to join our team of collaborative and innovative
professionals assisting Stanford's faculty and students to use
high-performance computing and data tools to explore new frontiers
in knowledge and solve some of humanity's most urgent problems.Our
staff work directly with some of the world's top researchers in a
broad range of disciplines, across all of Stanford's seven schools
- while also supporting and learning from each other in
cross-project endeavors. We maintain and steadily improve an
advanced research computing facility, and we support a variety of
environments for Stanford research. In Stanford Research Computing,
you'll have a rare opportunity to contribute to discoveries and
inventions that have global reach and positive impact, and to share
in the curiosity and commitment of the scholars and scientists who
lead these projects.This is a hybrid position, with on-site
presence a minimum of 3 days a week for the first 9 months and a
minimum of 2 days a week thereafter.Responsibilities
- Field technical and administrative questions from Stanford's
diverse research community.
- Collaborate with colleagues to resolve researchers' storage and
data questions and improve their experience using our shared
storage platforms.
- Document how to effectively use the different storage
systems.
- Build expertise in the SRC research shared storage systems,
primarily Oak, Elm, and Koa, and in other cloud-based and on-prem
storage solutions.
- Answer direct questions and requests from researchers related
to our storage services, including storage, data movement methods,
and billing-related questions.
- Collaborate with researchers to understand their storage needs
and financial constraints, provide technical assistance, and help
determine appropriate solutions.
- Present our storage services and best practices to current and
potential users in information sessions and workshops.
- Participate in SRC office hours and focus on storage-related
issues.
- Become familiar with and periodically test the different
storage services that we offer.
- Document best practices and policies.
- Collaborate with other groups to improve data management,
migration, and lifecycle planning.To be successful in this role,
you will bring:
- Advanced degree plus seven years of relevant experience, or a
combination of education and relevant experience.
- Ability to quickly adopt new technologies and programming
tools.
- Strong understanding of data design, architecture, relational
databases, and data modeling.
- Outstanding communication skills with both technical and
non-technical clients.
- Ability to recognize and recommend necessary changes in user
and/or operations procedures.
- Ability to interact effectively and tactfully with members of
the academic community; demonstrated experience working in an
environment with colleagues of diverse backgrounds and
customs.
- Demonstrated ability to manage a complex workload, prioritize
tasks, and use good judgment in providing services based on
goal.
- Familiarity with Linux filesystem concepts (quotas, ownership,
permissions, ACLs).
- Ability to resolve issues accurately in creative and effective
ways.
- Demonstrated success collaborating with key contacts outside
your own area of expertise.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Knowledge of, and experience with, information security
concepts.In addition, preferred qualifications include:
- Familiarity with cloud storage technologies and cloud APIs
(S3).
- Knowledge of Network file sharing protocols (SMB, NFS, Globus,
etc.), and cloud storage technologies (S3).
- Familiarity with data transfer tools like rsync, rclone, and
aws cli.
- Familiarity with GitHub or GitLab.
- Ability to write shell scripts to automate simple tasks on
Linux.
- Comfortable working with systems that are not well defined
yet.
- Some knowledge of Splunk, Grafana, and other monitoring
tools.How to ApplyWe invite you to apply for this position by
clicking on the "Apply for Job" button. To be considered, please
submit a cover letter and r--sum-- along with your online
application.Stanford University provides pay ranges representing
its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects
to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will
be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the
scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of
the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal
equity, geographic location, and external market pay for comparable
jobs.
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