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Lead Storage Engineer
  • Job Number: 24910
  • Functional Area: Information Technology
  • Department: Office of Research Computing and Data
  • School Area: VP Research
  • Employment Type: Full-time (Hybrid)
  • Employment Category: Exempt
  • Visa Sponsorship Available: No
  • Schedule:


Posting Description

LEAD STORAGE ENGINEER, Office of Research Computing and Data (ORCD), to design, implement, and manage high-performance storage infrastructure in collaboration with a diverse team of systems engineers; play a pivotal part in the strategic transformation of storage architecture, ensuring scalability, reliability, and efficiency to support ORCD's continued growth; and foster cross-functional collaborations between engineering and operations teams across MIT, ensuring alignment with institutional objectives and long-term strategic initiatives.

Find the full job description here: https://orcd.mit.edu/about-orcd/jobs

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, related field or equivalent industry experience; a minimum of seven years of experience in storage engineering, data infrastructure management, and/or open-source storage systems or database storage architecture; possess deep expertise in database or storage infrastructure, including distributed storage, high-performance parallel file systems, object storage, and data lifecycle management; experience in large-scale data platforms, cloud storage, and HPC computing environments; robust foundation in Linux system tuning, storage optimization, data migration, and performance monitoring to support research workloads effectively; solid analytical and structured problem-solving skills, coupled with excellent communication and interpersonal abilities. ; experience working within a computing environment (Linux, Unix) supporting HPC or research/life sciences; deep understanding of storage technologies. PREFERRED: Experience within a DevOps, cloud infrastructure, or database service management environment; and experience with storage security best practices, encryption, and governance frameworks. Job #24910-11

4/8/2025