Key Responsibilities

1. Parallel Filesystem Management

• Provision and manage project/home directory quotas
• Execute snapshot creation and restore operations
• Conduct data integrity scans and filesystem scrubbing
• Monitor capacity thresholds and watermark alerts
• Perform scheduled failover drills and validation exercises

• Capture and maintain integrity/performance baseline reports
• Apply OEM advisories and remedial actions per runbook

2. HSM / Data Management Operations

• Manage data tiering and archival policies
• Perform recall and restore validation tests
• Monitor media lifecycle and retention compliance
• Conduct integrity scans and namespace housekeeping
• Triage and resolve stuck recall operations
• Maintain recall/restore audit evidence

3. Capacity & Performance Management

• Produce monthly storage performance baselines
• Conduct I/O spot checks and performance analysis
• Monitor storage SLIs and utilisation trends
• Perform capacity forecasting and risk reporting
• Publish capacity and threshold reports to management

4. Compliance, Security & Audit Support

• Maintain data integrity logs and remediation records
• Compile audit-ready evidence packs
• Ensure vulnerability remediation for storage systems
• Coordinate OEM/vendor escalations and TAC cases
• Maintain configuration backups and change records

Environment / Platforms

• HPE ClusterStor 2000
• Lustre Parallel Filesystem
• HPE DMF (HSM)
• VAST Data Storage
• Large-scale HPC storage environment

Required Experience

• Minimum 5 years of recent experience managing Parallel Filesystems such as Lustre, GPFS or equivalent
• Hands-on experience in:
• Large-scale storage environments (Petabyte scale preferred)
• Backup and HSM workflows
• Storage capacity planning and forecasting
• Data integrity and performance monitoring
• OEM coordination and escalation handling