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COMPANY OVERVIEW

XCEL Engineering, Inc. is an award-winning small business that provides trusted information technology, engineering, consulting and project management solutions and services to federal agencies and organizations. Originally founded in 1971 by professional engineers at the University of Tennessee, XCEL was acquired in 2003 by U.S. Army and Navy veterans and in 2023 became a MartinFed company.

XCEL Engineering is a part of IT Lab Partners (ITLP) which was created to support a leading research facility in the East Tennessee region in recruiting the best and the brightest technical talent. Considering joining our impressive team today!

JOB OVERVIEW

Xcel Engineering is seeking a Senior HPC Storage Systems Engineer to play a key role in improving security, performance, and reliability of our HPC (high performance computing) environments. In this role, you will work within the HPC Clusters Group to support numerous activities including computing infrastructure which includes system installation, deployment, acceptance, performance testing, upgrades, problem diagnosis, and troubleshooting.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• The application of systems analysis techniques and procedures, including consulting with users/customers, to determine hardware, software, or system functional specifications.
• The design, development, documentation, analysis, creation, testing, optimization, or modification of computer systems or programs, including prototypes, based on and related to user or system design specifications.
• The design, documentation, testing, automation, creation, or modification of computer programs or complex tasks related to machine operations.
• Work with the team to define and implement best practices and standards within the organization.
• Diagnose system operational problems quickly and effectively.
• Participate in an on-call rotation providing 24-hour, 7-day support and off-hours maintenance windows.
• Coordinate with vendors to resolve hardware and software problems.
• Ability to lead storage-related projects with internal and external representatives.
• Act as subject matter expert for storage resources for various projects.
• Lead system design, facility integration, deployment, upgrades, issues resolution, and decommissioning.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• US Citizen with eligibility to obtain a security clearance.
• Bachelor's Degree in computer science or closely related field.
• 5+ years of experience managing Linux/UNIX operating systems in a heterogeneous environment.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Excellent interpersonal/communication skills, and the ability to work as part of a team.
• Working knowledge of Linux system fundamentals and common network protocols and technologies like TCP/IP, InfiniBand, and Fiber-channel
• Understanding of networked computing environment concepts
• Ability to develop and maintain programs and scripts that aid in the operation and automation of administrative tasks using various shell and scripting languages.
• Ability to identify requirements and to define, plan, and implement requisite solutions.
• Ability to plan, organize, prioritize tasks, and complete assigned projects with minimal supervision.
• Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment software methodologies and how they apply to systems engineering.
• An understanding of code review and familiarity with tools like GitHub and GitLab.
• Experience using tools such as Grafana and Nagios to monitor systems, metrics, create custom checks, and create dashboards.
• Experience with stateless operating system technologies, concepts, and rollout
• Experience participating in an open-source community with patches accepted upstream.
• Experience deploying and maintaining automated configuration management software such s Puppet.
• Experience building custom packages for RHEL/CentOS using RPM.
• Experience in common RAID schemes.
• Experience with ZFS.
• Experience in storage benchmarking fundamentals and associated tools.
• Ability to provide dedicated mentorship on diverse, complex, and abstract concepts.
• Experience with HPC parallel storage solutions like Lustre, GPFS, etc.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS and ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

• Inside office environment.
• Working on a computer for long periods of time.
• May involve long period of sitting at a desk.
• The work environment is fast-paced and sometimes involves extreme deadline pressures.

OTHER DUTIES

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Xcel Engineering is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, religious creed, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, transgender, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, protected Veteran Status, genetics or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or disabled veteran, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access Xcel Engineering's current openings as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by calling 855.212.1810. Thank you for your interest in Xcel Engineering.

For more information, or to apply now, you must go to the website below. Please DO NOT email your resume to us as we only accept applications through our website.

https://www.applicantpro.com/j/2934602-799165