Group Leader, HPC Storage and Archive

Overview

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We are seeking a Group Leader (GL) for the HPC Storage and Archive group in the National Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS). Selection will be based on qualifications, relevant experience, skills, and education. NCCS provides state-of-the-art computational and data science infrastructure coupled with dedicated technical and scientific professionals tackling large-scale problems across a broad range of scientific domains for accelerating scientific discovery and engineering advances.

NCCS hosts the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, one of DOE’s National User Facilities which operates Frontier, the nation’s first exascale supercomputer.

Purpose

The GL provides both technical and non-technical leadership to a group of between 6-12 HPC/Storage Engineers, along with occasional remote contractors which help to support the group and overall NCCS mission. Strategically advance technical professional subject matter expertise for a variety of technical projects, programs or operations consistent with ORNL’s culture, historical leadership, and continued goal to be the world’s premier R&D institution for computational science.

The GL is expected to drive towards this goal ensuring reliable operations while embracing innovation to support emerging DOE mission priorities.

The GL is onsite at ORNL and orchestrates and oversees a group of peers with the primary goal of pursuing global leadership in their field, nurtures ORNL’s culture among group members, and continues to build and scale up individual excellence and impact. The Technical Group Leader reports to and works closely with the Section Head to implement the group’s technical vision;

works closely with group members to identify areas for growth, set/establish performance-related goals, address performance-related deficiencies, and provide opportunities to further enable their career advancement; establishes capabilities that enable programs to excel at the forefront of technical professional expertise; works to solve technical challenges for science, engineering, or technical projects and functions; sets, implements, and models standards for performance of work consistent with Environment, Safety, Security, Health, and Quality (ESH&Q) requirements and business rules;

and create a workplace that sets an example for the broader community.

Technical

Technical professionals are recognized leaders in their area by providing subject matter expertise for a variety of technical projects, programs, or operations. Solves technical challenges for science, engineering, operations or projects.

The Group Leader will guide the HPC Storage and Archive Group in its responsibility for the day-to-day administration and support of the NCCS storage and archive needs--for the OLCF and other programs/initiatives/partnerships. Activities include program and project-related requirements gathering, system architecture and procurement efforts, along with the subsequent installation and deployment, acceptance and performance testing, upgrades, problem diagnosis and troubleshooting, etc.

Act as the technical lead for the HPC Storage and Archive team, leading the development and modernization of storage and archive systems and related services. Architect expansion of existing storage and archive resources, as well as the deployment of new storage platforms and services, while maintaining pertinent security and integrity. Develop group members in skills and capabilities to enable their career advancement.

Architect solutions to improve the reliability, scalability, performance, and (operational) efficiency of the OLCF/NCCS storage offerings. Manage incident response process to investigate and fix operational issues from bare metal through the OS to the storage system software and/or application code. Provide guidance, training, and self-service tools to assist users in effective use of storage and archive resources.

Leadership

• Develop a vision and implement a cohesive group strategy to ensure the success of new and ongoing technical projects to position the group for future success.
• Develop…