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Advanced Research Computing (ARC) inside of Information Technology Services at the University of Michigan is looking for a new member of the Storage Team to help manage storage services on behalf of researchers at the University of Michigan. This includes the Turbo High Speed Storage Service, Locker Storage Service, Data Den Research Archive, and the Scratch Filesystems on the High Performance Computing Clusters. You will work with other members of the storage team to build and maintain the current and next generation of research-oriented Storage Services used by researchers in disciplines across the University. You will report to the Research Computing Manager.

• Manage ARC NAS storage systems, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Update and patch ARC NAS Storage systems, ensuring ARC services remain secure
• Monitor and troubleshoot storage system issues, performing root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.
• Implement and maintain storage provisioning, allocation, and capacity planning processes.
• Use appropriate technical tools to perform daily administration tasks, root-cause analysis and service restoration (such as backup, restore, failover, log interpretation, and performance monitoring) for ARC NAS services.
• Maintain documentation of storage systems and processes.

Information and Technology Services (ITS) supports U-M faculty, researchers, staff, and students in their use of technology to teach, learn, research, and work, and be leaders in their fields. We are dedicated to creating cohesive digital experiences and promoting university wide innovations. ITS's mission is to be trusted enablers of technology for the U-M community. ITS works together to provide cohesive digital experiences and seamless support to the U-M community. For more information about ITS, visit: https://its.umich.edu/about

In addition to a career filled with purpose and opportunity, The University of Michigan offers a comprehensive benefits package to help you stay well, protect yourself and your family and plan for a secure future. Benefits include:

• Generous time off
• A retirement plan that provides two-for-one matching contributions with immediate vesting
• Many choices for comprehensive health insurance
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability coverage
• Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Parental and Maternity Leave

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, business computing or a related field or equivalent combination of education, certification or experience.
• 2+ years of experience in a storage administration role, with a focus on enterprise-level storage systems.
• 2+ years experience in a related role requiring customer service, confidentiality, timeliness, organization, prioritization, troubleshooting, and successfully design services and workflows.
• 1+ year experience in implementing storage and backup solutions.
• Demonstrate the ability to progress IT projects and work as a part of a storage team.
• Experience with at least one of: IBM Storage Scale (GPFS), IBM Storage Archive, and/or Dell PowerScale/OneFS.
• Experience with hierarchical storage management (HSM) systems including but not restricted to SAM-QFS, Black Pearl, HPSS, Spectrum Archive, with tape backends, specifically
• Experience with multiprotocol storage systems serving NFS and SMB/CIFS,
• Strong Linux background.
• Experience in a high-performance computing cluster environment.
• Experience with LDAP and Active Directory in a storage service.
• Experience with Globus and/or GridFTP

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.

UM- ITS welcomes a healthy applicant pool so we encourage all interested applicants to apply. This position may be underfilled at a lower classification depending on the qualifications of the selected candidate.

This position may work with and/or support systems that maintain or process sensitive institutional data as defined by university policy. Successful candidates must comply with federal, state and local law and/or university policies or agreements that require the university to implement specific privacy and security safeguards including, but not limited to: ITAR, EAR, HIPAA and FISMA. Responsible for protecting data and information from unauthorized release or from loss, alteration or unauthorized deletion; and, following applicable regulations and instructions regarding access to computerized files, release of data, etc. as stated in a computer access agreement.

Job openings are posted for at least seven calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.