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Stanford Research Computing

Principal Storage Architect & Team Lead [HYBRID]

CompanyStanford Research Computing
Websitesrcc.stanford.edu
Roles
  • Principal Storage Architect & Team Lead [HYBRID]
  • Storage Architect or Storage Sysadmin [HYBRID]
Typefull-time
Role taxonomyLeadership / ManagementStaff / Principal
SpecialtiesLeadership
LocationStanford, CA next to Palo Alto · Hybrid
Salary
Apply viaApplication linkhttps://phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDbEHWH7
Hiring notes
Parsed locationsStanford, CA next to Palo Alto
Posted byCaliforniaKarl
PostedMay 1, 2026
SourceView on Hacker News ↗

Original posting

Stanford Research Computing | Stanford, CA (next to Palo Alto) | Full-time | Three positions | ONSITE,HYBRID Stanford Research Computing (https://srcc.stanford.edu) is a collaboration between University IT and the Vice Provost and Dean of Research. We operate HPC environments for researchers, we do one-time consultations on projects (from software and pipelines, to data management, to physical building design and fit-out), and we provide contract support for individual Labs, Departments, and Schools. We have three open positions: • HPC Hardware & Infra Sysadmin [ONSITE]: We are looking for a system administrator to help run the hardware & infrastructure portions of Sherlock, our largest HPC cluster. Sherlock is a mix of Intel & AMD x86_64 servers, with three Infiniband fabrics, plus an Ethernet backbone. You'll be responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving the hardware of Sherlock. That is, keeping things working, and figuring out how to make it better. More info: https://phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDbEHWH7 • Principal Storage Architect & Team Lead [HYBRID]: Our current storage team lead is moving on to Industry, so we're splitting his work into two separate roles. This is the Technical Manager position: You'll be leading the storage team, setting the direction for our large storage environments: Oak (file storage, used by multiple cluster), Fir (fast scratch for Sherlock), and Elm (object storage on top of tape). Knowledge of Lustre, Infiniband, and PB-scale storage is important. More info: https://phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORD5.1WH8 • Storage Architect or Storage Sysadmin [HYBRID]: This is the second role I referenced above. You'll be maintaining & expanding Oak, our 20+ Pebibyte Lustre storage environment used by our largest HPC clusters. Depending on your experience level, you might also have some responsibility for Elm, which provides object storage on top of tape. Knowledge of Lustre, Infiniband, and PB-scale storage is important here, too. More info: https://phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDHPfWHA If you don't already live in the Bay Area, we provide a relocation incentive. Depending on where you live, we provide free transit passes. Unfortunately, if you drive, you will have to pay for parking for the days you're on-site. There is some on-call around the holidays. We get a 403(b) match, good healthcare, and 30+ days off per year (holidays + vacation). All Benefits are all publicly documented at https://cardinalatwork.stanford.edu/benefits-rewards. If you have questions, feel free to reply here or email me (the info is in my profile)!