AMERICAN SYSTEMS, a 100% employee-owned federal government contractor, is seeking a Senior HPC Data Storage Engineer to manage and optimize high-performance storage supporting mission-critical scientific and technical computing for a specialized customer environment. You’ll collaborate with HPC, systems, network, and cybersecurity professionals to ensure data remains available, secure, and optimized for demanding workloads.
This opportunity is ideal for an experienced engineer with a strong foundation in Linux, storage, and systems administration who is ready to contribute to a mission-focused HPC environment. As an employee-owner, you’ll take ownership of meaningful work, support critical customer objectives, and continue expanding your expertise in HPC storage and parallel filesystems.
ResponsibilitiesAs a Senior HPC Data Storage Engineer with AMERICAN SYSTEMS you will have the opportunity to do the following:
- Administer and maintain high-performance storage supporting Linux-based HPC systems.
- Manage storage capacity, quotas, data placement, utilization, and performance.
- Monitor and troubleshoot parallel filesystems, storage hardware, and related infrastructure.
- Support SAN, NAS, archive, and other enterprise storage technologies.
- Analyze storage performance and recommend improvements for HPC users and mission workloads.
- Develop scripts and automation using Bash, Python, Perl, or similar tools.
- Support system maintenance, upgrades, incident response, and technical documentation.
- Apply required security, access control, and configuration management practices.
- Collaborate with HPC users, systems engineers, network engineers, cybersecurity personnel, and government stakeholders.
- Provide remote technical support to a counterpart at an alternate site as needed.
- Current Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility
- Ability to obtain and maintain access to a Special Access Program.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field
- 5-7 years of related experience supporting HPC, Linux systems, storage, systems administration, or infrastructure engineering. (or a Master's degree in related field and 2+ years of job-related experience)
- DoD 8140 IAT II level or higher certification (e.g., Security+ CE, SecurityX CE, etc.)
- Experience administering, monitoring, or troubleshooting a parallel filesystem such as Lustre, BeeGFS, GPFS, or a comparable technology.
- Experience supporting production Linux systems and enterprise storage, including SAN, NAS, disk arrays, or tape/archive systems.
- Practical scripting experience with Bash, Python, Perl, or a similar language.
- Working knowledge of Linux filesystems, storage administration, permissions, quotas, and networking concepts.
- Ability to diagnose system, storage, software, and performance issues.
- Ability to work effectively in a secure, controlled-access environment and communicate technical information clearly.
- RHCSA or RHCE certification
- Experience with Ansible, Git, monitoring tools, or infrastructure automation.
- Production experience building, configuring, or administering Lustre or another parallel filesystem in an HPC environment.
- Experience using tools such as perf, strace, tcpdump, vmstat, or iostat for system and performance troubleshooting.
- Experience with SAN infrastructure, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, multipathing, NVMe, or high-speed networking such as InfiniBand.
- Familiarity with filesystems such as XFS, EXT4, or ZFS.
- Experience supporting systems in a DoW classified environment.
*Candidates do not need experience with every technology listed above.
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Pay Transparency StatementAMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. The salary range for this position is USD $140,000.00/Yr. - USD $160,000/Yr. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors permitted by law. AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides for the welfare of its employees and their dependents through a comprehensive benefits program by offering healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance. EEO StatementEEO Race/Sex/Disability Status/Veteran StatusSkills Required
- Current Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility
- Ability to obtain and maintain access to a Special Access Program
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field
- 5–7 years of related experience supporting HPC, Linux systems, storage, systems administration, or infrastructure engineering
- DoD 8140 IAT II-level or higher certification, such as Security+ CE or SecurityX CE
- Experience administering, monitoring, or troubleshooting parallel filesystems such as Lustre, BeeGFS, GPFS, or comparable technology
- Experience supporting production Linux systems and enterprise storage, including SAN, NAS, disk arrays, or tape/archive systems
- Practical scripting experience with Bash, Python, Perl, or a similar language
- Working knowledge of Linux filesystems, storage administration, permissions, quotas, and networking concepts
- Ability to diagnose system, storage, software, and performance issues
- Ability to work effectively in a secure, controlled-access environment and communicate technical information clearly
- RHCSA or RHCE certification
- Experience with Ansible, Git, monitoring tools, or infrastructure automation
- Production experience building, configuring, or administering Lustre or another parallel filesystem in an HPC environment
- Experience using perf, strace, tcpdump, vmstat, or iostat for system and performance troubleshooting
- Experience with SAN infrastructure, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, multipathing, NVMe, or InfiniBand
- Familiarity with XFS, EXT4, or ZFS filesystems
- Experience supporting systems in a Department of War classified environment
AMERICAN SYSTEMS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AMERICAN SYSTEMS and has not been reviewed or approved by AMERICAN SYSTEMS.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — The ESOP provides an ownership stake that adds long-term financial value and complements base pay. This employee-ownership structure stands out within the overall package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with automatic enrollment and broad investment options, alongside the ESOP, strengthens retirement pathways beyond salary. These features are presented as competitive within the defense contracting space.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Base pay is considered fair or comparable to industry peers, particularly for technical roles. Starting compensation is described as solid for areas like cybersecurity, systems administration, and IT engineering.
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AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned government services contractor that delivers professional, technical, information technology, engineering, analysis, testing, evaluation, and training solutions for complex national-priority programs. Based in McLean, Virginia, the company supports federal customers—particularly defense and other Department of Defense missions—with mission-essential and information engineering, digital engineering, systems integration, cybersecurity, cloud, data, and lifecycle IT services across critical public-sector environments.
