Senior Storage Engineer

1 week ago

Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Graphcore Full time £60,000 - £120,000 per year
About Graphcore

Graphcore is one of the world's leading innovators in Artificial Intelligence compute.  

It is developing hardware, software and systems infrastructure that will unlock the next generation of AI breakthroughs and power the widespread adoption of AI solutions across every industry.  

As part of the SoftBank Group, Graphcore is a member of an elite family of companies responsible for some of the world's most transformative technologies. Together, they share a bold vision: to enable Artificial Super Intelligence and ensure its benefits are accessible to everyone.   

Graphcore's teams are drawn from diverse backgrounds and bring a broad range of skills and perspectives. A melting pot of AI research specialists, silicon designers, software engineers and systems architects, Graphcore enjoys a culture of continuous learning and constant innovation. 

Job Summary 

We are seeking a Storage Engineer to be responsible for the architecture, performance, and management of the storage solutions that power our demanding EDA and HPC workloads. You will be the expert on all things storage, from high-performance parallel file systems to object storage and backup/recovery and corporate storage solutions. Your primary goal is to provide a resilient, scalable, and cost-effective storage platform that meets the requirements of our chip design and software development workflows. 

The Team 

You'll be joining a multidisciplinary team with strong technical skills and a very supportive culture. We work closely together and regularly share knowledge, and your skills will make a direct impact on our business. It's an exciting and pivotal moment for us right now, with plenty of new projects ahead. If you're looking to solve interesting problems and see your work deliver real-world results, this is the team for you.  

Responsibilities and Duties 

Manage and maintain on-premises storage platforms, including Linux-based NFS systems (e.g., ZFS) and enterprise storage arrays such as NetApp or Pure for both Corporate and Engineering workloads. Manage backup and recovery systems (e.g., Rubrik, Cohesity), ensuring reliable data protection, retention, and tested restore processes. Deploy and optimise scale-out or high-performance storage technologies such as Ceph, Lustre, GPFS, or WEKA to support EDA and HPC workloads. Automate storage configuration, provisioning, and operational workflows. Experience of managing storage in cloud environments such as AWS for engineering or backup purposes Capacity planning, performance tuning, monitoring, incident response, and ongoing lifecycle management of storage services. Work with vendors on hardware evaluation, procurement, updates, and support cases. 

Candidate Profile 

Essential: 

5+ years of experience in storage administration or engineering, with at least 3 years focused on cloud storage solutions in AWS Hands on experience with enterprise storage platforms: NetApp ONTAP, Pure, DDN, Dell/EMC, etc. Deep expertise in storage services, particularly NFS, CIFS, S3, and EBS Hands-on experience with parallel or scale out file systems (Ceph, Lustre, WEKA, GPFS, etc.) in an HPC or high-throughput environment Proven experience with backup, recovery, and DR strategies in a large-scale environment Proficiency with using automation to deliver consistent storage configuration and deployment (Ansible, Terraform, Python, or similar) Deep knowledge of providing storage to Virtualisation infrastructure Good troubleshooting skills across storage, network, and compute boundaries. 

Desirable: 

Experience in the semiconductor industry and familiarity with the storage demands of EDA workloads Understanding of high-speed networking relevant to storage (10/25/40/100GbE, NFSv4.1, RDMA). Familiarity with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk. Experience of working with source control management tools such as Git. Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, Graphcore offers flexible working, a generous annual leave policy, private medical insurance and health cash plan, a dental plan, pension (matched up to 5%), life assurance and income protection. We have a generous parental leave policy and an employee assistance programme (which includes health, mental wellbeing, and bereavement support). We offer a range of healthy food and snacks at our central Bristol office and have our own barista bar We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences; we're committed to building an inclusive work environment that makes Graphcore a great home for everyone. We offer an equal opportunity process and understand that there are visible and invisible differences in all of us. We can provide a flexible approach to interview and encourage you to chat to us if you require any reasonable adjustments.

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