Storage Administrator
Pubblicato il 08-09-2026 - Embl in Venezia
About the roleYou will be working closely with members of IT and Technical Services (ITS), and more widely with technical users across EMBL-EBI, you are responsible for the design, deployment, and operation of the substantial storage resources required to support the large data flows fundamental to EMBL-EBI activities.
Your role is not merely operational; it is a user facing technical ownership role. You will act as the primary point of contact for storage consumption, managing the lifecycle of data from high performance tiers to long term archives, ensuring that storage is used efficiently and according to organisational policy.
You will report to the HPC & Storage Coordinator within the Systems Infrastructure Team.
Main Duties and ResponsibilitiesWorking as part of the Storage team, under the direction of the HPC & Storage Coordinator, you will:
Direct Accountabilities (Ownership): Own the end to end management of user storage, including the definition and enforcement of quota policies and the implementation of storage tiering strategies.
User Storage Lifecycle :
Own the end-to-end management of user storage, including the definition, implementation, and enforcement of storage quotas and usage policies.
Tiered Storage Management : Be accountable for the implementation and maintenance of storage tiering strategies, ensuring data is moved efficiently between high-performance, standard, and archive tiers (Tape/Object).
Capacity Governance : Be accountable for monitoring storage consumption and proactively advising users on data management to prevent capacity exhaustion.
Operational Responsibilities
- System Integrity : Ensure the operation, reliability, and integrity of EMBL-EBI’s storage resources (including NAS, SAN, Object, and Tape).
- Infrastructure Deployment : Design and implement future storage infrastructure, including logical configuration, physical racking, and cabling.
- Technical Consultancy : Advise users on storage requirements and best practices to en