Storage Strategist

The Research & Development team at Hudson River Trading (HRT) builds and maintains the computers, networks, data storage, operating systems, and software that allow our trading strategies and research environment to operate worldwide 24/7. We are looking for a Storage Strategist who enjoys being challenged, appreciates an open and collaborative organizational structure, and thrives in a fast-paced hands-on environment.

In this role, you will own the vision, planning and execution of  HRT’s current and future storage needs. Given HRT’s growth and ever-evolving needs (especially when it comes to AI), this is a unique opportunity to set the direction for future storage solutions and work across engineering teams to deliver it.

You will drive engagement with all stakeholders — internal users and both external and internal technology providers — understand their product portfolio and roadmap, and build a strategy for HRT that is inclusive of financial modeling.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall charter of delivering performant, reliable, and future-proof storage solutions for all of HRT storage needs 
• Collaborate and drive efforts across multiple (internal) cross-functional engineering teams 
• Improve user experience by understanding storage workloads and designing a variety of solutions and tools
• Forecast future storage needs, research new storage solutions, and build a five and ten year  roadmap
• Draw insights from a deep understanding of hardware infrastructure and industry trends to inform the roadmap and planning decisions
• Review deliverables and provide relevant guidance to engineering teams
• Troubleshoot complex storage, OS, and networking issues
• Integrate storage systems with HPC clusters, ensuring compatibility with existing hardware and software
• Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure continuous support for HRT’s operations, responding promptly to critical storage issues and incidents.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in HPC-like environments with multi-PB storage deployments
• Experience in developing advanced storage software solutions and/or leading software development team(s)
• Deep expertise in HPC and scale-out enterprise storage solutions
• Knowledge of distributed file systems used for large-scale cluster computing (Lustre, GPFS, WEKA, S3, CEPH, etc.)
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Deep technical understanding of commodity storage technologies 
• Knowledgeable on storage industry trends
• Deep technical understanding of server architecture, design, and development, with emphasis on power and performance analysis
• Ability to analyze and solve problems under quick turnaround times
• Ability to manage time efficiently, balancing independent and collaborative workflows
• Proficient in Python and UNIX/Linux shell scripting