MFT PLATFORM ENGINEER - GLOBUS
MFT PLATFORM ENGINEER - GLOBUSLocation: Remote, U.S.-BasedDuration: 6-12 Months, Possible ExtensionSchedule: Full-Time, 40 Hours/WeekWork Hours: Availability during Central Time core hours
ROLE OVERVIEW:
- Support the implementation, operationalization, configuration, and administration of a Globus Managed File Transfer (MFT) platform supporting secure, high-volume research data movement.* Complete the Globus Connect Server (GCS) v5 deployment, onboard users, establish operational processes, and provide technical support.* Work across GCP, Linux, networking, security, and large-scale data transfer environments.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Configure, harden, and maintain Globus Connect Server v5 on GCP Compute Engine.* Configure Globus Collections, Storage Gateways, S3 Storage Connectors, endpoints, DNS, and authentication.* Validate secure, high-throughput TB-to-PB data transfer workflows.* Troubleshoot transfer failures, stalled transfers, permissions, connectivity, and performance issues.* Optimize GridFTP concurrency, parallelism, and transfer performance.* Manage Linux VMs, services, patches, upgrades, logs, monitoring, and disaster recovery.* Implement RBAC, access controls, audit logging, data governance, and security controls.* Develop runbooks, SOPs, troubleshooting guides, architecture documentation, and operational playbooks.* Support Globus Flows, automation, and future AI-driven MFT operations.* Collaborate with infrastructure, architecture, security, and research teams and provide knowledge transfer.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- 3+ years of hands-on Globus experience, including Globus Connect Server v5 deployment, configuration, and administration.* Strong experience with Globus endpoints, Managed/Guest Collections, Storage Gateways, S3/POSIX connectors, and Globus Web App.* Experience with GridFTP, parallel transfers, concurrency, and performance optimization.* Experience with Globus Auth, OAuth 2.0/OpenID Connect, and identity provider configuration.* Experience with Globus Flows, Globus CLI, and Globus Python SDK.* Hands-on GCP Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, IAM, service accounts, VPC, DNS, and firewall experience.* Strong Linux administration, Bash/shell scripting, system monitoring, and troubleshooting.* Understanding of TCP/IP, HTTPS, DNS, networking, DMZ, and Zero-Trust security.* Experience with Managed File Transfer and large-scale data movement.* Experience supporting terabyte- to petabyte-scale transfers in research, academic, healthcare, or similar environments.
EDUCATION* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering, OR* Associate's degree in Computer Science or Engineering with 2 years of relevant experience.
PREFERRED* Healthcare or regulated-environment experience.* HIPAA/NIST knowledge.* Signiant or Cleo experience.* Terraform/IaC, Azure DevOps, SailPoint, Entra ID, HPC, or monitoring/observability experience.