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Are you passionate about Storage Engineering and driving modern infrastructure solutions in both cloud and on-premises environments? Do you have a strong background in deploying, automating, and optimizing innovative storage technologies? If yes, then we have the perfect opportunity for you! Join Novo Nordisk as a Storage Engineer and be part of a purpose-driven initiative to support digital transformation that ultimately saves lives.
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Your new role

As a Storage Engineer, you will play a critical role in our Hybrid Storage & Compute team, where you will deploy and support cutting-edge storage solutions in globally distributed hybrid environments. You will work on software-defined storage, cloud-native storage (AWS/Azure), HPC, machine learning infrastructure, and enterprise storage platforms, delivering scalable and innovative solutions to support scientific research. The role also includes modernizing storage systems and implementing tools for data tiering and lifecycle management.

Key responsibilities:

  • Deploy and support software-defined storage, cloud-native storage solutions in AWS and Azure, and high performance RDMA storage hardware in hybrid environments.
  • Automate performance monitoring and lifecycle management using tools like IAAC tools Ansible, and Terraform.
  • Evaluate and deploy modern storage technologies, such as Qumulo, Weka, and observability tools like Starfish.
  • Manage data lifecycle (backup, archive, tiering) complex data workloads and optimize storage performance in distributed systems working with large datasets.
  • Collaborate with a diverse group of stakeholders including research users, engineering teams, and senior management.
  • Act as an expert resource in cloud storage, infrastructure automation, and scientific computing solutions, such as HPC and machine learning.

Your new department

You will join the Advanced Computational Infrastructure unit, part of Novo Nordisk’s Digital, Data & IT (DD&IT) organization. The team consists of 10+ highly skilled and diverse colleagues who support scientific research globally, delivering hybrid cloud technology platforms through Agile methodologies. Expect a workplace full of ambitions and ideas, balanced with learning, laughter, and a strong focus on collaboration.

Your skills & qualifications

To succeed in this role, we expect you to bring:

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or a related field.
  • 3+ years of experience in hybrid environments (AWS, Azure, and on-premises).
  • Proven track record as a Storage Engineer, with expertise in cloud storage solutions and performance automation tools.
  • Daily operational experience with CEPH, including monitoring, issue resolution, and upgrade planning.
  • Expertise in data lifecycle management, including backup, archiving, and tiered storage solutions.
  • Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation.
  • Knowledge of scripting and programming languages (Python, PowerShell, Bash) and observability tools.
  • Deep experience of one or more storage protocols (e.g. nfs, SMB, s3).

Preferred additional skills:

  • Familiarity with scientific computing (HPC or ML), workload management / job scheduling systems such as SLURM or K8S integrations.
  • Experience working with multiple petabyte object based data sets with posix interfaces (AWS file gateway, S3 Mountpoint, blob fuse)
  • Familiarity with ServiceNow ITSM/CMDB and serverless computing, networks, and security.
  • Integration/implementation of technologies such as RDMA, GPU Direct Storage, and DPDK.
  • Qumulo, Weka, and observability tools like Starfish.

As a person you are highly structured and organized, self-driven, proactive, and responsible. Furthermore, you are team-oriented and have a strong personal drive to achieve goals. We expect you to be service-minded and thrive in a busy environment. Finally, you have professional proficiency in written and spoken English.


Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk your abilities, ambitions, and dedication help us to improve the lives of patients all over the world. In return, we offer you the opportunity to work with extraordinary talent and enjoy a wide range of opportunities within professional and personal development. We have a responsible culture with a healthy and committed work environment and focus on contributing to society and protecting the environment.


What we offer

There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

More information

For additional information about the position, please contact Kaspar Lysgaard Dombrowsky kldo@novonordisk.com.

Deadline

3 August 2025


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We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

We’re not your typical healthcare company. In a modern world of quick fixes, we focus on solutions to defeat serious chronic diseases and promote long-term health. Our unordinary mindset is at the heart of everything we do. We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science, make healthcare more accessible, and treat, prevent, and even cure diseases that affect millions of lives. Because it takes an unordinary approach to drive real, lasting change in health.

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