IT Storage Engineer

Experteer Overview In this role, you design, implement, and maintain SpaceX’s enterprise storage infrastructure to support mission-critical workloads. You’ll work cross-functionally with compute, networking, and applications teams to deliver high-performance, scalable storage solutions. You will tackle complex storage challenges across multiple tiers and protocols, driving reliability and efficiency in a demanding on-premises environment. This is a chance to shape storage strategy for exabyte-scale workloads and contribute to SpaceX’s ambitious mission. Compensation / Benefits * Design, implement, and maintain multi-tier storage infrastructure (high-performance, capacity, archive, backup/recovery, DR) * Architect and operate high-throughput, low-latency storage for simulation, telemetry, and high-concurrency workloads * Administer NetApp, Pure FlashArray/FlashBlade, Vast, and HPE Alletra storage systems * Monitor and troubleshoot storage across hardware, transport (RDMA), and protocol layers * Troubleshoot complex issues involving multiple protocols and operating systems * Manage storage access, permissions, and access controls across various protocols and OSs * Develop automation/tools for monitoring, capacity planning, configuration management, and alerting * Define and enforce standards for storage deployment and performance tuning * Collaborate with compute, networking, and application teams to align storage strategy with workloads * Participate in maintenance, on-call rotations, and occasional hardware installation Tasks * Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related STEM field with 3+ years in IT storage engineering, or 5+ years of storage engineering experience in lieu of a degree * Experience with enterprise storage platforms: NetApp, Pure Storage, Vast, HPE Alletra * Strong understanding of storage protocols: NFS, SMB/CIFS, iSCSI, NVMe over TCP Key requirements *

layers * Troubleshoot complex issues involving multiple protocols and operating systems * Manage storage access, permissions, and access controls across various protocols and OSs * Develop automation/tools for monitoring, capacity planning, configuration management, and alerting * Define and enforce standards for storage deployment and performance tuning * Collaborate with compute, networking, and application teams to align storage strategy with workloads * Participate in maintenance, on-call rotations, and occasional hardware installation Tasks * Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related STEM field with 3+ years in IT storage engineering, or 5+ years of storage engineering experience in lieu of a degree * Experience with enterprise storage platforms: NetApp, Pure Storage, Vast, HPE Alletra * Strong understanding of storage protocols: NFS, SMB/CIFS, iSCSI, NVMe over TCP Key requirements *