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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Staff, IT Storage Engineer - **Company:** Samsung - **Location:** San Jose, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $180,200.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Computer-Aided Design, Active Directory, Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Linux, Electronic Design Automation, Formal Verification, General Parallel File Systems, Python (Programming Language), Lightweight Directory Access Protocols (LDAP), Linux System Administration, NetBackup, NetApp Applications, Network File Systems, Data ONTAP (Server Appliance), Open Source Technology, Performance Tuning, Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Virtualization Technology, High Performance Computing, HybridCloud, Perf (Linux), Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Storage Technologies, Information Technology, StorageGrid, Data Analytics, Data Management, Slurm, ZFS File System, Api Design, Physical Design, Restful APIs, Terraform, SnapMirror, Commvault, Vmware - **Published:** September 2, 2026 - **Apply:** https://sec.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Samsung_Careers/job/3655-N-1st-St-San-Jose-CA-USA/Senior-Staff--IT-Storage-Engineer_R120175 ## About the Role * 11+ years of experience with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or 9+ years with a Master's Degree, or 7+ years with a Ph.D. * 11+ years of enterprise storage engineering experience, including 5+ years directly supporting large-scale EDA and HPC environments * Expert-level experience with NetApp ONTAP, including FlexGroup, SnapMirror, FabricPool, QoS, performance analysis, and ONTAP REST API automation. * Deep expertise in Linux filesystems and NFS environments, including XFS, ZFS, ext4, NFSv3/NFSv4 tuning, and Linux performance troubleshooting using kernel traces, nfsiostat, and SystemTap / eBPF / perf output * Strong understanding of EDA and HPC workload characteristics, including RTL simulation, formal verification, physical design, and DFT environments * Strong automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) experience using Python, Ansible, Terraform, and API-driven tooling * Demonstrated experience defining storage architecture, scalability, and operational strategy for large-scale enterprise environments supporting petabytes, thousands of clients, 24x7 operations * Strong experience with NFS-on-Linux environments, identity integration (LDAP, Active Directory, automount), and complex enterprise storage escalations * Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach * Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to engage senior leadership and guide teams through ambiguity in a fast-paced, global environment., * In-depth expertise in StorageGRID * Experience with parallel filesystems such as Lustre, GPFS / IBM Spectrum Scale, or BeeGFS * Experience with hybrid-cloud storage environments, including AWS FSx for NetApp ONTAP, Azure NetApp Files, and S3 tiering via FabricPool * Familiarity with enterprise backup and recovery platforms such as CommVault, NetBackup, or Networker * Experience with VMware storage integration and virtualization environments * Familiarity with EDA workload managers such as LSF, Slurm, or Grid Engine * Experience contributing to open-source storage or filesystem tooling * NetApp Certified Data Administrator (NCDA), RHCE, VCP, or related advanced NetApp certification ## Description As a Senior Staff Storage Engineer, you will serve as the deepest technical authority for the storage infrastructure powering our Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments. Your work will directly influence engineering productivity, regression efficiency, and time-to-results across large-scale GPU and system-level IP development programs. In this high-impact individual contributor role, you will own the architecture, scalability, and performance strategy for NetApp ONTAP and Linux-based storage infrastructure, supporting thousands of compute clients and petabyte-scale environments. You will partner closely with CAD, silicon design, infrastructure, and SRE teams to drive storage architecture decisions, improve operational efficiency, and deliver scalable, resilient infrastructure for critical engineering workloads. * Lead the multi-year architecture, scalability, and capacity roadmap for NetApp ONTAP, StorageGRID, and enterprise storage infrastructure supporting EDA and HPC workloads. * Drive technical direction across petabyte-scale NFS environments, including performance optimization, resilience, cost efficiency, Linux filesystem tuning, and hybrid-cloud storage capabilities using AWS FSx for NetApp ONTAP, Azure NetApp Files, and FabricPool-integrated object storage solutions. * Architect, deploy, and support enterprise-scale storage platforms and replication topologies, including ONTAP clusters (FAS, AFF, ASA), FlexGroup, SnapMirror, FabricPool, StorageGRID, and multi-site replication environments. * Diagnose and resolve complex end-to-end performance and operational issues spanning EDA applications, Linux NFS clients, networking, ONTAP internals, monitoring frameworks, and distributed compute environments while advancing automation using Python, Ansible, Terraform, and ONTAP REST APIs. * Provide technical leadership across the organization by mentoring engineers, leading design and architecture reviews, driving root-cause analysis for critical incidents, and influencing infrastructure strategy across CAD, infrastructure, SRE, and silicon engineering teams. ## Related Videos - [Running Secure Life Science Research at Scale using Hybrid GPU HPC and Kubernetes 🧬](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100355-running-secure-life-science-research-at-scale-using-hybrid-gpu-hpc-and-kubernetes) - [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies) - [WebAssembly: The Next Frontier of Cloud Computing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/972-webassembly-the-next-frontier-of-cloud-computing) - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [Generating code with Angular schematics](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/129-generating-code-with-angular-schematics) - [Docker exec without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1094-docker-exec-without-docker) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [What does the history of data storage tell us about the future?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/495-what-does-the-history-of-data-storage-tell-us-about-the-future) - [Making Data Warehouses Fast: A Developer’s Story](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/107-making-data-warehouses-fast-a-developer-s-story) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Data Science & more: The Lopez dilemma](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/10-data-science-more-the-lopez-dilemma)