IT Storage Engineer

SpaceX • Hawthorne, CA

111d • $120,000 - $160,000

About The Position

SpaceX is seeking an experienced storage engineer with deep expertise in both enterprise storage platforms and high-performance computing (HPC) storage environments. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in performance-critical settings and is eager to build storage infrastructure supporting mission-critical workloads like simulation, telemetry, and test data processing. The ideal candidate will possess a hybrid skill set—combining enterprise storage experience with HPC expertise, particularly in designing low-latency RoCEv2 and InfiniBand storage networks and deploying parallel file systems optimized for scale.

Requirements

• Experience with enterprise storage platforms: NetApp, Pure Storage, Scality, Vast.
• Strong understanding of storage protocols: NFS, CIFS/SMB, iSCSI.
• 5+ years of experience in IT storage engineering.
• Experience with client and server hardware/software, monitoring tools, enterprise networking, and virtualization.

Nice To Haves

• Mid-level experience with DFS administration.
• Deep knowledge of networking including RDMA, congestion control tuning, and lossless Ethernet.
• Experience automating infrastructure with Python, PowerShell, or Ansible.
• Familiarity with HPC schedulers (e.g., Slurm, LFS) and how storage tiers interact with job scheduling.
• 2+ years of experience deploying and supporting RoCEv2 or InfiniBand-based storage infrastructure in HPC or latency-sensitive environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to explain complex designs in clear terms.
• Experience collaborating with virtualization teams as an infrastructure engineer.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain storage infrastructure across multiple tiers: high-performance, capacity, archive, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery.
• Architect and operate high-throughput, low-latency storage fabrics using RoCEv2 and/or InfiniBand for compute-intensive environments.
• Engineer and support parallel file systems (e.g., VAST, Lustre, BeeGFS) for high concurrency workloads in simulation and telemetry analysis.
• Administer storage systems including NetApp, Pure FlashArray/FlashBlade, Cohesity, and Scality.
• Monitor and troubleshoot storage performance across the full stack: hardware, transport (RDMA), and protocol layers.
• Troubleshoot complex issues that require an understanding of the interaction of various protocols and operating systems.
• Manage storage access, data permissions, and access controls across different protocols and operating systems.
• Develop automation and tooling for monitoring, capacity utilization and planning, configuration management, and alerting.
• Define and enforce standards for storage deployment, performance tuning, and operational management.
• Collaborate with compute, networking, and application teams to align storage strategies with system architecture and workload requirements.
• Participate in scheduled maintenance, on-call rotation, and occasional physical installation of hardware.

Benefits

• Pay Range: $120,000.00 - $160,000.00/year
• Long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards.
• Potential discretionary bonuses.
• Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
• Short and long-term disability insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Various other discounts and perks.
• 3 weeks of paid vacation.
• 10 or more paid holidays per year.
• 5 days of sick leave for exempt employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees