Staff Storage Engineer
About The Position
Crusoe is seeking a Staff Storage Engineer to lead the architecture and operation of the storage data layer for its vertically integrated AI cloud. The role sits at the intersection of large-scale data ingress and egress and high-performance GPU workloads, supporting AI and HPC use cases with performant, reliable, and sustainable storage. The position owns the end-to-end lifecycle of Crusoe’s global storage environment, from initial bring-up and configuration through performance tuning and vendor strategy. The engineer will help shape enterprise infrastructure, collaborate on vendor RFPs, review responses, and work with vendor engineering teams to influence product roadmaps. The role also partners with Compute, Networking, service engineering, and architecture teams to build and optimize cloud-scale infrastructure.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in storage systems administration, focused on petabyte-scale, on-premise data environments.
- Hands-on production experience administering VAST Data and/or Pure Storage (Everpure) arrays, including bring-up, configuration, upgrades, and performance tuning.
- Strong understanding of block, file, and object storage architectures and I/O paths.
- Hands-on experience with performance benchmarking and observability tools such as FIO, ElBencho, blktrace, nvme-cli, nfs-gaze, and eBPF.
- Experience with SSDs, NVMe, RAID, caching, or distributed storage systems.
- Deep familiarity with enterprise flash arrays and distributed file systems.
- Proficiency with Python, Go, or Bash scripting to automate array management and monitoring.
- Ability to analyze complex performance data and present clear conclusions.
- Proven ability to lead technical requirements authoring, evaluate RFP responses, and manage complex vendor relationships.
- Experience designing systems for specific I/O use cases, including AI training and inference, and a disciplined approach to testing and validating vendor releases.
- Genuine interest in Crusoe’s mission to reduce the environmental impact of the AI revolution through sustainable infrastructure.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with RDMA, iSCSI, NVMe-oF, RoCEv2, or InfiniBand networking as it relates to high-performance storage.
- Previous experience at a major Cloud Service Provider or high-scale AI infrastructure company.
- Familiarity with distributed storage systems such as Ceph, Lustre, or Gluster.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate block, file, and object storage performance across diverse workloads; identify bottlenecks at hardware, firmware, operating-system, and application layers.
- Develop and execute performance test plans, benchmarks, and stress tests, and tune storage stacks to meet target KPIs.
- Design and execute proof-of-concept exercises for new storage arrays and validate vendor software releases in staging before production rollout.
- Lead initial bring-up, configuration, lifecycle management, and performance tuning of enterprise storage arrays and storage operating systems.
- Collaborate with Compute and Networking teams to design cloud-scale storage infrastructure for high-concurrency, high-throughput environments.
- Lead technical evaluations of storage technologies, author RFPs, review vendor responses, and manage down-selection processes.
- Serve as the primary technical contact for storage partners, providing engineering feedback on bugs and missing features and influencing vendor roadmaps.
- Work with service engineering and architecture teams to influence design decisions and provide performance guidance during feature development and release cycles.
- Communicate technical findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and equity packages, including Restricted Stock Units.
- Paid time off, paid holidays, and leave of absence programs.
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Employer contributions to an HSA account.
- Paid parental leave.
- Paid life insurance and short-term and long-term disability.
- Professional development and tuition reimbursement.
- Mental health and wellness support.
- Commuter benefits for parking and transit.
- Cell phone stipend.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary.
- Volunteer time off.
- Global travel insurance and emergency assistance.
- Daily meals allowance.
- Additional perks and programs specific to location.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
