IT Infrastructure Engineer, Virtualization & Storage

SpaceX

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Work type
On-site
Location
Hawthorne, CA
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$130,000–$175,000 / yr
Posted
20 days ago
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SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.

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TL;DR · IT Infrastructure Engineer, Virtualization & Storage

As an IT Infrastructure Engineer, Virtualization & Storage, you will join the infrastructure team to deliver innovative solutions for growing data center demands. You will design, implement, and maintain scalable VMware environments and multi-tier storage systems, including high-performance, capacity, archive, and disaster recovery tiers. Your daily work involves architecting high-throughput, low-latency storage for simulation and telemetry workloads, managing enterprise platforms like NetApp, Pure FlashArray, Cohesity, and Scality, and administering protocols such as NFS, CIFS/SMB, and iSCSI. You will utilize Python, PowerShell, and Ansible for automation, while managing Kubernetes, RDMA, and InfiniBand fabrics. The role focuses on solving complex technical problems regarding exabyte-scale file systems and ensuring reliable performance across the software lifecycle for high-concurrency workloads in a demanding production environment.

What you'll do

  • Implement and maintain a scalable VMware environment to support critical applications.
  • Design and maintain storage infrastructure across high-performance, capacity, archive, and disaster recovery tiers.
  • Architect and operate high-throughput, low-latency storage for simulation and telemetry workloads.
  • Administer enterprise storage platforms including NetApp, Pure FlashArray, Cohesity, and Scality.
  • Perform data center deployments and troubleshoot production issues across virtualization and transport layers.
  • Develop automation tools for monitoring, capacity planning, configuration management, and alerting.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation and perform scheduled maintenance or physical installations.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field and 3+ years of engineering experience; OR 5+ years of engineering experience in lieu of a degree.
  • 1+ years of professional experience managing virtualized server environments.
  • 5+ years of experience in IT storage engineering with enterprise platforms like NetApp, Pure Storage, Scality, or Vast.
  • Experience with full lifecycle management of large-scale VMware environments and supporting container infrastructure with Kubernetes (preferred).
  • Experience with data center infrastructure management (DCIM) tools (preferred).
  • Deep knowledge of RDMA, congestion control, lossless Ethernet, RoCEv2, and/or InfiniBand storage fabrics in HPC environments (preferred).
  • Experience automating infrastructure with Python, PowerShell, or Ansible (preferred).
  • Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee eligible for Department of State authorization.

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