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About SpaceX
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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Listed pay typically runs
$130,000–$165,000
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As an IT Infrastructure Engineer, Virtualization & Storage, you will join the infrastructure team to deliver innovative solutions for growing data demands while ensuring system reliability throughout the software lifecycle. You will build and manage scalable VMware environments, Kubernetes container infrastructure, and multi-tier storage systems including high-performance, capacity, archive, and disaster recovery tiers. Your daily work involves administering enterprise platforms like NetApp, Pure FlashArray, Cohesity, and Scality to support exabyte scale file systems for simulation and telemetry workloads. You will utilize tools such as Python, PowerShell, or Ansible for automation while managing protocols including NFS, CIFS/SMB, iSCSI, RDMA, and InfiniBand. The role focuses on solving complex technical challenges in high-throughput, low-latency environments by aligning virtualization and storage strategies with specific workload requirements across various compute and networking layers.