IT Infrastructure Engineer, Virtualization & Storage
SpaceX
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This role pays less than 66% of similar roles. Most pay $142,600–$230,425 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $155k versus about $187k for comparable roles.
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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.
SpaceX currently has 851 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $130,000–$165,000 across 590 roles with salary data.
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The IT Storage Engineer joins the infrastructure team to design, implement, and maintain storage systems supporting mission-critical workloads like simulation, telemetry, and test data processing. The role involves architecting high-throughput, low-latency storage and supporting exabyte scale file systems across high-performance, capacity, archive, and disaster recovery tiers. Key responsibilities include administering NetApp, Pure FlashArray/FlashBlade, Vast, and HPE Alletra systems while monitoring performance across hardware, transport, and protocol layers. The engineer will develop automation for capacity planning and configuration management using Python, PowerShell, or Ansible. Required technical skills include proficiency with NFS, CIFS/SMB, iSCSI, and NVMe over TCP protocols. The position requires troubleshooting complex interactions between various operating systems and protocols to ensure reliable data access and performance for high-concurrency workloads.
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