IT Storage Engineer
SpaceX
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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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The IT Storage Engineer joins the team to design, implement, and maintain storage infrastructure across multiple tiers including high-performance, capacity, archive, backup, and disaster recovery. This role involves architecting and operating high-throughput, low-latency systems to support exabyte scale file systems for mission-critical workloads such as simulation, telemetry, and test data processing. The engineer will manage NetApp, Pure FlashArray/FlashBlade, Vast, and HPE Alletra systems while troubleshooting performance across hardware, RDMA transport, and protocol layers. Key technical requirements include proficiency with NFS, CIFS/SMB, iSCSI, and NVMe over TCP protocols. Additionally, the role involves developing automation tools using Python, PowerShell, or Ansible for monitoring and configuration management. The position requires managing data permissions and collaborating with compute and networking teams to align storage strategies with complex system architectures and high-concurrency requirements.
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