Senior Staff IT Storage Engineer

Samsung Electronics

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Jose, CAAustin, TX
Salary
$180,200–$297,200 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
18 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Jun 30, 2027

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About Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational corporation and a global leader in technology, specializing in consumer electronics, semiconductors, and home appliances.

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TL;DR · Senior Staff IT Storage Engineer

As a Senior Staff, IT Storage Engineer, you will serve as the deepest technical authority for the storage infrastructure powering Electronic Design Automation and High-Performance Computing environments. You will own the architecture, scalability, and performance strategy for NetApp ONTAP and Linux-based storage infrastructure, supporting thousands of compute clients and petabyte-scale environments. Your daily responsibilities include leading multi-year capacity roadmaps, optimizing NFS environments, and managing replication topologies like SnapMirror and FabricPool. You will utilize Python, Ansible, Terraform, and ONTAP REST APIs to drive automation. Key technical requirements include expertise in Linux filesystems such as XFS and ZFS, as well as experience with AWS FSx and Azure NetApp Files. You will solve complex performance issues across RTL simulation, formal verification, and physical design workloads.

What you'll do

  • Lead the multi-year architecture, scalability, and capacity roadmap for NetApp ONTAP and StorageGRID.
  • Drive technical direction for petabyte-scale NFS environments, including performance optimization and Linux filesystem tuning.
  • Architect, deploy, and support enterprise-scale storage platforms and multi-site replication topologies.
  • Diagnose and resolve complex performance issues across EDA applications, Linux NFS clients, and networking.
  • Advance infrastructure automation using Python, Ansible, Terraform, and ONTAP REST APIs.
  • Provide technical leadership by mentoring engineers and leading design and architecture reviews.
  • Influence infrastructure strategy across CAD, SRE, and silicon engineering teams.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering with 10+ years of experience, Master’s with 8+ years, or Ph.D. with 6+ years.
  • 10+ years of enterprise storage engineering experience, including 5+ years supporting large-scale EDA and HPC environments.
  • Expert-level experience with NetApp ONTAP, including FlexGroup, SnapMirror, FabricPool, QoS, performance analysis, and ONTAP REST API automation.
  • Deep expertise in Linux filesystems and NFS environments, including XFS, ZFS, ext4, and performance troubleshooting using kernel traces or eBPF.
  • Strong automation and Infrastructure-as-Code experience using Python, Ansible, Terraform, and API-driven tooling.
  • Demonstrated experience defining storage architecture, scalability, and operational strategy for large-scale enterprise environments supporting petabytes and thousands of clients.
  • Applicants must be authorized to access information subject to U.S. export control laws.
  • In-depth expertise in StorageGRID (preferred); experience with parallel filesystems like Lustre or GPFS (preferred); NetApp certifications (preferred).

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