Senior System Administrator [Storage Engineer]

United States Digital Space LLC; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

the company in Bengaluru is seeking a Storage Engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable storage infrastructure. You will work on SAN and object storage, plan capacity, and drive backups, DR, and performance tuning in a fast-growing fintech-focused environment.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of Linux storage administration, hands-on experience with Ceph and enterprise storage arrays, and scripting skills in Python or shell.

Qualifications

• Ceph-backed storage design and operations experience.
• Expertise with enterprise storage systems (Purestorage, NetApp, EMC, Dell, IBM, Hitachi).
• Strong knowledge of RAID, LVM, NFS, iSCSI, multipathing and multiple file systems.
• Hands-on with clustering technologies and virtualization (VMware, KVM).
• Proficiency in shell scripting; Python, Puppet or Ansible skills.
• Familiarity with AWS S3/EBS and storage monitoring (Nagios/Prometheus/Zabbix).

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy storage infrastructure (SAN, Object Storage).
• Monitor, maintain, and optimize storage systems for performance and availability.
• Perform capacity planning and forecasting for future storage needs.
• Develop backup, replication, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Troubleshoot storage issues and maintain system documentation.
• Collaborate with Platform Engineering on upgrades, migrations, and integrations.
• Automate storage provisioning and management with scripting/infra-as-code.

Skills

Ceph

RAID

LVM

NFS

iSCSI

multipathing

ext4

XFS

ZFS

shell scripting

Python

Puppet

Ansible

VMware

KVM

AWS S3

EBS

Nagios

Prometheus

Zabbix

Tools

Purestorage

NetApp

EMC

Dell

IBM

Hitachi

Puppet

Ansible

Python

Shell scripting

VMware

KVM

AWS S3

EBS

Nagios

Prometheus

Zabbix

Job description

This is the company

the company provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At the company, everything we do is engineered for ambition.

For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

Why you should join the the company Storage Team

This team is part of our Platform Engineering team in India. The purpose of Platform Engineering is to enable the company engineers to autonomously build and support secure, scalable and reliable applications with high speed and quality through a common technology ecosystem. As a storage engineer of our Storage team in Bengaluru, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, managing, and maintaining data storage systems and solutions. This role involves the end-to-end management of our organization's data storage infrastructure. This includes strategic design for scalability, hands‑on implementation and integration, continuous performance monitoring, capacity planning, security, and troubleshooting. It also requires proactive maintenance with updates, backups, disaster recovery, and planning for future growth by evaluating and recommending new technologies for data availability, reliability, and efficiency.

Sounds exciting? Keep reading!

What You’ll Do:

• Design and deploy storage infrastructure (SAN, Object Storage) in accordance with organizational needs.

• Monitor and maintain storage systems to guarantee optimal performance, availability, and reliability.

• Perform capacity planning and forecasting for future storage needs.

• Develop and implement strategies for backup, replication, and disaster recovery.

• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to storage systems.

• Maintain documentation of configurations, procedures, and standards.

• Collaborate with other Platform Engineering teams on system upgrades, migrations, and integrations.

• Automate storage provisioning and management using scripting or infrastructure-as-code tools

Who You Are:

• 5+ years of experience in Linux systems administration with a focus on storage (e.g., Ceph) {MANDATE})

• Proven experience with enterprise storage systems (e.g., Purestorage, NetApp, EMC, Dell, IBM, Hitachi). {MANDATE}

• You have a strong understanding of RAID, LVM, NFS, iSCSI, multipathing, and file systems (ext4, XFS, ZFS, etc.){MANDATE}

• Hands-on experience with enterprise storage systems and clustering technologies

• Proficiency in shell scripting;

• You have Python, Puppet or Ansible knowledge experience with virtualization technologies such as VMware or KVM.

• You have familiarity with cloud storage solutions like AWS S3 and EBS.

• Experience with monitoring tools (Nagios, Prometheus, Zabbix, etc.)

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments

Our unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. This diversity of backgrounds and cultures is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business and technical challenges are unique, and we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them - voices like yours. No matter who you are or where you’re from, we welcome you to be your true self at the company.

Studies show that women and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Does this sound like you? If so, the company encourages you to reconsider and apply. We look forward to your application!

What’s next?

Ensuring a smooth and enjoyable candidate experience is critical for us. We aim to get back to you regarding your application within 5 business days. Our interview process tends to take about 4 weeks to complete, but may fluctuate depending on the role. Learn more about our hiring process here. Don’t be afraid to let us know if you need more flexibility.

This role is based out of our Bengaluru office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.