High-Performance Enterprise Storage Engineer (On-Prem)

Spacex; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an IT Storage Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain enterprise storage systems in an on‑premises environment. The role focuses on performance-critical workloads such as simulation, telemetry, and test data processing, with hands-on work on NetApp, Pure Storage, Vast, and HPE Alletra stacks.

The ideal candidate will manage NFS, CIFS/SMB, iSCSI, and NVMe over TCP, develop automation tooling, and collaborate with compute, networking, and application teams to meet workload

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field or 5+ years storage experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience with enterprise storage platforms: NetApp, Pure Storage, Vast, HPE Alletra.
• Strong understanding of storage protocols: NFS, CIFS/SMB, iSCSI, and NVMe over TCP.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain storage infrastructure across multiple tiers.
• Architect and operate high-throughput, low-latency storage for large workloads.
• Administer NetApp, Pure FlashArray/FlashBlade, Vast, and HPE Alletra.
• Monitor and troubleshoot storage performance across hardware, transport, and protocol layers.
• Develop automation for monitoring, capacity planning, and alerting.
• Define standards for deployment, performance tuning, and operational management.
• Collaborate with compute, networking, and application teams.
• Participate in maintenance, on-call, and occasional hardware installs.

Skills

Storage engineering

iSCSI

NFS

CIFS/SMB

NVMe over TCP

Automation tooling

Python/PowerShell/Ansible

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

5+ years storage engineering in lieu of degree

Tools

NetApp

Pure Storage

Vast

HPE Alletra

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an IT Storage Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain enterprise storage systems in an on‑premises environment. The role focuses on performance-critical workloads such as simulation, telemetry, and test data processing, with hands-on work on NetApp, Pure Storage, Vast, and HPE Alletra stacks.

The ideal candidate will manage NFS, CIFS/SMB, iSCSI, and NVMe over TCP, develop automation tooling, and collaborate with compute, networking, and application teams to meet workload