Infrastructure Engineer, Storage

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to operate and scale distributed storage systems such as Ceph and VAST, supporting large AI/ML workloads. You will optimize performance and reliability while building automation for provisioning and monitoring across bare-metal and Linux environments.

The role emphasizes hands-on troubleshooting across storage, OS, hardware, and networking boundaries, with collaboration across Infrastructure, Network, and Platform teams to integrate

Qualifications

• 5+ years in infrastructure or systems engineering.
• Experience with distributed storage systems like Ceph or VAST.
• Strong Linux production experience.
• Python or similar scripting for automation.
• Experience with bare-metal hardware and troubleshooting across layers.

Responsibilities

• Operate and scale distributed storage systems (e.g., Ceph, VAST) to support AI/ML workloads.
• Improve performance, reliability, and efficiency of storage systems in production.
• Troubleshoot complex storage/data path issues across hardware and software layers.
• Build and maintain automation for provisioning, managing, and monitoring storage infrastructure.
• Develop Python-based tools to reduce manual operational overhead.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate storage into the platform.

Skills

Linux systems

Python scripting

Distributed storage

Troubleshooting

Automation

Tools

Ceph

VAST

S3-compatible storage

Job description

• Operate and scale distributed storage systems, including VAST and S3-compatible object storage (e.g., Ceph)
• Improve performance, reliability, and efficiency of storage systems supporting large-scale AI/ML workloads
• Troubleshoot complex storage and data path issues across hardware and software layers
• Optimize storage performance to support high-throughput, low-latency AI training and inference workloads
• Build and maintain automation for provisioning, managing, and monitoring storage infrastructure
• Develop Python-based tools and workflows to reduce manual operational overhead
• Improve lifecycle management of storage clusters, from deployment through maintenance and scaling
• Manage and operate Linux-based systems in production, including bare-metal environments
• Partner with infrastructure and data center teams on hardware bring-up, upgrades, and issue resolution
• Support capacity planning, utilization tracking, and forecasting for storage systems
• Leverage monitoring and telemetry to diagnose issues and improve system performance and reliability
• Work closely with Infrastructure Engineering, Network Engineering, and Platform teams to integrate storage into the broader platform
• Contribute to design discussions around new infrastructure deployments and scaling strategies
• Help define best practices for operating storage systems in high-performance computing environments

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, systems engineering, or related roles
• Hands-on experience operating distributed storage systems (e.g., VAST, Ceph, or similar)
• Strong Linux systems experience in production environments
• Proficiency in Python or similar scripting/programming languages for automation
• Experience working with bare-metal infrastructure and hardware-oriented systems
• Ability to debug complex issues across system boundaries (storage, OS, hardware, networking)
• Experience with storage networking protocols (e.g., NFS or similar)
• Experience with capacity planning, monitoring, and performance tuning