IT Infra Engineer: Virtualization & Storage Expert

SpaceX; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking an IT Infrastructure Engineer, Virtualization & Storage to scale our data center platforms, delivering VMware, high‑performance storage, and HPC file systems for demanding workloads. You will collaborate across compute, networking, and application teams to ensure reliability and performance.

You will automate monitoring and deployment, support NetApp/Pure/Scality/VAST storage stacks, and participate in on‑call rotations while advancing enterprise infrastructure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science, engineering or related field with 3+ years of enterprise engineering experience.
• 1+ years of professional experience managing virtualized server environments.
• 5+ years of experience in IT storage engineering with enterprise platforms (NetApp, Pure Storage, Scality, Vast or similar).
• Strong understanding of storage protocols (NFS, CIFS/SMB, iSCSI) and experience with monitoring tools, enterprise networking, and virtualization.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain a scalable, robust VMware environment and identify efficiencies supporting critical applications
• Design, implement, and maintain storage infrastructure across high-performance, capacity, archive, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery tiers
• Architect and operate high-throughput, low-latency storage and support exabyte scale file systems (e.g., VAST) for simulation, telemetry, and high-concurrency workloads
• Administer enterprise storage platforms (NetApp, Pure FlashArray/FlashBlade, Cohesity, Scality) and manage access controls, permissions, and protocols (NFS, CIFS/SMB, iSCSI)
• Perform data center deployments, monitor performance, and troubleshoot production issues across virtualization, storage, transport (RDMA), and protocol layers
• Develop automation/tooling for monitoring, capacity planning, configuration management, and alerting; define standards for deployment and performance tuning
• Collaborate with compute, networking, and application teams to align virtualization and storage strategies with workload requirements
• Participate in on-call rotation, scheduled maintenance, and occasional physical installation support

Skills

VMware

Storage engineering

Kubernetes

Python/PowerShell/Ansible

Linux/Windows admin

Networking

Troubleshooting

Automation tooling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science, engineering or related technical field

5+ years of engineering experience in lieu of a degree

Tools

NetApp

Pure Storage

Scality

VAST

VMware

Cohesity

Job description

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking an IT Infrastructure Engineer, Virtualization & Storage to scale our data center platforms, delivering VMware, high‑performance storage, and HPC file systems for demanding workloads. You will collaborate across compute, networking, and application teams to ensure reliability and performance.

You will automate monitoring and deployment, support NetApp/Pure/Scality/VAST storage stacks, and participate in on‑call rotations while advancing enterprise infrastructure