IT Infrastructure Engineer: Virtualization & Storage Architect

SpaceX; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company stock

Stock options

Long-term incentives

Discretionary bonuses

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401(k) plan

Paid parental leave

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an IT Infrastructure Engineer to design and operate virtualization and storage ecosystems across data centers. You will implement scalable VMware environments, manage high-performance storage, and collaborate with compute, networking, and application teams to meet workload demands.

This role emphasizes automation with Python/PowerShell/Ansible, on-call support, and exposure to enterprise storage platforms like NetApp and Pure Storage.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science, engineering or related field; 3+ years enterprise IT experience or 5+ years without a degree.
• 1+ year of managing virtualized server environments.
• 5+ years IT storage engineering with enterprise platforms (NetApp, Pure Storage, Scality, Vast).

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 admin

Kubernetes

Storage engineering

Python automation

PowerShell

Ansible

Linux admin

Windows admin

DCIM tools

NFS/CIFS/ iSCSI

Education

Bachelor's degree in information systems / computer science / engineering

Tools

NetApp

Pure Storage

Scality

VAST

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an IT Infrastructure Engineer to design and operate virtualization and storage ecosystems across data centers. You will implement scalable VMware environments, manage high-performance storage, and collaborate with compute, networking, and application teams to meet workload demands.

This role emphasizes automation with Python/PowerShell/Ansible, on-call support, and exposure to enterprise storage platforms like NetApp and Pure Storage.