IT Storage Engineer

United States Digital Space LLC; Starbase (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking an IT Storage Engineer to design, implement, and maintain enterprise storage for mission-critical workloads, including simulation and telemetry. The role requires hands-on experience with NetApp, Pure Storage, Vast, and HPE Alletra in on-prem environments.

You will build high-performance, low-latency storage, automate monitoring and capacity planning, and collaborate with compute, networking, and application teams to align storage with system

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other STEM discipline and 3+ years of professional IT storage engineering experience; OR 5+ years of IT storage engineering 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 multi-tier storage infrastructure (performance, capacity, archive, backup/recovery, DR).
• Architect high-throughput, low-latency storage and exabyte-scale file systems (e.g., VAST) for simulation and telemetry.
• Administer NetApp, Pure, Vast, and HPE Alletra storage systems.
• Monitor and troubleshoot performance across hardware, RDMA transport, and protocol layers.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across protocols and operating systems.
• Manage access controls and permissions across protocols and OS.
• Develop automation for monitoring, capacity planning, configuration management, and alerting.
• Define standards for deployment, tuning, and operations.
• Collaborate with compute, networking, and apps teams to align storage with architecture and workloads.
• Participate in maintenance, on-call rotations, and hardware installation.

Skills

NetApp storage

Pure Storage

Vast storage

NFS/SMB/iSCSI

NVMe over TCP

Python scripting

Ansible

PowerShell

Monitoring tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering or STEM

5+ years storage engineering without a degree

Tools

DFS administration

Monitoring tools

Virtualization

Python

PowerShell

Ansible

Job description

the company was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today the company is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal ofenabling human life on Mars.

IT STORAGE ENGINEER

the company is seeking an experienced storage engineer with deep expertise in enterprise storage platforms. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in performance-critical settings and is eager to build storage infrastructure supporting mission-critical workloads like simulation, telemetry, and test data processing.

The ideal candidate will possess knowledge of both Pure and NetApp storage systems running iSCSI with hands-on keyboard as well as on hardware in an on-premises environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, implement, and maintain storage infrastructure across multiple tiers: high-performance, capacity, archive, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery.
• 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 storage systems including NetApp, Pure FlashArray/FlashBlade, Vast, and HPE Alletra.
• Monitor and troubleshoot storage performance across the full stack: hardware, transport (RDMA), and protocol layers.
• Troubleshoot complex issues that require an understanding of the interaction of various protocols and operating systems.
• Manage storage access, data permissions, and access controls across different protocols and operating systems.
• Develop automation and tooling for monitoring, capacity utilization and planning, configuration management, and alerting.
• Define and enforce standards for storage deployment, performance tuning, and operational management.
• Collaborate with compute, networking, and application teams to align storage strategies with system architecture and workload requirements.
• Participate in scheduled maintenance, on-call rotation, and occasional physical installation of hardware.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other STEM discipline and 3+ years of professional IT storage engineering experience; OR 5+ years of IT storage engineering 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.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Experience with client and server hardware/software, monitoring tools, enterprise networking, and virtualization.
• Mid-level experience with DFS administration.
• High level of network knowledge.
• Experience automating infrastructure with Python, PowerShell, or Ansible.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to explain complex designs in clear terms.
• Experience collaborating with virtualization teams as an infrastructure engineer.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.

ITAR REQUIREMENTS

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

the company is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with the company is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.