Senior Storage Engineer – Data Infrastructure

Adyen; San Francisco, Chicago (CA, IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

Adyen is seeking a Storage Engineer in Chicago to design, implement, and maintain data storage systems. You will oversee SAN/NAS/DAS/Object Storage, ensure performance, and support scalable infrastructure. The role demands 3–5+ years in Linux storage, Ceph, and experience with virtualization, cloud storage, and monitoring tools.

Join a team that builds secure, reliable storage with automation and proactive maintenance, collaborating across Platform Engineering to meet growing data demands.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of experience in Linux systems administration with a focus on storage (e.g., Ceph).
• Proven experience with enterprise storage systems (e.g., Purestorage, NetApp, EMC, Dell, IBM, Hitachi).
• Strong understanding of RAID, LVM, NFS, iSCSI, multipathing, and file systems (ext4, XFS, ZFS).
• Hands-on experience with enterprise storage systems and clustering technologies.
• Proficiency in shell scripting; you have Python, Puppet or Ansible knowledge.
• Experience with virtualization technologies such as VMware or KVM.
• Familiarity with cloud storage solutions like AWS S3 and EBS.
• Experience with monitoring tools (Nagios, Prometheus, Zabbix).

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy storage infrastructure (SAN, NAS, DAS, Object Storage).
• Monitor and maintain storage systems for performance and reliability.
• Perform capacity planning and forecasting for future storage needs.
• Develop and implement backup, replication, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Troubleshoot storage system issues and maintain documentation of configurations and standards.
• Collaborate with Platform Engineering on upgrades, migrations, and integrations.
• Automate storage provisioning and management using scripting or IaC tools.

Skills

Linux administration

Storage systems

Ceph

RAID

LVM

NFS

iSCSI

Python

Ansible

Puppet

VMware

KVM

AWS S3

Nagios

Prometheus

Tools

Ceph

Job description

Adyen is seeking a Storage Engineer in Chicago to design, implement, and maintain data storage systems. You will oversee SAN/NAS/DAS/Object Storage, ensure performance, and support scalable infrastructure. The role demands 3–5+ years in Linux storage, Ceph, and experience with virtualization, cloud storage, and monitoring tools.

Join a team that builds secure, reliable storage with automation and proactive maintenance, collaborating across Platform Engineering to meet growing data demands.