Senior Storage Engineer (Hybrid)

Swift Software; Manassas (VA); On-site; USD 101,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401k with company match

Job summary

Swift is seeking experienced engineers to develop and maintain automation, tooling, and integrations that support reliable infrastructure services. You will work with Linux systems, APIs, and CI/CD, building internal tools and dashboards to improve monitoring, provisioning, and incident response.

The role emphasizes secure coding practices, collaboration with security and operations, and continuous improvement of automation and observability across multi-site storage deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field (or equivalent hands-on experience).
• Foundational development or scripting skills in Python, Bash, Go, JavaScript or similar.
• Experience with Linux, networking, APIs and infrastructure concepts.
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts, Git and code reviews.
• Ability to translate operational needs into automation solutions.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and improve automation, tooling and workflows to support infrastructure services.
• Build internal tools, dashboards, reports, and self-service capabilities for operations and monitoring.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to translate requirements into practical automation.
• Create API integrations and command-line tooling to improve administration and service delivery.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, testing, and deployment processes for automation.

Skills

Python

Bash/PowerShell

Go/JavaScript

Linux

DevOps

CI/CD

Scripting

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science / Engineering

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Job description

ABOUT US

We’re the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, headquartered in Belgium. We are the way the world moves value – across borders, through cities and overseas. No other organisation can address the scale, precision, pace and trust that this demands, and we’re proud to support the global economy. We’re unique too. We were established to find a better way for the global financial community to move value – a reliable, safe and secure approach that the community can trust, completely. We’re always striving to be better and are constantly evolving in an ever-changing landscape, without undermining that trust. Five decades on, our vibrant community reflects the complexity and diversity of the financial ecosystem. We innovate diligently, test exhaustively, then implement fast. In a connected and exciting era, our mission has never been more relevant. Swift now has a presence in 200+ countries and legal territories to serve a community of more than 12,000 banks and financial institutions. Swift is unable to sponsor an employment authorization for this position now or in the future. This role is responsible for developing, maintaining, and improving automation, tooling, integrations, and operational capabilities that support reliable infrastructure services. The ideal candidate has a foundation in software development, scripting, Linux, APIs, CI/CD, troubleshooting, and DevOps practices, with an interest in building practical tools that improve service delivery, monitoring, reporting, and operational efficiency. Prior storage experience, including object storage, SAN, Cloudian HyperStore, or related storage technologies, is helpful but not required. You will work as part of the Storage squad within the Platform Tribe, collaborating with senior engineers, application teams, security, and operations teams to build automation and tooling that supports reliable, secure, and scalable infrastructure services. This role is well suited for someone who enjoys coding, problem solving, improving manual processes, and learning enterprise infrastructure through development-focused work.

What to Expect:

• Develop and maintain scripts, utilities, and automation workflows that reduce manual effort and improve infrastructure service delivery
• Build and enhance internal tools, dashboards, reports, and self-service capabilities to support operations, monitoring, provisioning and incident response
• Work with senior engineers to understand infrastructure platforms and translate operational needs into practical automation and tooling solutions
• Create integrations using APIs, command-line tools, web services and automation interfaces to improve administration and service delivery
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, source control practices, testing, code reviews and deployment processes for automation and internal tooling
• Help troubleshoot issues across automation workflows, Linux systems, APIs, networking, DNS, monitoring and related infrastructure services
• Automate routine operational tasks such as provisioning, health checks, reporting, validation, maintenance and compliance evidence collection
• Develop reusable code, templates, playbooks, or modules that support repeatable and consistent infrastructure operations
• Support monitoring and observability improvements by contributing to alerts, metrics, log collection, dashboards and reporting automation
• Collaborate with infrastructure, application, security and operations teams to understand requirements and deliver automation that improves reliability, security and operational efficiency
• Apply secure coding and operational practices, including access control, secrets handling, auditability, error handling and documentation
• Create and maintain technical documentation, developer notes, standard operating procedures and runbooks for automation, tools and platform support
• Participate in production support and on-call activities, using development and troubleshooting skills to assist with service restoration and incident follow-up
• Identify manual or repetitive operational activities and propose automation, workflow or tooling improvements
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives by improving automation, observability and operational tooling

What will make you successful:

• We are seeking professionals with:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
• Equivalent hands‑on development, scripting, automation or infrastructure tooling experience will also be considered
• Foundational software development or scripting experience using Python, Bash, PowerShell, Go, JavaScript or a similar language. preferably 3-6 years of experience
• Basic understanding of Linux, networking, DNS, APIs and infrastructure support concepts
• Experience creating scripts, automation workflows or small tools to solve operational or technical problems
• Familiarity with Git, source control practices, CI/CD concepts, testing and code review processes
• Ability to read documentation, understand requirements and translate operational needs into clear technical solutions
• Strong problem‑solving skills, attention to detail and willingness to learn infrastructure platforms through development-focused work
• Good written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation, status updates and operational reporting
• Interest in improving operational efficiency through automation, tooling, integration and continuous improvement

Preferred Qualifications:

• Exposure to Cloudian HyperStore or another enterprise object storage platform
• Familiarity with S3-compatible storage concepts, including buckets, policies, replication, lifecycle management and access control
• Exposure to enterprise block storage, SAN fabrics, Brocade switches, HDS, HPE XP or similar storage platforms
• Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps or similar platforms
• Experience developing REST API integrations, command-line tools, internal web tools, dashboards or reporting automation
• Familiarity with containers, Kubernetes, configuration management, observability platforms or infrastructure‑as‑code practices
• Knowledge of secure development practices, secrets management, auditability, compliance evidence collection and operational controls
• Exposure to multi‑site or multi‑region storage deployments and disaster recovery concepts
• Experience creating internal admin tools, reporting dashboards, operational scripts, or automation frameworks to improve platform support
• Python, Linux, DevOps, cloud, automation, or CI/CD certifications
• Cloudian Certified Administrator (CCA), Cloudian Certified Engineer (CCE) or storage‑related certifications

What we offer

• We give you the freedom to be yourself. We are creating an environment of unique individuals – like you – with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world. A diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone’s voice counts and where you can reach your full potential.
• Our generous benefits program includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance with no premium costs for our employees and their families, and retirement plan plus matching 401k.

The estimated salary range for a new hire in this position in Virginia is $101,303.00 USD Annual MINIMUM to $188,135.00 USD Annual MAXIMUM.

Our compensation packages include a competitive base salary and bonus opportunity for all employee’s contingent on personal and company performance.

We are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation related to accessibility during your application or interview, please contact [e-mail] or indicate this in your application. Please note that this mailbox is not monitored for general recruitment enquiries and should only be used for accessibility or accommodation-related requests (for example related to vision, hearing or neurodiversity). All requests are confidential and will not affect your candidacy.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Swift, we are dedicated to building a workplace where people can bring their full selves and ideas to the team,

Swift doesn’t stand still. We are constantly evolving and tirelessly innovating. Working at the intersection of finance and technology is a very exciting place to be right now. Swift is transforming cross‑border payments, making them faster and more transparent than ever before. We are the way the world moves value — every instant of every day, in almost every country. We’re proud that what we do has a critical impact on the global financial community and touches almost every aspect of the financial world. So, what you do at Swift has real impact too — an impact that matters every day. Which is why you matter to us.

Joining Swift gives you unparalleled exposure to knowledge, expertise and technologies. If you have what it takes, you’ll be able to take on different career paths and have the opportunity to work in teams, departments and disciplines in countries around the world. Swift is unique. There is no other organisation like ours in the world driving the long‑term future of the financial ecosystem. You’ll be surrounded by bright, customer‑focused and intellectually curious people in a collaborative, friendly, open and inclusive environment. At Swift we are trusted every instant. Everything we do has an impact that matters. And as a member of our team, you are trusted to make your impact every day.