Senior Storage Engineer & Linux Systems Architect

Adyen; Chicago (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 scalable data storage infrastructure (SAN/NAS/DAS/Object Storage). You will oversee capacity planning, performance monitoring, backups, and disaster recovery, partnering with Platform Engineering to ensure reliability.

You’ll automate storage provisioning with scripting or IaC, troubleshoot issues, and document configurations.

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, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with enterprise storage systems and clustering technologies.
• Proficiency in shell scripting; 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) in accordance with organizational needs.
• Monitor and maintain storage systems to guarantee optimal performance, availability, and reliability.
• Perform capacity planning and forecasting for future storage needs.
• Develop and implement strategies for backup, replication, and disaster recovery.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to storage systems.
• Maintain documentation of configurations, procedures, and standards.
• Collaborate with other Platform Engineering teams on system upgrades, migrations, and integrations.
• Automate storage provisioning and management using scripting or infrastructure-as-code tools.

Skills

Linux administration

Storage architecture

Scripting

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Tools

Ceph

PureStorage

NetApp

EMC

Dell EMC

IBM

Hitachi

VMware

KVM

AWS S3

Job description

Adyen is seeking a Storage Engineer in Chicago to design, implement, and maintain scalable data storage infrastructure (SAN/NAS/DAS/Object Storage). You will oversee capacity planning, performance monitoring, backups, and disaster recovery, partnering with Platform Engineering to ensure reliability.

You’ll automate storage provisioning with scripting or IaC, troubleshoot issues, and document configurations.