Senior Storage Systems Engineer

Hobbsnews; Colorado; On-site; USD 160,000 - 303,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits for health & wellbeing

Career development programs

Job summary

Hobbsnews is seeking a Senior Storage Systems Engineer to design and maintain distributed storage system software. Ideal candidates will have 6–10+ years of experience in systems or storage development, excellent debugging skills, and knowledge of high-availability solutions.

This role is onsite in Colorado, where the expected salary range is between USD 160,000 and 303,000, dependent on experience and education. Join Hobbsnews to contribute to innovative storage solutions!

Qualifications

• 6–10+ years of relevant systems or storage development experience.
• Proven delivery of distributed systems or storage platforms.
• Strong cross-domain expertise across storage, OS, networking, and hardware.
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain distributed storage system software.
• Develop and enhance high-availability clustering solutions.
• Drive system integration across storage, networking, and OS layers.
• Debug complex issues across software, OS, networking, and hardware.
• Contribute to architecture and long-term system design.
• Develop automation and configuration management tooling.
• Integrate APIs and management interfaces.
• Support containerized and virtualized deployments.
• Mentor engineers and influence technical direction.

Skills

Linux systems expertise

Programming: C/C++, plus Go/Python/Bash

Storage: RAID, ZFS, XFS, ext4

High Availability: Pacemaker/Corosync

Networking: TCP/IP, Ethernet, IB

Hardware: SAS, SCSI, NVMe

APIs: REST/HTTPS, gRPC

Containerization/Virtualization: Docker/Podman

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Senior Storage Systems Engineer

This role has been designed as “Onsite” with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain distributed storage system software
• Develop and enhance high-availability clustering solutions
• Drive system integration across storage, networking, and OS layers
• Debug complex issues across software, OS, networking, and hardware
• Contribute to architecture and long-term system design
• Develop automation and configuration management tooling
• Integrate APIs and management interfaces
• Support containerized and virtualized deployments
• Mentor engineers and influence technical direction

Required Skills

• Linux systems expertise (systemd, RHEL/Rocky, debugging)
• Programming: C/C++, plus Go/Python/Bash
• Storage: RAID, ZFS, XFS, ext4, block vs object storage
• High Availability: Pacemaker/Corosync
• Networking: TCP/IP, Ethernet, IB, RDMA/RoCE
• Hardware: SAS, SCSI, NVMe, HBAs
• APIs: REST/HTTPS, gRPC, Redfish/Swordfish
• Containerization/Virtualization: Docker/Podman, KVM/VMware

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• 6–10+ years of relevant systems or storage development experience
• Proven delivery of distributed systems or storage platforms
• Strong cross-domain expertise across storage, OS, networking, and hardware
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills

What We Can Offer You

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Salary

The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level.

– United States of America: Annual Salary USD 160,000 - 303,000 in Colorado // 152,000 - 349,000 in Minnesota.

The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered.

Equal Employment Opportunity

HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, or any other protected category, and all decisions we make are based on qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global team that is representative of our customers, in an inclusive environment where we can continue to innovate and grow together.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.

HPE will comply with all applicable laws related to employer use of arrest and conviction records, including laws requiring employers to consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories.