Senior System Administrator II (Ceph Engineer)

Adyen; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Adyen Storage Team in San Francisco/Chicago seeks a senior storage engineer to design, deploy, and manage data storage infrastructure. You will handle SAN/NAS/DAS/Object Storage, capacity planning, backups, DR, and automation.

This role requires deep Linux storage expertise and hands-on experience with Ceph and enterprise arrays. The position emphasizes production reliability, clustering, and collaboration with Platform Engineering.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Linux systems administration with a focus on storage (Ceph).
• Proven experience with enterprise storage systems (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.
• Knowledge of Python, Puppet or Ansible; virtualization with 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 for future storage needs.
• Develop backup, replication, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Troubleshoot storage systems and document configurations and standards.
• Collaborate with Platform Engineering on upgrades, migrations, and integrations.
• Automate storage provisioning with scripting or IaC tools.

Skills

Linux systems administration

Ceph

RAID/LVM/NFS/ISCSI

Shell scripting

Python

Ansible

Puppet

VMware

KVM

AWS S3

Nagios/Prometheus/Zabbix

Tools

Purestorage

NetApp

EMC

Dell

IBM

Hitachi

Job description

This is Adyen

Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition.

For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

Why you should join the Adyen Storage Team

This team is part of our Platform Engineering team in Chicago or San Francisco. The purpose of Platform Engineering is to enable Adyen engineers to autonomously build and support secure, scalable and reliable applications with high speed and quality through a common technology ecosystem. As a storage engineer of our Storage team, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, managing, and maintaining data storage systems and solutions. This role involves the end-to-end management of our organization’s data storage infrastructure. This includes strategic design for scalability, hands‑on implementation and integration, continuous performance monitoring, capacity planning, security, and troubleshooting. It also requires proactive maintenance with updates, backups, disaster recovery, and planning for future growth by evaluating and recommending new technologies for data availability, reliability, and efficiency.

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What You’ll Do

• 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

Who You Are

• 5+ years of experience in Linux systems administration with a focus on storage (e.g., Ceph) {MANDATE}
• Proven experience with enterprise storage systems (e.g., Purestorage, NetApp, EMC, Dell, IBM, Hitachi). {MANDATE}
• You have a strong understanding of RAID, LVM, NFS, iSCSI, multipathing, and file systems (ext4, XFS, ZFS, etc.) {MANDATE}
• 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.
• You have familiarity with cloud storage solutions like AWS S3 and EBS.
• Experience with monitoring tools (Nagios, Prometheus, Zabbix, etc.)

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments

Our unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. This diversity of backgrounds and cultures is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business and technical challenges are unique, and we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them - voices like yours. No matter who you are or where you are, we welcome you to be your true self at Adyen.

What’s next?

Ensuring a smooth and enjoyable candidate experience is critical for us. We aim to get back to you regarding your application within 5 business days. Our interview process tends to take about 4 weeks to complete, but may fluctuate depending on the role. Learn more about our hiring process here. Don’t be afraid to let us know if you need more flexibility.

Adyen is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

San Francisco

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

This role is based out of our San Francisco or Chicago office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.