Storage Engineer

Balyasny Asset Management L.P.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

BAM is seeking an experienced Storage Engineer in Chicago to manage multi-petabyte storage across public cloud and on-prem sites. The role focuses on data lifecycle, capacity management, and infrastructure as code, collaborating with Portfolio Managers and business stakeholders to align storage needs with business goals.

You will handle block, file and object storage across environments, advance provisioning automation, and build monitoring for performance and capacity.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on storage experience in large-scale environments.
• Proficient in Python scripting for automation.
• Strong knowledge of storage protocols across OSes (NFS/CIFS, iSCSI).
• Experience with disaster recovery and BC planning.

Responsibilities

• Manage on-prem and cloud block, file, and object storage.
• Advance automation for provisioning and data lifecycle.
• Build monitors for performance, capacity and efficiency.
• Define usage patterns and ensure teams follow them.
• Develop tools and run DR tests across storage platforms.
• Collaborate with portfolio managers and developers.
• Participate in on-call rotation and maintenance.

Skills

Python

Communication

Self-starter

Tools

AWS

S3

Pure Storage

Vast Storage

NFS

iSCSI

RDMA

Linux

Job description

BAM has a global, multi-petabyte storage system across public cloud and on-prem sites. We are looking for an experienced storage engineer to join the team and help us with data lifecycle, capacity management, data classification and infrastructure as code. This role offers the opportunity to work directly with Portfolio Managers and other business stakeholders to understand their needs and enable them to efficiently use our storage platforms.

As Storage Engineer at BAM, you will:

• Handle block, file and object storage platforms on-prem and in the public cloud.
• Further our automation efforts around storage provisioning and data lifecycle.
• Create robust monitors around performance, capacity and efficiency.
• Define acceptable use patterns for each storage system, guide teams towards these patterns and hold teams accountable to misuse.
• Engineer tools and automation for routine disaster recovery tests across all storage platforms.
• Partner with application developers across the firm and enable their success.
• Participate in on-call rotation and maintenance.

Core Tech Stack:

• AWS EBS, FSxN, S3
• Pure Storage
• Vast Storage
• iSCSI, RDMA over Ethernet
• NFS, CIFS
• Bare metal and virtual Linux
• Virtual Windows Server

To be considered a good cultural fit, you must be:

• An ambitious self-starter who strives for excellence in everything they do
• An efficient communicator that can work with technical and non-technical people equally well
• A person that inspires and motivates their team to be their best

To be considered a good technical fit, you must have:

• 6+ years, hands-on experience with large-scale storage environments.
• Experience with software low latency environments.
• Strong understanding of storage protocols and nuances across operating systems
• Comfortable writing Python.
• Experience with disaster recovery and business continuity planning.