IT Infrastructure Engineer, Virtualization & Storage
Hawthorne · USD 130,000-175,000 / year · 1+ years experience · Posted Oct 7, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 1+ years experience
- Location
- Hawthorne
- Salary
- USD 130,000-175,000 / year · Base salary
About the role
- As an IT Infrastructure Engineer on the infrastructure team, you will collaborate with internal teams to deliver innovative solutions for SpaceX’s growing infrastructure demands.
- You will ensure quality and reliability of systems across the software lifecycle while scaling and supporting data center infrastructure, virtualization, Kubernetes, and storage environments.
Responsibilities
- Implement and maintain a scalable, robust VMware environment and identify efficiencies supporting critical applications
- Design, implement, and maintain storage infrastructure across high-performance, capacity, archive, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery tiers
- Architect and operate high-throughput, low-latency storage and support exabyte scale file systems (e.g., VAST,) for simulation, telemetry, and high-concurrency workloads
- Administer enterprise storage platforms (NetApp, Pure FlashArray/FlashBlade, Cohesity, Scality) and manage access controls, permissions, and protocols (NFS, CIFS/SMB, iSCSI)
- Perform data center deployments, monitor performance, and troubleshoot production issues across virtualization, storage, transport (RDMA), and protocol layers
- Develop automation/tooling for monitoring, capacity planning, configuration management, and alerting; define standards for deployment and performance tuning
- Collaborate with compute, networking, and application teams to align virtualization and storage strategies with workload requirements
- Participate in on-call rotation, scheduled maintenance, and occasional physical installation support
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science, engineering or related technical field and 3+ years of engineering experience in an enterprise environment; OR 5+ years of engineering experience in lieu of a degree
- 1+ years of professional experience managing virtualized server environments
- 5+ years of experience in IT storage engineering with enterprise platforms (NetApp, Pure Storage, Scality, Vast or similar)
- Applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with full lifecycle management of large-scale VMware environments and supporting container infrastructure with Kubernetes
- Experience with data center infrastructure management (DCIM) tools
- Deep knowledge of RDMA, congestion control, lossless Ethernet, RoCEv2, and/or InfiniBand storage fabrics in HPC or latency-sensitive environments
- Experience automating infrastructure with Python, PowerShell, or Ansible
- Familiarity with HPC schedulers (Slurm, LFS) and how storage tiers interact with job scheduling
- Linux and Windows OS system administration experience
- Exceptional analytical and troubleshooting skills; strong written and verbal communication
- Willingness to respond to after-hours triage and operational support
Benefits
- Company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards
- Discretionary bonuses
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Paid vacation
- Paid holidays and paid sick leave
Skills
- VMware
- Kubernetes
- NetApp
- Pure Storage
- Cohesity
- Scality
- VAST
- Python
- PowerShell
- Ansible
- Linux
- Windows
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- Slurm
- InfiniBand
- RoCEv2
