Senior Storage Systems Engineer

🚀 Storage Systems Engineer – Large US Hedge Fund

Are you an infrastructure expert who thrives in high-performance, mission-critical environments? We are partnering with a prominent US hedge fund looking for a hands-on Storage Systems Engineer to support, scale, and optimize their large-scale Linux-based storage platforms.

If you love tackling complex storage challenges, automating workflows, and working close to production in an elite financial tech environment, we want to hear from you!

🎯 What You’ll Do

• Ensure Platform Reliability: Maintain the rock-solid reliability, performance, and availability of enterprise storage and filesystem services.
• Operate Cutting-Edge Tech: Manage diverse storage platforms including GPFS / IBM Storage Scale, NFS, Pure, VAST, NetApp, NAS, block, and object storage systems.
• Troubleshoot & Optimize: Diagnose complex storage, filesystem, multipath, and client-side production issues (latency, contention, capacity events).
• Automate & Scale: Develop scripts and automation tools using Python, Bash, or similar technologies to eliminate repetitive operational work.
• Manage Lifecycles: Oversee quotas, snapshots, replication, tiering, data lifecycle policies, and disaster recovery processes.
• Collaborate Globally: Partner closely with infrastructure, datacenter, vendor, and business teams across global environments.

📋 What We Are Looking For (Mandatory Skills)

• 💻 7+ years of professional experience in storage engineering, storage operations, or Linux infrastructure with heavy storage responsibilities.
• 🗄️ Solid working knowledge across file, block, and object storage technologies.
• 🐧 Strong Linux systems administration and live production support skills.
• 🛠️ Deep understanding of storage client behavior (NFS mounts, automount, multipath, filesystem tuning).
• 🌐 Familiarity with networking fundamentals as they relate to storage (DNS, throughput, latency troubleshooting).
• 🐍 Proven scripting and automation experience with Python, Bash, Ansible, Salt, or Terraform.
• 🧠 Strong communication, composure under pressure, and meticulous risk/change control discipline.

⭐ Nice-to-Haves (Bonus Points)

• Deep experience with enterprise platforms like GPFS / IBM Storage Scale, ESS, VAST, Pure, or NetApp.
• Experience with SAN/NAS fabrics, RDMA or InfiniBand, and high-throughput data paths.
• Exposure to cloud/hybrid storage, CI/CD, DevOps workflows, or Kubernetes storage integration (CSI drivers, persistent volumes).
• Background supporting research, trading, High-Performance Computing (HPC), or other high-availability environments.