Posted May 31, 2026
Design multi-petabyte AI/ML storage systems; integrate WekaFS, Ceph, etc.; lead capacity planning and cost optimization (30-50% savings via tiering, lifecycle policies, right-sizing). - Design/optimize RDMA, InfiniBand, 400GbE networks; tune for max throughput/min latency; implement NVMe-oF/iSCSI; troubleshoot bottlenecks; optimize TCP/IP for storage. - Build Kubernetes storage operators/controllers; enable automated provisioning, self-service abstractions, multi-tenant isolation, quotas; create reusable Helm/Terraform patterns. - Deliver 10-50 GB/s per GPU node; optimize caching (weights/datasets/checkpoints), parallel filesystems, and data paths; troubleshoot with profiling tools; scale to thousands of nodes. - Build multi-tier caches (local NVMe, distributed, object); optimize data locality and model-weight distribution; implement smart prefetching/eviction. - Implement monitoring, alerting, SLOs; design DR/backups with runbooks; run chaos engineering; ensure 99.9%+ uptime via proactive/automated remediation. - Partner with ML/SRE teams; mentor on storage best practices; contribute to open-source; write docs, postmortems, and public learnings. ## Requirements
8+ years in storage engineering with 3+ years managing distributed storage at multi-petabyte scale
Proven track record deploying and operating high-performance storage for GPU/HPC clusters
Deep Kubernetes and cloud-native storage experience in production environments
Strong coding skills in Go and Python with demonstrated ability to build production-grade tools
BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
History of technical leadership: designing systems that significantly improved performance (>3x), reliability (99.9%+ uptime), or cost efficiency
Distributed Storage Systems: Deep expertise in WekaFS, Lustre, GPFS, BeeGFS, or similar parallel filesystems at multi-petabyte scale
Object Storage: Production experience with S3, MinIO, Ceph, or R2 including performance optimization and cost management
Kubernetes Storage: CSI drivers, StatefulSets, PersistentVolumes, storage operators, and custom controllers
Storage optimization for GPU workloads, RDMA/InfiniBand networking, parallel filesystem optimization (100+ GB/s aggregate cluster throughput)
Programming: Go and Python for automation, operators, and tooling
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible, Helm, GitOps (ArgoCD)
Linux Storage Stack: Advanced knowledge of filesystems (ext4, xfs), LVM, NVMe optimization, RAID configurations
Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Thanos architecture and operations
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