Senior Software Systems Engineer (Storage)
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Senior Software Systems Engineer (Storage) - Remote in the US
Mirantis is the Kubernetes-native AI infrastructure company, enabling organizations to build and operate scalable, secure, and sovereign infrastructure for modern AI, machine learning, and data-intensive applications. We are seeking a Senior Software Systems Engineer (Storage) to deploy, integrate, and operate high-performance storage for GPU-accelerated compute and AI platforms.
Responsibilities
Storage Integration & Operation
- Integrate NFS-based high-performance storage (e.g., VAST, Dell PowerScale) into Kubernetes clusters via CSI, storage classes, and persistent volumes.
- Tune the NFS data path - mount options, nconnect/RDMA, Linux client, and network settings - for high-throughput, low-latency GPU/AI workloads.
- Deploy and operate storage services and operators; manage capacity, quotas, snapshots, and lifecycle.
Linux Platform & System Integration
- Configure and optimize Linux systems for storage workloads, including driver setup, file system layout, network tuning, and kernel parameter optimization.
- Deliver storage integration for k0s-based Kubernetes via Cluster API (CAPI) and K0rdent management/child cluster topologies.
- Operate storage in fully disconnected (air-gapped) environments, including local artifact/mirror connectivity (Harbor) and PKI/TLS considerations.
Automation & Observability
- Automate storage provisioning and configuration with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/OpenTofu) and GitOps pipelines (ArgoCD or Flux).
- Build monitoring, alerting, and observability for storage performance, capacity, and health.
- Diagnose and resolve performance, reliability, and scaling issues across the storage stack.
Requirements
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in SRE or infrastructure operations
- 5+ years of building/operating distributed production Storage systems at scale
- Hands-on with High Performance Storage solutions (VAST, Weka, DDN, PowerScale)
- Linux and Kubernetes storage fundamentals (NFS, CSI)
Preferred Qualifications
- Bare-metal experience: hands-on experience with bare-metal host provisioning, raw disk/hardware layout, and physical server storage configurations.
- Hands-on experience with VAST and/or Dell PowerScale.
- Experience with GPUDirect Storage and RDMA/RoCE data paths
- Experience with the Mirantis K0rdent stack (K0rdent Enterprise, K0rdent AI, k0s, MKE) and Cluster API.
- Familiarity with other storage backends (Ceph, object/S3) and CSI driver operations.
- Proven experience in sovereign or high-security air-gapped environments.
We Offer
- Work with an established Silicon Valley leader in the cloud infrastructure industry.
- Work with exceptionally passionate, talented, and engaging colleagues, helping Fortune 500 and Global 2000 customers implement next-generation cloud technologies.
- Be a part of cutting-edge, open-source innovation.
- Thrive in the high-energy environment of a young company where openness, collaboration, risk-taking, and continuous growth are valued.
- Professional development and training.
- Attend conferences and working groups.
- Company outings, happy hours, hackathons, and tech talks.
- Receive a competitive compensation package with a strong benefits plan.
About the Company
About Mirantis
Mirantis is the Kubernetes-native AI infrastructure company, enabling organizations to build and operate scalable, secure, and sovereign infrastructure for modern AI, machine learning, and data-intensive applications. By combining open source innovation with deep expertise in Kubernetes orchestration, Mirantis empowers platform engineering teams to deliver composable, production-ready developer platforms across any environment-on-premises, in the cloud, at the edge, or in sovereign data centers. As enterprises navigate the growing complexity of AI-driven workloads, Mirantis delivers the automation, GPU orchestration, and policy-driven control needed to manage infrastructure with confidence and agility. Committed to open standards and freedom from lock-in, Mirantis ensures that customers retain full control of their infrastructure strategy.
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Our MissionOur mission is to be the world’s most effective vehicle for converting open source innovation into customer value.By providing continuous delivery of open source software via a managed services model, Mirantis enables organizations to easily consume infrastructure, rather than build it themselves. And, with an option to transfer operations control, enterprises can reap the benefits of open source standards and avoid vendor lock-in.Company OverviewMirantis delivers open cloud infrastructure to top enterprises using OpenStack, Kubernetes and related open source technologies. The company is a major contributor of code to many open infrastructure projects and follows a build-operate-transfer model to deliver Mirantis Cloud Platform and cloud management services, empowering customers to take advantage of open source innovation with no vendor lock-in. To date Mirantis has helped over 200 enterprises build and operate some of the largest open clouds in the world. Its customers include iconic brands such as AT&T, Comcast, Shenzhen Stock Exchange, eBay, Wells Fargo Bank and Volkswagen.Mirantis Fast FactsLeader in OpenStack and Kubernetes code contributions500+ employeesBased in Sunnyvale, CAPrivately heldTop-tier investors include August Capital, Dell Ventures, Ericsson, Goldman Sachs, Intel, Insight Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Siguler Guff & Co., and WestSummit Capital.
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