Manager, IT Infrastructure (Storage, Compute, & Virtualization)
SpaceX · Hawthorne, CA
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**SpaceX — Manager, IT Infrastructure (Storage, Compute, & Virtualization)** SpaceX is looking for an experienced IT infrastructure manager with deep knowledge of enterprise compute, virtualization, and storage platforms. You’ll lead a world-class team of IT engineers responsible for the design, development, and operation of server, hypervisor, and storage systems supporting SpaceX engineering, production, and mission teams. --- **Responsibilities** - Own the architecture, lifecycle, and day-to-day operation of enterprise compute, virtualization, and storage platforms. - Manage and continuously develop engineers and administrators designing/building/operating hypervisor clusters, purpose-built servers, and high-performance storage systems (NAS, SAN, and object storage). - Lead capacity planning, performance engineering, and standards for compute and storage to stay ahead of demand. - Design, implement, and report on high-availability, backup, replication, and disaster recovery strategies for VMs, datastores, and storage arrays. - Mentor systems engineers on performance-optimized, resilient server and virtualization host designs. - Establish hardware and platform standards; submit/track orders; work with vendors to negotiate pricing and ensure availability. - Supervise installation, configuration, firmware/lifecycle management, and decommissioning of servers, hypervisor hosts, and storage systems. - Drive automation for provisioning, patching, and operational tasks across compute and storage (templates, infrastructure as code, scripting). - Partner with network, facilities, security, and application teams on connectivity, power/cooling constraints, access controls, and workload placement. - Schedule off-peak/weekend support for high-risk or planned downtime during upgrades and maintenance. - Interact with internal business units to provide solutions and resolve problems proactively. --- **Basic Qualifications** - Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline and 5+ years of hands-on experience in two or more of: enterprise server/compute infrastructure design, server virtualization platforms, and enterprise storage platforms (NAS, SAN, and/or object storage). - *OR* 8+ years in the same areas in lieu of a degree. - 5+ years of experience leading and managing technical IT teams. --- **Preferred Skills and Experience** - Experience architecting and operating enterprise storage (e.g., NFS, SMB/CIFS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, NVMe-oF; NetApp, Pure Storage; object storage). - Experience operating production virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware vSphere/vCenter: clustering, HA, DRS, vMotion, datastore design; and/or Hyper-V or KVM). - Deep expertise creating server/host design specifications (CPU, memory, NIC, HBA, local vs. shared storage) for performance/availability/density. - Experience with array- and hypervisor-based snapshots, replication, and backup integration for VM and storage recovery. - Proven ability to diagnose compute and storage performance issues (IOPS, latency, queue depth, CPU ready/co-stop, datastore contention, fabric/pathing). - Ability to write instructional documentation and explain technical concepts to non-technical staff. - Self-starter who can work independently while handling constant interruptions and multiple requests. - Experience engineering/operating in modern data centers driven by automation, holistic monitoring, and infrastructure as code. - Scripting experience to automate day-to-day tasks (e.g., Python, P
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