Staff Storage Engineer
Crusoe · Sunnyvale, CA - US
About this role
**Staff Storage Engineer — Crusoe** Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As a vertically integrated AI infrastructure company, we own and operate each layer of the stack—from electrons to tokens—to power the world’s most ambitious AI workloads. In this role, you’ll help align the future of computing with the future of the climate by leading the data layer for our vertically integrated AI cloud. --- ## About the Role As a **Staff Storage Administrator on the Storage Team**, you will be the **lead architect and operator** of large-scale storage systems at the intersection of **massive data ingress/egress** and **high-performance GPU workloads**. You’ll manage the **end-to-end lifecycle** of our worldwide storage environment—from initial bring-up and configuration to **high-level vendor strategy**—including collaborating on **vendor RFPs**, reviewing responses, and influencing **vendor product roadmaps**. --- ## What You’ll Be Working On - **Performance Analysis & Optimization**: Evaluate block/file/object storage performance across diverse workloads; identify bottlenecks across hardware/firmware/OS/application layers; develop and execute benchmarks and stress tests; tune storage stacks to hit target KPIs. - **Validation & Testing**: Design and execute PoCs to validate new arrays and **vendor software releases** in staging before global production rollout. - **Full-Stack Administration**: Own bring-up, configuration, and ongoing performance tuning of large enterprise arrays; manage storage OS lifecycle optimized for AI training/inference I/O patterns. - **Enterprise Infrastructure Building**: Partner with Compute and Networking to build a “gold standard” cloud infrastructure; design cloud-scale storage for high concurrency and throughput. - **Storage Strategy & Selection**: Lead technical evaluation of new storage technologies; author RFPs, review vendor responses, and run down-selection processes. - **Vendor Roadmap Influence**: Serve as primary technical point of contact for storage partners (e.g., VAST Data, Pure Storage); provide feedback and help prioritize Crusoe requirements. - **Cross-Functional Collaboration**: Work with service engineering and architecture teams; provide performance guidance during feature development and release cycles; communicate findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders. --- ## What You’ll Bring to the Team - **10+ years** of storage systems administration experience, with strong focus on **petabyte-scale** on-prem environments. - Hands-on production experience administering **VAST Data and/or Pure Storage (Everpure)** arrays (bring-up, configuration, upgrades, performance tuning). - Strong understanding of **storage architectures** (block/file/object) and **I/O paths**. - Hands-on experience with **benchmarking and observability** tools (e.g., FIO, ElBencho, blktrace, nvme-cli, nfs-gaze, eBPF). - Experience with **SSDs/NVMe/RAID/caching/distributed storage**. - Deep familiarity with **enterprise flash arrays** and **distributed file systems**. - Proficiency with scripting (**Python, Go, or Bash**) for automation and monitoring. - Ability to analyze complex performance data and present clear conclusions. - Proven ability to author technical requirements, evaluate RFP responses, and manage complex vendor relationships. - Experience designing and testing for specific **AI training and inference** I/O use cases. - Genuine interest in Crusoe’s mission
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