Infrastructure Engineer – Storage Platform (AI)

TL;DR

Infrastructure Engineer (Storage Platform): Operating and maintaining large-scale distributed storage platforms for high-performance AI/ML workloads with an accent on Ceph, high-performance NAS, and Kubernetes integration. Focus on optimizing IOPS, throughput, and latency to ensure system reliability and performance for GPU-intensive environments.

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada. Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Company

hirify.global delivers seamless, secure, and resilient AI compute at scale via a versatile cloud platform that eliminates infrastructure barriers for AI builders.

What you will do

• Operate and maintain distributed storage platforms, including Ceph (RBD, CephFS, RGW) and high-performance NAS (Weka, VAST Data).
• Manage the full storage lifecycle, including cluster expansion, upgrades, and migrations.
• Analyze and troubleshoot storage performance (IOPS, throughput, latency) and remediate bottlenecks across disk subsystems and network paths.
• Support Kubernetes-integrated storage, managing CSI drivers, StorageClasses, and PersistentVolumes.
• Execute and improve automation for storage deployment using Ansible, Terraform, and Helm.
• Collaborate with DevOps, Network, and Compute teams to ensure end-to-end performance across the infrastructure stack.

Requirements

• 4–7+ years of experience in infrastructure, systems, or storage operations.
• Strong hands-on experience operating distributed storage systems in production, specifically Ceph.
• Experience with modern high-performance storage platforms such as Weka or VAST Data.
• Deep Linux systems knowledge and understanding of data replication and failure domains.
• Ability to troubleshoot across storage systems, network paths, and compute clients.
• Authorization to work in the United States is required.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting AI/ML or HPC workloads.
• Familiarity with NVMe-based storage architectures and RDMA or high-throughput Ethernet.
• Experience operating storage across multiple data centers.
• Exposure to object storage and S3-compatible APIs.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits: 100% paid Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance.
• Financial perks: 401(k) and Company Health Savings Account contributions.
• Full insurance coverage: Paid Short Term and Long Term Disability, and Life insurance options.
• Time off: Flexible PTO and Paid Holidays.
• Additional perks: Parental leave and various in-office benefits.