Senior Site Reliability Engineering, Storage

Overview

• NVIDIA has been redefining computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years.
• It’s an outstanding legacy of innovation that’s fueled by phenomenal technology – and amazing people.
• Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing.
• Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent.
• As an NVIDIAN you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work.
• Come join the team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world.
• We are seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer – Storage, you will own the reliability, performance, and scalability of our global NAS, SAN, and Object Storage platforms that power critical internal and external services.
• You will combine deep storage expertise with strong automation and SRE practices to design, build, and operate highly available storage systems at scale.
• What you will be doing: Lead design, deployment, and operations of production NAS, SAN, and Object Storage platforms, ensuring reliability, performance, and security.
• Capture requirements from partner teams, architect storage solutions, and drive end‑to‑end implementation for new and existing services.
• Develop, maintain, and improve automation for provisioning, configuration, monitoring, incident response, and lifecycle management of storage infrastructure.
• Participate in on‑call and incident response, lead troubleshooting of complex storage and performance issues, and drive root cause analysis and preventive actions.
• Define and track SLOs/SLIs and error budgets for storage services, using observability and analytics to continuously improve reliability and efficiency.
• Build and maintain runbooks, standard operating procedures, and comprehensive documentation for storage services and automation.
• Analyze capacity and usage trends, perform forecasting, and recommend scaling or optimization strategies to support business growth.
• Collaborate closely with SRE, infrastructure, networking, and application teams in a follow‑the‑sun model to deliver consistent, high‑quality service.
• Mentor junior engineers, share best practices, and help drive adoption of SRE principles across the team.
• What we need to see: 12+ years of experience in Site Reliability, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering, with significant focus on storage systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong hands‑on experience with design, deployment, and operations of enterprise‑grade NAS, SAN, and/or Object Storage platforms.
• Solid understanding of SRE concepts (SLOs/SLIs, error budgets, incident management, observability, postmortems).
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, SaltStack) and source control systems.
• Experience building and operating highly available, scalable infrastructure, including automation for provisioning, monitoring, and remediation.
• Experience with container and virtualization platforms (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, hypervisors) and modern CI/CD and version control tools.
• Strong scripting or programming skills (e.g., Python, Go, Shell) to build tools, automate workflows, and integrate systems.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across distributed and cross‑functional teams.
• Ways to stand out from the crowd: Experience with storage for high‑performance computing, AI/ML workloads, or large‑scale data analytics.
• Proven ability to debug complex, distributed systems and storage performance issues.
• History of driving reliability improvements through data‑driven analysis and automation.
• Experience leading technical initiatives, mentoring engineers, or acting as a technical lead on critical projects.