Cloud Storage Engineer

  • Full-Time
  • On-Site

Job Description:

About the Job

We are looking for a Cloud Storage Engineer to bridge traditional storage reliability with the agility of Software-Defined Storage (SDS). You will manage high-performance storage clusters for IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS platforms, building scalable, automated storage pools in a high-concurrency cloud environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • SDS Architecture & Management: Deploy, scale, and maintain SDS solutions (Ceph, vSAN, Nutanix) for block, file, and object storage.
  • Storage Automation: Integrate storage provisioning into cloud orchestration for self-service allocation.

  • Performance Tuning: Optimize I/O throughput and minimize latency for high-demand applications.

  • Lifecycle & Capacity Planning: Monitor consumption trends and manage hardware lifecycle.

  • Data Integrity & Protection: Implement robust backup, snapshot, and replication strategies.

  • ITIL Compliance: Follow ITIL frameworks for Change Management and Incident Response.

  • Linux System Integration: Manage storage drivers, multipathing, and volume management in Linux.

Qualifications & Requirements

  • Certifications:

    • SDS platform certification (e.g., Red Hat Ceph, VMware vSAN, Nutanix).
    • RHCSA required; RHCE highly preferred.

    • ITIL Foundation required.

  • Hard Skills:

    • Storage protocols: iSCSI, NVMe-oF, NFS, S3-compatible Object Storage.
    • Networking for storage: RDMA, RoCE, 40/100GbE interconnects.

    • Scripting: Python, Bash, Ansible.

    • Enterprise storage hardware knowledge.

  • Experience & Soft Skills:

    • 4+ years in data center storage, 2+ years with SDS.

    • Bachelor's in CS, Systems Engineering, or equivalent.

    • Collaborative mindset for cross-team integration.

Work Structure 

  • Full time - Onsite 
  • Damascus