Senior Ceph Engineer

Location – US Remote

At GoDaddy the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full-time; others have a hybrid arrangement (they work remotely some days and in the office some days) and some work entirely remotely.​

This is a remote position, so you’ll be working remotely from your home. You may occasionally visit a GoDaddy office to meet with your team for events or meetings. 

This position is not eligible to be performed in Alaska, Mississippi, North Dakota, or the Virgin Islands.  

GoDaddy is not currently considering candidates for this role in California, Seattle, or NYC.

Join our team

We are looking for engineers to join the Global Storage Engineering team with a strong focus on Ceph. In this role, you would be engineering and deploying the latest storage technologies to enable object, block, and file workloads for our internal applications and private cloud. If you have strong dev/ops skills, love to solve complex and challenging problems, and want to participate in some of the most exciting open-source projects, we want to hear from you!

What you'll get to do...

Help GoDaddy engineer, deploy, and maintain the next generation of storage technologies to support our applications and private cloud.

Participate in agile concepts such as daily stand-up meetings, task tracking boards, design and code reviews, automated testing, continuous integration and deployment.

Work closely with internal teams on cross-functional projects to ensure that their assets are delivered quickly and with the highest quality'

Scope and model various workloads to deliver custom solutions based on GoDaddy product offering needs'

Your experience should include...

• 8+ years in site reliability engineering with deep expertise in Ceph storage deployment, configuration, performance tuning, monitoring, troubleshooting, integration, upgrades, and maintenance.
• Extensive hands-on experience with OpenStack deployment, configuration, management, troubleshooting, optimization, and Ceph integration.
• Proficiency in Linux/Unix, scripting, automation tools, observability stacks, and networking fundamentals.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in distributed environments.
• Agile experience working in Scrum/Kanban teams.

You may also have…

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience.
• Experience with other distributed storage systems (e.g., GlusterFS, HDFS).
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and their storage services.

We've got your back...  We offer a range of total rewards that may include paid time off, retirement savings (e.g., 401k, pension schemes), bonus/incentive eligibility, equity grants, participation in our employee stock purchase plan, competitive health benefits, and other family-friendly benefits including parental leave. GoDaddy’s benefits vary based on individual role and location and can be reviewed in more detail during the interview process.

We also embrace our diverse culture and offer a range of Employee Resource Groups (Culture). Have a side hustle? No problem. We love entrepreneurs! Most importantly, come as you are and make your own way. 

About us...  GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all. GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, sell their products and services, and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights, and people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. To learn more about the company, visit About Us. 

At GoDaddy, we know diverse teams build better products—period. Our people and culture reflect and celebrate that sense of diversity and inclusion in ideas, experiences and perspectives. But we also know that’s not enough to build true equity and belonging in our communities. That’s why we prioritize integrating diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging principles into the core of how we work every day—focusing not only on our employee experience, but also our customer experience and operations. It’s the best way to serve our mission of empowering entrepreneurs everywhere, and making opportunity more inclusive for all. To read more about these commitments, as well as our representation and pay equity data, check out our Diversity and Pay Parity annual report which can be found on our Diversity Careers page.

GoDaddy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. GoDaddy will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements. Refer to our full EEO policy.

Our recruiting team is available to assist you in completing your application. If they could be helpful, please reach out to [email protected]. 

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