AI Storage Infrastructure Engineer (Remote, US)

About the role

Mirantis, a Kubernetes-native AI infrastructure company, is hiring a senior systems engineer to deploy, integrate and operate high-performance storage for GPU-accelerated compute and AI platforms. The role owns the storage layer where Kubernetes meets bare metal: setting up NFS-based high-performance storage, wiring it into clusters via CSI, and tuning it so data flows to GPU workloads at scale. It covers hybrid, edge and air-gapped deployments built on the Mirantis K0rdent stack.

Key responsibilities

• Integrate NFS-based high-performance storage (e.g. VAST, Dell PowerScale) into Kubernetes clusters via CSI, storage classes and persistent volumes.
• Tune the NFS data path (mount options, nconnect/RDMA, Linux client, network settings) for high-throughput, low-latency GPU/AI workloads.
• Deploy and operate storage services and operators, managing capacity, quotas, snapshots and lifecycle.
• Configure and optimize Linux systems for storage workloads, including drivers, filesystem layout, network tuning and kernel parameters.
• Deliver storage integration for k0s-based Kubernetes via Cluster API (CAPI) and K0rdent management/child cluster topologies.
• Run storage in air-gapped environments, including local artifact/mirror connectivity (Harbor) and PKI/TLS considerations.
• Automate storage provisioning and configuration with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/OpenTofu) and GitOps pipelines (ArgoCD or Flux).
• Build monitoring, alerting and observability for storage performance, capacity and health, and diagnose performance, reliability and scaling issues.

Required profile

• 7+ years of experience in SRE or hardware/storage infrastructure operations.
• 5+ years building and operating distributed production storage systems at scale.
• Fluent in Kubernetes storage and Linux storage and networking fundamentals down to the kernel and NFS-client layer.
• Strong preference for infrastructure-as-code and GitOps, self-directed troubleshooting and clear cross-team communication.
• Bare-metal hardware experience is a strong plus.

Required skills

• NFS, CSI and Kubernetes storage fundamentals (7+ years)
• Linux storage and networking
• High-performance storage solutions such as VAST, Weka, DDN or PowerScale (1+ year)
• Terraform/OpenTofu and GitOps tools such as ArgoCD or Flux

What we offer

• Work with an established Silicon Valley leader in cloud infrastructure, serving Fortune 500 and Global 2000 customers.
• Open-source innovation in a young, collaborative company.
• Professional development, training, conferences and working groups.
• Competitive compensation with a strong benefits plan.