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Manager, IT Infrastructure (Storage, Compute, & Virtualization)

SpaceX· Information Technology - Corporate
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Hawthorne, CA$165k - $240kfull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

IT infrastructure manager overseeing enterprise compute, virtualization, and storage platforms, leading a team of engineers in design, development, and operation of servers, hypervisors, and storage systems to support SpaceX engineering, production, and mission workloads.

Responsibilities

  • Own the architecture, lifecycle, and day-to-day operation of enterprise compute, virtualization, and storage platforms that support SpaceX engineering, production, and mission workloads.
  • Manage and continuously develop a team of engineers and administrators who design, build, and operate hypervisor clusters, purpose-built servers, and high-performance storage systems (NAS, SAN, and object storage).
  • Lead capacity planning, performance engineering, and standards for compute and storage to stay ahead of demand.
  • Design, implement, and report on high-availability, backup, replication, and disaster recovery strategies for VMs, datastores, and storage arrays.
  • Mentor systems engineers in designing, configuring, and supporting purpose-built servers and virtualization hosts.
  • Establish hardware and platform standards for servers, hypervisors, and storage; manage orders and vendor negotiations.
  • Supervise installation, configuration, firmware/lifecycle management, and decommission of servers, hypervisor hosts, and storage systems.
  • Drive automation of provisioning, patching, and operations tasks across compute and storage (templates, infrastructure as code, scripting).
  • Collaborate with network, facilities, security, and application teams on connectivity, power/cooling Constraints, access controls, and workload placement.
  • Schedule and provide off-peak or weekend support for upgrades and maintenance.
  • Interact with internal business units to provide solutions and resolve problems promptly.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline and 5+ years of hands-on experience in two or more of: enterprise-class server/compute infrastructure design, server virtualization platforms, and enterprise storage platforms (NAS, SAN, and/or object storage); OR 8+ years in those areas in lieu of degree.
  • 5+ years of experience leading and managing technical IT teams.

Skills

Required:Enterprise compute infrastructure designServer virtualization platformsEnterprise storage platformsAutomation / IaC
Nice to have:Networking collaborationDocumentation

Benefits

  • comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • short and long-term disability insurance
  • life insurance
  • paid parental leave
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation
  • 10+ paid holidays per year
  • employee stock purchase plan
  • potential discretionary bonuses
Last updated Sep 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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