Senior Storage Engineer (Hybrid)

Swift is unable to sponsor an employment authorization for this position now or in the future.

This role is responsible for developing maintaining and improving automation tooling integrations and operational capabilities that support reliable infrastructure services. The ideal candidate has a foundation in software development scripting Linux APIs CI/CD troubleshooting and DevOps practices with an interest in building practical tools that improve service delivery monitoring reporting and operational efficiency. Prior storage experience including object storage SAN Cloudian HyperStore or related storage technologies is helpful but not required. You will work as part of the Storage squad within the Platform Tribe collaborating with senior engineers application teams security and operations teams to build automation and tooling that supports reliable secure and scalable infrastructure services. This role is well suited for someone who enjoys coding problem solving improving manual processes and learning enterprise infrastructure through development-focused work.

About the team

The Storage squad is part of the Platform Tribe. Our squad delivers and operates VMware and storage infrastructure for Swift critical applications with a strong focus on automation tooling integrations and operational efficiency.

As part of our commitment to Agile principles we have embraced the Scrum framework to enhance productivity transparency and adaptability in our activities. We value iterative and incremental development which allows us to deliver value to our stakeholders while improving our processes.

Our internal processes are highly automated and focus on security scalability and operability.

What to Expect:

In this role you will:

• Develop and maintain scripts utilities and automation workflows that reduce manual effort and improve infrastructure service delivery
• Build and enhance internal tools dashboards reports and self-service capabilities to support operations monitoring provisioning and incident response
• Work with senior engineers to understand infrastructure platforms and translate operational needs into practical automation and tooling solutions
• Create integrations using APIs command-line tools web services and automation interfaces to improve administration and service delivery
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines source control practices testing code reviews and deployment processes for automation and internal tooling
• Help troubleshoot issues across automation workflows Linux systems APIs networking DNS monitoring and related infrastructure services
• Automate routine operational tasks such as provisioning health checks reporting validation maintenance and compliance evidence collection
• Develop reusable code templates playbooks or modules that support repeatable and consistent infrastructure operations
• Support monitoring and observability improvements by contributing to alerts metrics log collection dashboards and reporting automation
• Collaborate with infrastructure application security and operations teams to understand requirements and deliver automation that improves reliability security and operational efficiency
• Apply secure coding and operational practices including access control secrets handling auditability error handling and documentation
• Create and maintain technical documentation developer notes standard operating procedures and runbooks for automation tools and platform support
• Participate in production support and on-call activities using development and troubleshooting skills to assist with service restoration and incident follow-up
• Identify manual or repetitive operational activities and propose automation workflow or tooling improvements
• Participate in incident response root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives by improving automation observability and operational tooling

What will make you successful:

We are seeking professionals with:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field
• Equivalent hands-on development scripting automation or infrastructure tooling experience will also be considered
• Foundational software development or scripting experience using Python Bash PowerShell Go JavaScript or a similar language. preferably 3-6 years of experience
• Basic understanding of Linux networking DNS APIs and infrastructure support concepts
• Experience creating scripts automation workflows or small tools to solve operational or technical problems
• Familiarity with Git source control practices CI/CD concepts testing and code review processes
• Ability to read documentation understand requirements and translate operational needs into clear technical solutions
• Strong problem-solving skills attention to detail and willingness to learn infrastructure platforms through development-focused work
• Good written and verbal communication skills including technical documentation status updates and operational reporting
• Interest in improving operational efficiency through automation tooling integration and continuous improvement

Preferred Qualifications:

• Exposure to Cloudian HyperStore or another enterprise object storage platform
• Familiarity with S3-compatible storage concepts including buckets policies replication lifecycle management and access control
• Exposure to enterprise block storage SAN fabrics Brocade switches HDS HPE XP or similar storage platforms
• Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible Terraform Jenkins GitHub Actions Azure DevOps or similar platforms
• Experience developing REST API integrations command-line tools internal web tools dashboards or reporting automation
• Familiarity with containers Kubernetes configuration management observability platforms or infrastructure-as-code practices
• Knowledge of secure development practices secrets management auditability compliance evidence collection and operational controls
• Exposure to multi-site or multi-region storage deployments and disaster recovery concepts
• Experience creating internal admin tools reporting dashboards operational scripts or automation frameworks to improve platform support
• Python Linux DevOps cloud automation or CI/CD certifications
• Cloudian Certified Administrator (CCA) Cloudian Certified Engineer (CCE) or storage-related certifications

The estimated salary range for a new hire in this position in Virginia is $101303.00 USD Annual MINIMUM to $188135.00 USD Annual MAXIMUM. Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge skills experience and location. Our compensation packages include a competitive base salary and bonus opportunity for all employees contingent on personal and company performance. Our generous benefits program includes medical dental vision and life insurance with no premium costs for our employees and their families and retirement plan plus matching 401k.

What we offer

We give you the freedom to be yourself. We are creating an environment of unique individuals like you with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world. A diverse and inclusive environment in which everyones voice counts and where you can reach your full potential.

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Dont meet every single requirement At Swift we are dedicated to building a workplace where people can bring their full selves and ideas to the team so if you are excited about this role we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single qualification.