Job title: Storage Engineer (Weka/Ceph)
Client: Elite FinTech Firm
Location: London (Hybrid)
Compensation: Up to £180k base + substantial discretionary bonus + exceptional benefits
My client is looking for a highly skilled Storage DevOps Engineer to join their rapidly expanding global infrastructure team.
This is a rare opportunity to work on mission-critical storage platforms powering some of the most demanding compute environments in the industry.
You’ll play a key role in designing and scaling next-generation enterprise storage systems supporting high-performance tech and research workloads globally.
Role
* Design, deploy, and scale enterprise-grade distributed storage infrastructure
* Architect and maintain high-performance storage platforms including NFS, GPFS, WEKA, object storage, and cloud-native solutions
* Optimise storage environments for performance-critical compute and research workloads
* Drive automation, monitoring, and observability improvements across storage services
* Perform capacity planning, forecasting, and lifecycle management at scale
* Troubleshoot complex storage and performance issues across distributed systems
* Work closely with compute, networking, and application engineering teams globally
* Evaluate and integrate emerging storage technologies and architectures
* Contribute to long-term platform strategy, tooling, and operational excellence
Skills / Experience (Desired - they're flexible)
* Strong experience administering Linux and enterprise storage infrastructure in large-scale environments
* Deep understanding of distributed storage systems and storage protocols (GPFS, WEKA, Lustre, Ceph, NFS, or similar)
* Experience with storage performance analysis, benchmarking, and optimisation
* Strong automation and scripting skills using Python or similar
* Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible or Chef
* Knowledge of cloud storage platforms across AWS and/or GCP
* Strong understanding of observability and monitoring within distributed systems
* Familiarity with modern software engineering practices including CI/CD and version control
* Understanding of storage hardware, NVMe/SSD technologies, and storage networking is advantageous
* Experience within HPC or performance-sensitive environments is highly beneficial
Sells
* Join one of the world’s most technologically advanced firms
* Work on globally distributed, high-performance infrastructure at enormous scale
* Exposure to cutting-edge storage technologies and greenfield engineering projects
* Flat, engineer-led environment with significant ownership and autonomy
* Opportunity to influence architecture and platform strategy from an early stage
* Exceptional compensation, benefits, and long-term growth potential