Staff Storage Engineer

It all started in sunny San Diego, California in 2004 when a visionary engineer, Fred Luddy, saw the potential to transform how we work. Fast forward to today — ServiceNow stands as a global market leader, bringing innovative AI-enhanced technology to over 8,100 customers, including 85% of the Fortune 500®. Our intelligent cloud-based platform seamlessly connects people, systems, and processes to empower organizations to find smarter, faster, and better ways to work. But this is just the beginning of our journey. Join us as we pursue our purpose to make the world work better for everyone.

NOTE: This position requires passing a ServiceNow background screening, USFedPASS (US Federal Personnel Authorization Screening Standards). This includes a credit check, criminal/misdemeanor check and taking a drug test. Any employment is contingent upon passing the screening. Due to Federal requirements, only US citizens, US naturalized citizens or US Permanent Residents, holding a green card, will be considered. 

Team

The Cloud Infrastructure Storage team works with some of the most innovative and advanced storage technologies in the business, delivering world-class service for both internal teams and external customers.  We are a very collaborative and inclusive team where individuals strong on aptitude and attitude will have an opportunity to grow their professional careers. We provide competitive compensation, generous benefits, and a professional, open, and relaxed work atmosphere.

Role

As a Staff Storage Engineer within Cloud Infrastructure Storage, you will work with a technically diverse team of storage engineers. You and your team will build, maintain, and ensure the scale, performance and reliability of the storage fleet meets and exceeds requirements.

What you get to do in this role:

• Help develop cloud infrastructure storage services, and automation tools that are specified, documented, and testable.
• Collaborate with the build of orchestration workflows by leveraging features of the ServiceNow platform.
• Write test plans and test automation for cloud infrastructure storage.
• Deploy new storage systems and manage a worldwide fleet of storage arrays.
• Manage and resolve challenging break/fix storage cases with and for ServiceNow partners.
• Ensure that all storage capacity, reliability, and performance needs can be met, and on schedule.
• Collaborate with multiple different technical teams, including storage vendor support teams, to resolve issues and create new efficiencies.
• Create and/or refine existing processes and procedures to improve efficiencies within the environment.
• Continually learn new cloud and storage technologies as they are introduced into the environment.

To be successful in this role you have:

• Experience in leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving. This may include using AI-powered tools, automating workflows, analyzing AI-driven insights, or exploring AI's potential impact on the function or industry.
• 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years and a Master's degree; or equivalent experience.
• Good understanding and experience with S3-compatible object storage, block storage using NVMeoF (RoCE, TCP), and network attached storage using NFSv3/v4.
• Broad knowledge of enterprise class storage hardware (e.g. Dell, Pure, HP, NetApp etc.)
• Have a good understanding of deduplication and compression techniques.
• Expertise with the provisioning lifecycle of storage resources: volume, NFS export, S3 bucket.
• Strong experience with Red Hat Linux, CentOS, and comfortable operating at the command line.
• Experience with virtualization solutions, such as VMware ESXi and RedHat OpenStack Platform
• Experience with Flash Storage solutions.
• Working knowledge of networking/server architecture and hardware.
• Experience with a programming language, such as Python and version control systems like Git.
• Experience with Linux shell scripting using Bash.
• Experience with AI coding assistant offerings, e.g. Windsurf, Copilot.
• Knowledge of configuration management systems, e.g. Ansible, Puppet.
• Working knowledge of public cloud providers (GCP, AWS, or Azure)
• Understanding of how to develop dashboards and reports using Grafana and Splunk.
• Good understanding of capacity planning.
• Experience working in a multi-team enterprise service delivery environment
• Team-first mentality; Involve others to accomplish personal and group goals.
• Proven ability to function independently in ambiguous situations with a record of success.
• Process oriented and experienced in process development.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to multi-task several unrelated issues.
• The ability to write clear and concise documentation with particular emphasis on technical processes and standards.
• Proven ability to work with cross-functional teams on highly-technical, multi-disciplined projects.
• Excellent communication, customer focus, problem solving, conflict management, time management and interpersonal skills required.
• A focus on constant learning and improving technical and personal skillsets.
• Operate with a drive and a passion to figure things out.

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For positions in this location, we offer a base pay of $129,300 - $226,300, plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the base pay shown is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies, and work location. We also offer health plans, including flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, matching donations, a flexible time away plan and family leave programs. Compensation is based on the geographic location in which the role is located and is subject to change based on work location.

Work Personas

We approach our distributed world of work with flexibility and trust. Work personas (flexible, remote, or required in office) are categories that are assigned to ServiceNow employees depending on the nature of their work and their assigned work location. Learn more here. To determine eligibility for a work persona, ServiceNow may confirm the distance between your primary residence and the closest ServiceNow office using a third-party service.

Equal Opportunity Employer

ServiceNow is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. In addition, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements. 

Accommodations

We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are unable to use this online application and need an alternative method to apply, please contact [email protected] for assistance. 

Export Control Regulations

For positions requiring access to controlled technology subject to export control regulations, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR), ServiceNow may be required to obtain export control approval from government authorities for certain individuals. All employment is contingent upon ServiceNow obtaining any export license or other approval that may be required by relevant export control authorities. 

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