Storage Platform Engineer

Job ID: R-99153Company: LillyLocation: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of AmericaJob Type: Full TimeCategory: Information TechnologyPosted Date: 2026-06-22At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us. Come help us unlock the power of the cloud!The Cloud and Connectivity organization is actively looking for a Storage Platform Engineer to join them. Do you like to solve challenges and have an interest in large scale impact? Would you like the ability to influence a global cloud infrastructure modernization and adoption of next generation advanced GPU and High-Performance Computing (HPC)? If so, please apply.What You’ll Be DoingYou will work in our Infrastructure Hosting Platform area influencing the strategy, engineering and development of Storage computing capabilities for On-premise and Cloud hosting. Additionally, you would be one of the senior Storage platform engineers working with the global storage product owner on the storage strategy for on-premises private cloud and public IaaS Storage services. As part of our Storage leadership team will have the opportunity to improve our cloud Storage infrastructure service. Our goal is to improve all aspects of our infrastructure availability and reliability through repeatable patterns, new architectural designs, and improvements in observability to prevent outages to help increase value across the organization. The role will also provide guidance and direction for our global Lilly SMEs and outsourced operations to execute the daily operations associated with this area.How You’ll SucceedBe Bold - You will bring a high learning agility and Infrastructure availability and reliability Engineer skills to help us enable the Lilly Technology strategy, identifying tech opportunities, and accelerate our cloud journey.Be Fast - You will accelerate initiatives in areas such as: AI/ML acceleration, Infrastructure AI OPS automation, cloud IaaS management, and cloud infrastructure as code to enable critical business projects.Be Proactive - You will have groundbreaking chances to build secure, resilient, and reliable hybrid cloud services using proactive, predictive, and automated capabilities.Be Your Best - You will learn about new technologies, AI/ML based HPC, large scale GPU clustering, Infrastructure as Code, and Enterprise Scale Hyper Cloud providers, agile ways of working, and willingness to become an expert.What You Should BringTechnical expertise and leadership to turn ideas and concepts into solutions. Dell SAN and NAS storage, Linux, or Cloud certifications are a bonus, or we are willing to help you develop.Technical leadership developing new enterprise-grade infrastructure solutions and leading the deployment at multiple global locations.Familiarity with storage technologies including design and implementation of Geographically Dispersed setupStrong Hands-on experience performing troubleshooting and storage system administration with automated infrastructure availability and resiliency at enterprise scale up to the AI/ML frameworksExperience managing, optimizing, and upgrading backup environment and its schedules strategies with a focus on Dell backup solutions like Data Domain, PPDM and AvamarKnowledge and experience utilizing configuration management and automation tools such as Git, Jenkins, Ansible, or Puppet.Some proficiency in at least one scripting language such as Bash, Python, or equivalent.Consistent track record of high quality, agile focused, team-based solution delivery.Excellent analytical, problem solving and communication skills, working across global and diverse teams.Basic RequirementsBachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related technical field.5+ years’ experience as a Storage Engineer or Platform OS Engineer with storage experience.Demonstrated experience leading a global large-scale Infrastructure project. Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization or visas for this role, including but not limited to F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, J-1, H-1B, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, or L-1.Additional Information:Hybrid role located in Indianapolis, IN (relocation required)<5% travelOrganization Overview Lilly IT builds and maintains capabilities using cutting edge technologies like most prominent tech companies. What differentiates Lilly IT is that we redefine what’s possible through tech to advance our purpose – creating medicines that make life better for people around the world, like data driven drug discovery and connected clinical trials. We hire the best technology professionals from a variety of backgrounds, so they can bring an assortment of knowledge, skills, and diverse thinking to deliver innovative solutions in every area of our business.The Global Information and Services Tech team is at the forefront of digitalization to enable and advance the entire company, with increased productivity and best-in-class Customer experiences. This team provides a robust and sustainable infrastructure of hardware, software and services that are critical to enable our global workforce and business to operate and transform. As leaders in technology and understanding business requirements and challenges, this team defines and leads the overall company technology strategy.Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form () for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia (AMECA), Black Employees at Lilly (View email address on click.appcast.io), Chinese Culture Network (CCN), EnAble, Evolve, Lilly Indian Network (LIN), Organization of Latinx at Lilly (OLA), Pride (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network (VLN) and Women’s Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL).Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is$64,500 - $158,400Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.#WeAreLillySkillsdell sancloud infrastructurestorage system administrationnas storagelinuxinfrastructure as codegitdata domaininfrastructure reliabilityjenkinsansiblepuppetbashpythonppdmavamarai/ml frameworkshigh-performance computinggeographically dispersed storageanalytical skills