Principal Engineer- Software Defined Storage (Ceph)

Berkshire Hathaway companies power some of the most critical systems in North America—spanning transportation, energy, logistics, manufacturing, retail, and infrastructure. At BRK Tech, we partner across these businesses to design, build, and operate modern technology platforms that run at massive scale and support long‑term, real‑world impact.

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We are hiring for remote (US only) Principal Engineer - Software Defined Storage for a Berkshire Portfolio company to work in our Infra and Ops org.

Position Summary

This person will be part of a team responsible for building our organization’s new software-defined storage environment. The Enterprise Storage Engineer will collaborate on the design and management of advanced storage solutions, extending across software defined storage, and service-model environments. The ideal candidate should be adept at using advanced Software Defined Storage systems, including but not limited to Ceph, Swift, and OpenStack.

Position Responsibilities

As a Principal Storage Engineer, you will:

• Architect the Software Defined Protocol Abstraction Layer to provide unified access via NVMe-oF (TCP), S3 Object, and legacy NFS/CIFS protocols.
• Design and optimize the Ceph to enforce (N+3) resilience and Rack Awareness, ensuring the "Hardened Storage Vault" can absorb up to 3 simultaneous node failures.
• Contribute to the design, implement, and administer high-availability storage solutions, spanning SDS and SAN environments, as well as ’Storage as a Service’ systems for private cloud environments
• Ensure the seamless integration of storage solutions such as object, block and file storage with bare metal, IaaS, and PaaS services, optimizing performance and scalability

Qualifications

• Understanding of various storage architectures and solutions, including object storage (with technologies like Amazon S3, OpenStack Swift), block storage (using protocols like NVMe/TCP, iSCSI, Fibre Channel), and file storage (solutions such as NFS, SMB/CIFS)
• Understanding of and experience with software-defined storage services such as Ceph, Swift, and OpenStack
• Proficiency with data management and storage protocols/services (e.g., Fibre Channel, NVMe/TCP, iSCSI, NFS, SMB/CIFS)
• Familiarity with virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V, KVM) and containerization technologies (Kubernetes, OpenShift) and their interaction with underlying storage infrastructures
• Solid knowledge of traditional storage technologies and how they integrate with software-defined solutions
• Familiarity with Linux operating systems and scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Perl

Required Experience

• Direct experience with Ceph Storage.
• 10+ years of experience in complex storage solution environments, with substantial direct experience in Software Defined Storage engineering and administration.
• 10+ years of proven expertise in designing, implementing, and maintaining high-availability storage systems, particularly within Ceph environments
• 10+ years of hands-on experience implementing and managing cloud storage solutions such as direct attached storage and working with formats such as object, block, and file storage solutions
• 10+ years of experience in a storage engineering role, with a focus on software-defined storage solutions in cloud environments
• 5+ years scripting/coding experience in one of the following languages: C/C++ development, Bash, Python or GO
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or relevant additional work experience (typically 4 additional years)

Preferred

• Certifications relating to cloud services (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure, OpenStack), software-defined storage technologies (such as Ceph), or related areas are highly advantageous.

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