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GoDaddy

Senior Site Reliability Engineer – Ceph Storage

GoDaddy

. Own the reliability, performance, scalability, and capacity of large-scale production Ceph environments supporting object, block, and file storage workloads .

Posted 11/4/2026full-timeRemote • United KingdomSenior💰 £49,000 - £83,000 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in managing large-scale Ceph environments, focusing on reliability, performance, and scalability. Proficient in automation and operational excellence, with a strong foundation in Linux infrastructure and distributed storage systems.

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Ceph AdministrationLinux Infrastructure ManagementOperational Automation with PythonIncident Response ExpertiseStorage Migration Planning

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Hard Skills
Ceph AdministrationLinux InternalsDistributed Storage SystemsPerformance AnalysisAutomation with PythonConfiguration ManagementRoot-Cause AnalysisCephFSRBD MirroringErasure Coding
Soft Skills
Problem-SolvingCollaborationLeadership
Tools & Technologies
AnsibleSaltStackPrometheusGrafanaOpenStackKubernetes
Industry Keywords
Storage Lifecycle ManagementCapacity ExpansionPetabyte-Scale MigrationsMonitoring ArchitecturesOpen-Source Contributions

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AnsibleChefDistributed SystemsGrafanaKubernetesLinuxOpenStackPrometheusPuppetPythonSaltStack

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own the reliability, performance, scalability, and capacity of large-scale production Ceph environments supporting object, block, and file storage workloads
  • Diagnose and resolve complex distributed systems issues, including recovery/backfill events, OSD instability, PG imbalance, storage latency, and RGW performance bottlenecks
  • Design and build automation using Python, Shell, SaltStack, and Ansible to reduce operational toil and improve platform resilience at scale
  • Define and improve observability through SLIs, SLOs, PromQL, LogQL, Grafana dashboards, and proactive alerting strategies
  • Lead storage lifecycle initiatives including cluster expansions, hardware refreshes, software upgrades, OpenStack integrations, and large-scale migration projects
  • Maintain reliability and drive operational excellence across GoDaddy’s global storage ecosystem
  • Contribute to architectural decisions and collaborate with experienced Ceph engineers
  • Support infrastructure serving hosting, applications, internal infrastructure, and AI/HPC workloads

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 5+ years operating large-scale Linux infrastructure with significant experience supporting distributed storage systems in production environments
  • 2+ years hands-on Ceph administration, including OSD, MON, MDS, and RGW operations, CRUSH map management, pool design, placement groups, and performance troubleshooting
  • Strong understanding of Linux internals, storage architecture, networking, filesystems, block devices, and performance analysis under production workloads
  • Experience developing operational automation and tooling with Python, Shell, and configuration management platforms such as Ansible, SaltStack, Puppet, or Chef
  • Proven incident response expertise, including production troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, postmortem creation, and implementation of durable corrective actions
  • Advanced Ceph expertise across RGW Multisite, CephFS, RBD Mirroring, erasure coding, and large-scale cluster design
  • Experience integrating storage platforms with OpenStack or Kubernetes storage technologies
  • Familiarity with Prometheus, Mimir, Loki, Grafana, and enterprise monitoring architectures
  • Experience planning and executing petabyte-scale storage migrations, capacity expansion programs, and storage hardware lifecycle management
  • Contributions to open-source infrastructure or storage projects are an advantage
  • No specific educational credential is required

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Paid time off
  • Retirement savings, including pension schemes
  • Bonus/incentive eligibility
  • Equity grants
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Competitive health benefits
  • Parental leave
  • Employee Resource Groups
  • Remote work from home
  • Support from recruiting team with application completion