Senior Manager, Cloud Storage Engineering

Vultr is a global cloud infrastructure company providing scalable Cloud Compute, Cloud GPU, Bare Metal, and Cloud Storage solutions to enterprises and AI innovators. The Senior Manager, Cloud Storage Engineering will lead the storage engineering and operations team responsible for designing, deploying, and operating block, object, and file storage services across global regions and performance tiers. The role oversees architecture, reliability, optimization, capacity planning, and cross-functional delivery for Vultr's cloud storage portfolio.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and grow a high-performing team of storage engineers and operators across multiple regions
• Own the technical delivery for Vultr's block, object, and file storage products across all performance tiers
• Drive architecture decisions for multi-tenant, multi-tier storage platforms serving diverse workload profiles
• Ensure five-nines availability, durability, and performance SLAs across the global storage fleet
• Integrate and operationalize third-party storage solutions as needed
• Optimize storage systems for AI and HPC workloads requiring extreme throughput and low latency
• Collaborate with product, infrastructure, and customer success teams to define storage offerings and SLAs
• Manage capacity planning, cost optimization, and vendor relationships across the storage stack

Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience in storage engineering, with 3+ years in engineering management
• Deep expertise with Ceph and distributed storage architectures in production environments
• Experience building and operating multi-tenant cloud storage services at scale
• Strong understanding of block, object, and file storage protocols and performance characteristics
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience with third-party enterprise storage platforms (DDN, VAST, Weka, NetApp) is a strong plus
• Knowledge of high-performance storage optimization techniques for AI and HPC workloads is a plus