Systems Development Engineer 5 - Creative Compute and Storage

Netflix
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Automation","Collaboration","Problem-solving","Data-driven decision-making","Observability mindset"]

Design, automate, and operate Netflix’s large-scale creative storage infrastructure, partnering with internal engineering, production teams, and external vendors worldwide. Own the architecture, deployment, lifecycle, and observability of high-performance storage platforms (Dell PowerScale/OneFS and NetApp/ONTAP) across file, block, and object workloads. Use infrastructure-as-code and Terraform to provision storage “as code,” build monitoring and alerting, and support upgrades, migrations, and troubleshooting to ensure reliability and performance.

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Systems Development Engineer 5 - Creative Compute and Storage

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Job Summary

Design, automate, and operate Netflix’s large-scale creative storage infrastructure, partnering with internal engineering, production teams, and external vendors worldwide. Own the architecture, deployment, lifecycle, and observability of high-performance storage platforms (Dell PowerScale/OneFS and NetApp/ONTAP) across file, block, and object workloads. Use infrastructure-as-code and Terraform to provision storage “as code,” build monitoring and alerting, and support upgrades, migrations, and troubleshooting to ensure reliability and performance.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, develop, implement, and support technology solutions for content creation using high-performance storage platforms.
  • •Own the architecture, deployment, and lifecycle of storage infrastructure across globally distributed sites.
  • •Automate the end-to-end provisioning and configuration lifecycle of storage using Terraform and versioned infrastructure-as-code practices.
  • •Build and own observability for the storage fleet, including dashboards and proactive alerting to prevent user impact.
  • •Participate in storage upgrades, data migrations, and troubleshooting to maintain performance, reliability, and stability.

Key Requirements

  • •Minimum 5 years of experience building and developing compute, storage, and connectivity tooling for end-user product experiences.
  • •Deep hands-on expertise operating and automating enterprise storage platforms at scale, including Dell PowerScale/OneFS and/or NetApp/ONTAP.
  • •Manage infrastructure as code with strong Terraform skills (modules, state, providers) and a track record of automating storage and related provisioning.
  • •Ability to dissect large, complex systems into components and optimize them individually and collectively.
  • •Strong understanding of large-scale computing infrastructure, including operating systems and high-performance storage (file, block, object).
Experience:5+ yearsStorage infrastructureEnterprise systemsInfrastructure automation
Skills:AutomationCollaborationProblem-solvingData-driven decision-makingObservability mindset
Tech Stack:TerraformInfrastructure-as-codeDell PowerScaleOneFSNetApp ONTAPONTAPSMBNFSObservabilityMetricsLoggingTracingDashboardsCapacityPerformance monitoringAlertingSnapshotsReplicationTieringQuotas

Company Brief

Netflix
Global subscription streaming service that produces and distributes movies, TV series, and games across multiple devices, operating worldwide with extensive original content and localized offerings.
Industry: Streaming Platforms
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Los Gatos, United States
Founded: 1997
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