Storage Engineer, Deployment & Support

About Groq

Inference is the engine that powers AI, and Groq was built from the silicon up to deliver the world's fastest inference at scale. We pioneered the LPU-the first processor designed specifically for AI inference-and are transforming that innovation into a global cloud platform powering production AI workloads.

With the capital, infrastructure, and team to execute, we're uniquely positioned to define the next era of AI infrastructure. The opportunity is massive, and it's still wide open. Now let's go build it!

Mission:

Groq is building high-performance AI infrastructure designed to make inference fast, predictable, and scalable. Our Network Engineering & Datacenter teams design and operate the systems that provide the compute, storage, and networking capabilities behind Groq's rapidly growing AI infrastructure.

We are looking for a Storage Engineer, Deployment & Support to deploy, validate, and operate the storage infrastructure behind Groq's global AI infrastructure. As a Storage Engineer, Deployment & Support, you will take approved storage designs from implementation planning through production deployment and operational handoff. You will own storage system bring-up, configuration, validation, performance acceptance, troubleshooting, expansion, upgrades, and ongoing operational health across large-scale AI/HPC environments.

This role owns the underlying storage infrastructure lifecycle and partners closely with Platform Engineering to ensure storage capabilities are reliable, production-ready, and consumable. The role requires strong storage and networking fundamentals, structured troubleshooting, performance analysis, and the ability to drive deployments and operational work across multiple teams and vendors.

Responsibilities & opportunities in this role:

• Deploy and validate storage infrastructure across new and existing Groq datacenters, including high-performance storage systems supporting AI/HPC workloads.
• Configure and bring up storage systems against approved designs and implementation standards, including cluster initialization, storage nodes, interfaces, protocols, and supporting infrastructure.
• Drive storage deployment execution end-to-end, directing and coordinating on-site datacenter technicians and vendors through physical rack/stack, cabling, and installation while owning configuration, validation, troubleshooting, performance acceptance, and production handoff.
• Develop and maintain implementation procedures, validation plans, deployment checklists, system inventories, as-built documentation, and operational runbooks.
• Perform storage acceptance and performance validation, including throughput, IOPS, latency, capacity, data distribution, cluster health, and recovery behavior.
• Monitor and maintain storage health, capacity, availability, and performance, identifying and resolving issues before they impact production workloads.
• Troubleshoot storage and hardware failures across storage nodes, drives, network paths, protocols, and supporting infrastructure, and perform root cause analysis for deployment and production issues.
• Execute and coordinate storage expansions, upgrades, hardware refreshes, and other lifecycle activities while minimizing production impact.
• Manage hardware readiness for deployments and expansions, including rack/stack coordination, inventory and asset record updates, RMA coordination, spares, and vendor shipments.
• Coordinate deployment audits and execute established QA/QC processes to ensure storage infrastructure meets Groq standards.
• Partner closely with storage design, network, compute and platform teams to identify and resolve blockers throughout deployment and operations.
• Provide operational support during and after deployments, including maintenance activities, incidents, remediation, break-fix events, and vendor escalation when required.
• Develop tools and scripts that improve storage deployment, configuration, validation, testing, health checks, and repeatable operational workflows.
• Capture lessons-learned from deployments and incidents and contribute to global implementation standards and deployment playbooks.

Ideal candidates have/are:

• 4+ years of experience in storage engineering, systems engineering, network engineering, datacenter operations, or related infrastructure roles, with hands-on experience deploying, operating, or troubleshooting storage systems.
• Strong hands-on experience operating and troubleshooting large-scale distributed or high-performance storage environments.
• Experience with modern storage platforms and technologies such as VAST, WEKA, DDN, Lustre, Ceph, or comparable distributed storage solutions.
• Strong Linux systems administration and troubleshooting skills in production environments.
• Strong understanding of storage protocols and data paths, including NFS, NFS over RDMA, NVMe-oF, and high-throughput Ethernet or InfiniBand connectivity.
• Strong understanding of storage performance concepts, including throughput, IOPS, latency, capacity, and utilization.
• Understanding of RDMA, RoCE, InfiniBand, and other high-performance networking concepts used in AI/HPC storage environments.
• Ability to troubleshoot systematically across storage, Linux, network, and hardware layers and drive issues through root cause and resolution.
• Experience developing deployment or operational tooling using Python, Bash, Ansible, APIs, or similar technologies.
• Strong ownership, communication, and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple deployments and operational priorities under demanding timelines.
• Comfortable operating in fast-moving environments where deployment plans and requirements can evolve quickly.
• Ability to travel to global datacenter locations for deployments, maintenance activities, and other site-specific needs.

Why Join Us:

• Purposeful Hiring: You’re not here by accident, and neither is anyone else. Every teammate is handpicked with intention because who we build with matters.
• Builders Wanted: You’re not just riding the rocket ship, you’re building it. Your work directly shapes the trajectory of our company.
• Mission-Driven Work: We’re here to make a real impact. Our mission fuels everything we do.
• Tackling Hard Problems: If easy isn’t your thing, you’re in the right place. We solve some of the most complex and exciting challenges in our space.
• Excellence Is The Standard: High performance isn’t just encouraged, it’s the baseline. And it’s contagious.

Compensation

Groq is committed to providing competitive compensation through our Total Cash philosophy, which incorporates potential bonus value directly into base pay. The total cash salary range for this position, which is inclusive of the potential bonus value, is $270,400-$401,600, with individual placement determined by your geographic location, experience, skills, and alignment with internal compensation standards. This range is specific to candidates located in the United States. Compensation for international candidates will vary based on local market dynamics. Beyond cash compensation, Groq also offers a Long-Term Incentive (LTI) Program and a robust suite of employee benefits.

US Job Posting

This position may require access to technology and/or information subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). To comply with these requirements, candidates for this role must meet certain citizenship or residency criteria. Specifically, they must qualify as U.S. Persons for export control purposes (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (Green Card holder), or a protected individual under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3) such as a refugee or asylee), or otherwise be eligible for an applicable export license.

Non-US Job Postings

This position may require access to technology and/or information subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations, as well as applicable local laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). To comply with these requirements, candidates for this role must meet all relevant export control eligibility criteria.

Groq is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Groq complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any protected characteristic.

Groq iscommitted to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application or to participate in the hiring process, please contact us at [email protected]. This contact is for accommodation requests only, which will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

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Groq encourages people with criminal record histories to apply for employment, and values diverse experiences, including prior contact with the criminal legal system. To that end, Groq welcomes such applicants in accordance with the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles City Fair Chance Act Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Act Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Act Ordinance. Philadelphia applicants can review information pertaining to Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards Ordinance here: https://www.phila.gov/documents/fair-chance-hiring-law-poster.

As part of our hiring process, Groq may use artificial intelligence (“AI”) tools or automated systems to assist with activities such as reviewing applications, evaluating qualifications, scheduling interviews, analyzing assessment responses, or supporting recruiting operations. These tools are designed to assist-not replace-human decision-making, and hiring decisions are subject to human review. We may process information you provide during the application process, including resumes, application materials, interview responses, assessments, and, where applicable, audio, video, or transcript data. If legally required, we will request consent before using technologies that analyze biometric or video interview data. Candidates may request reasonable accommodations, an alternative evaluation process, additional information regarding the use of AI in the hiring process, or review of certain automated decisions by contacting [email protected].