--- title: 'Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Ceph Storage at GoDaddy' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-site-reliability-engineer-ceph-storage-godaddy-united-kingdom-g05kwx4cz51v' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-09' --- # Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Ceph Storage at GoDaddy - **Company:** GoDaddy - **Location:** United Kingdom - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-11-04 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-09 - **Apply:** https://careers.godaddy/jobs?gh_jid=8020246003 ## Job description Location Details: At GoDaddy the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full-time; others have a hybrid arrangement (they work remotely some days and in the office some days) and some work entirely remotely.​ This is a remote position, so you’ll be working remotely from your home. You may occasionally visit a GoDaddy office to meet with your team for events or meetings. Join Our Team… GoDaddy's Global Storage Engineering team operates one of the largest Ceph environments in the industry, powering the object, block, and file storage platforms that underpin hosting, applications, internal infrastructure, and next-generation AI/HPC workloads. If you're passionate about distributed systems, large-scale storage architecture, and solving complex reliability challenges, you'll work on infrastructure that few engineers ever experience. At GoDaddy, Ceph isn't a side project — it's a critical platform. Our environment spans 80+ production clusters, 20,000+ OSDs, and approximately 300 PB of raw storage capacity, supporting tens of billions of objects across multiple continents. The scale demands deep technical expertise in storage architecture, automation, observability, and performance engineering. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you'll be a key technical owner of the platform, responsible for maintaining reliability, driving operational excellence, and influencing the future evolution of our storage ecosystem. You'll tackle challenging production problems, develop automation that operates at massive scale, contribute to architectural decisions, and collaborate with some of the industry's most experienced Ceph engineers. This is an opportunity to have direct impact on a storage platform that serves millions of customers worldwide. ## What You'll Get to Do… - Own the reliability, performance, scalability, and capacity of large-scale production Ceph environments supporting object, block, and file storage workloads (RADOS, RGW, RBD, CephFS). - 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 for the storage platform 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. ## Your Experience Should Include… - 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. You Might Also Have… - Advanced Ceph expertise across RGW Multisite, CephFS, RBD Mirroring, erasure coding, and large-scale cluster design. - Experience integrating storage platforms with OpenStack (Cinder, Nova, Neutron, Swift) or Kubernetes storage technologies (CSI, StorageClasses, Rook). - Familiarity with modern observability platforms including 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 and a passion for advancing distributed systems technologies. We encourage you to apply even if your experience or skillset doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement. We value a wide range of backgrounds and transferable skills, and we are excited to support learning and growth. We've got your back...  We offer a range of total rewards that may include paid time off, retirement savings (e.g., 401k, pension schemes), bonus/incentive eligibility, equity grants, participation in our employee stock purchase plan, competitive health benefits, and other family-friendly benefits including parental leave. GoDaddy’s benefits vary based on individual role and location and can be reviewed in more detail during the interview process. About us...  GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all. GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, sell their products and services, and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights, and people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. To learn more about the company, visit [About Us](https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Faboutus.godaddy.net%2Fabout-us%2Foverview%2Fdefault.aspx&data=05%7C01%7Cklilas%40godaddy.com%7C4a7c273441f14a72548908dab30d54f3%7Cd5f1622b14a345a6b069003f8dc4851f%7C0%7C0%7C638019167147789183%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=JKqNxY8z5E%2BjfKXCtVVYGLmGXuv31qCpLmWP960VLzo%3D&reserved=0). At GoDaddy, we know diverse teams build better products—period. Our people and culture reflect and celebrate that sense of diversity and inclusion in ideas, experiences and perspectives. But we also know that’s not enough to build true equity and belonging in our communities. That’s why we prioritize integrating diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging principles into the core of how we work every day—focusing not only on our employee experience, but also our customer experience and operations. It’s the best way to serve our mission of empowering entrepreneurs everywhere, and making opportunity more inclusive for all. To read more about these commitments, as well as our representation and pay equity data, check out our Diversity and Pay Parity annual report which can be found on our [Diversity Careers page](https://careers.godaddy/diversity). We also embrace our diverse culture and offer a range of Employee Resource Groups ([Culture](https://careers.godaddy/culture)). Have a side hustle? No problem. We love entrepreneurs! Most importantly, come as you are and make your own way. GoDaddy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. GoDaddy will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements. Refer to our full [EEO policy.](https://www.godaddy.com/legal/agreements/equal-opportunity-employment-statement) Our recruiting team is available to assist you in completing your application. If they could be helpful, please reach out to myrecruiter@godaddy.com. GoDaddy doesn’t accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. ## About GoDaddy ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: GoDaddy is the world’s largest web services platform, helping millions of entrepreneurs build, grow, and manage their online presence through domain registration, hosting, website building, and AI-powered business tools. - **Entity Type**: Public (NYSE: GDDY) - **Headquarters**: Tempe, Arizona, United States - **Founded**: 1997 - **Founders**: Bob Parsons ## Core Business - **Primary industries**: Internet infrastructure, domain registration, web hosting, website building, digital marketing, e-commerce enablement - **Target customers**: Small and micro businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals (B2B and B2C); primarily serves “everyday entrepreneurs” - **Mission statement**: “To empower entrepreneurs everywhere, making opportunity more inclusive for all.” [investors.godaddy.net](https://investors.godaddy.net/about-us/overview/default.aspx) ## Products & Services - **Domain Registration**: One of the largest domain registrars globally, managing over 80 million domain names. - **Web Hosting**: Shared, VPS, and dedicated hosting plans, plus managed WordPress hosting. - **Website Builder (GoDaddy Airo®)**: An AI-driven intelligent experience that helps users quickly create a website, set up email, and launch online storefronts. - **SSL Certificates & Security**: SSL/TLS certificates, site security monitoring, and DDoS protection. - **Email & Marketing**: Professional email hosting, email marketing tools, social media management, and SEO services. - **GoDaddy Payments**: Integrated payment processing for online and in-person transactions. - **GoDaddy Studio**: Mobile app for creating branded graphics and social media content. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: ~$13.9 billion (as of mid-2025) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/godaddy) - **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of $5.0 billion (FY2024); operating income $932 million [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/godaddy) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Publicly traded with major institutional shareholders; partners include cloud providers (AWS, Google Cloud) and payment processors. - **Growth Signals**: 20+ million customers served; 5,250 employees (+6.9% YoY); launched GoDaddy Airo (AI-powered website builder); expanded into payments and commerce. ## Competitive Advantages - **Scale & Trust**: The world’s fifth-largest web host by market share, with over 62 million registered domains. - **End-to-End Platform**: Offers a seamless journey from domain to website to payments, reducing the need for multiple vendors. - **Customer Support**: 24/7 award-winning “GoDaddy Guides” provide human support in multiple languages. - **AI Innovation**: GoDaddy Airo uses AI to proactively build and grow businesses, lowering the barrier for non-technical entrepreneurs. ## Strategic Focus - **AI-First Growth**: Embedding AI across products to automate website creation, marketing, and business insights. - **Commerce Expansion**: Deepening payment and e-commerce capabilities to capture more of the entrepreneur’s wallet. - **Global Reach**: Operating in 64 countries, with continued investment in international markets (India, UK, Romania, Serbia, Canada). - **Customer Lifetime Value**: Shifting from transactional domain sales to recurring subscription services and managed solutions. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and “bringing your true self.” Employees are encouraged to take risks and pursue side hustles. [careers.godaddy](https://careers.godaddy/culture) - **Diversity & Inclusion**: Committed to being an equal opportunity employer with employee resource groups and inclusive policies. - **Benefits**: Generous 401(k) match, stock grants (RSUs), Employee Stock Purchase Program, professional development tuition support, paid parental leave, adoption assistance, and subsidized onsite meals (in AZ). [careers.godaddy](https://careers.godaddy/culture) - **Work Model**: Hybrid and remote-friendly global offices; many roles offer flexibility. - **Career Development**: Mentorship programs, internal mobility, and “TechFest” events for engineers. ## Sources 1. [GoDaddy Careers Overview](https://careers.godaddy/) 2. [GoDaddy Culture Page](https://careers.godaddy/culture) 3. [GoDaddy Investor Relations – About Us](https://investors.godaddy.net/about-us/overview/default.aspx) 4. [GoDaddy LinkedIn Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/godaddy) 5. 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