Position Summary
The Storage Engineer is responsible for the design, implementation, administration, and optimization of enterprise storage infrastructure supporting mission-critical systems across on-premises and hybrid cloud environments. This role ensures the availability, performance, scalability, resiliency, and security of storage platforms including SAN, NAS, and cloud-based storage solutions.
The ideal candidate is a hands-on technologist with experience in enterprise storage platforms (e.g., Dell EMC, NetApp, Pure Storage), strong troubleshooting skills, and a passion for delivering highly reliable, high-performing infrastructure solutions in a fast-paced environment.
Essential Responsibilities
- Design, implement, configure, and maintain enterprise storage infrastructure including SAN, NAS, and cloud storage platforms
- Administer storage systems including provisioning, replication, snapshots, and data lifecycle management
- Manage and support storage arrays (Dell EMC, NetApp, Pure Storage, HPE, or similar platforms)
- Monitor storage performance including IOPS, latency, throughput, and capacity utilization; implement optimization strategies
- Plan and execute storage provisioning for applications, systems, and business initiatives
- Support and maintain backup, recovery, and disaster recovery (DR) solutions to ensure business continuity
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex storage, performance, connectivity, and data integrity issues
- Implement and maintain storage security controls including encryption, role-based access control (RBAC), and data retention policies
- Collaborate with server, virtualization, database, network, and cloud teams to ensure seamless infrastructure integration
- Support hybrid cloud storage integrations (AWS S3, Azure Blob, storage gateways, and cloud backup solutions)
- Automate storage administration tasks using scripting tools (PowerShell, Python, Ansible) and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices
- Participate in infrastructure lifecycle management including hardware refreshes, firmware upgrades, migrations, and decommissioning
- Develop and maintain storage documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures
- Ensure compliance with regulatory and security standards including SOX, PCI, and IT General Controls (ITGC)
- Participate in on-call rotation and provide 24/7 support as required
- Other duties as assigned