Early Career: IT Infrastructure - Storage Engineer

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• Define and own the enterprise storage architecture strategy, roadmap, and standards across SAN, NAS, Object Storage, and Software-Defined Storage platforms
• Lead the evaluation, selection, and adoption of emerging storage technologies
• Architect multi-site, globally distributed storage solutions with disaster recovery, business continuity, and high availability requirements
• Establish storage capacity planning models, performance benchmarking, and TCO analysis methodologies
• Drive storage infrastructure modernization initiatives and technology refresh cycles

• Design complex storage solutions for enterprise-scale deployments supporting diverse workloads including databases, virtualization, containerization, HPC, AI/ML, and big data analytics
• Lead architecture reviews, provide technical guidance, and make design decisions for critical storage projects
• Establish best practices, design patterns, and reference architectures for storage infrastructure
• Define SLAs, performance metrics, and operational KPIs for storage services
• Evaluate and architect storage automation, orchestration, and self-service capabilities using Infrastructure-as-Code principles

• Architect solutions leveraging:
  • Enterprise SAN/NAS platforms (Hitachi, Net App, Dell EMC, Pure Storage)
  • Object Storage systems (S3-compatible platforms including HCP, ECS, Net App GRID)
  • Software-Defined Storage and hyper-converged infrastructure
  • Storage networking (FC, iSCSI, NVMe-oF, RDMA)
  • Data protection technologies (snapshots, replication, backup/recovery)
  • Storage virtualization and tiering strategies
  • Architect data lifecycle management, retention policies, and compliance frameworks

• Partner with application teams, database administrators, virtualization team and infrastructure teams to understand requirements and design optimal solutions
• Collaborate with security and compliance teams to ensure storage solutions meet regulatory and data governance requirements
• Work with vendors on technology roadmaps, proof-of-concepts, and strategic partnerships
• Present architecture proposals and business cases to senior leadership and steering committees
• Mentor storage administrators and SREs, providing technical training and knowledge transfer

• Research emerging technologies including NVMe and AI-driven storage management
• Drive automation initiatives to reduce operational overhead and improve service delivery
• Establish performance optimization strategies and cost optimization frameworks
• Lead proof-of-concept initiatives and pilot programs for new storage technologies