Enterprise Storage Architect - Riverside Research

Riverside Research is seeking a full-time Enterprise Storage Architect to support the National Air & Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) at Wright Patterson AFB, OH. This position will lead the strategy, architecture, and modernization of enterprise storage platforms across on-premises cloud and multi-cloud environments. This role focuses on designing resilient, scalable, and high-performance storage systems that support mission-critical applications and long-term infrastructure transformation.

The ideal candidate will have deep technical expertise across storage technologies, strong architectural thinking, and the ability to influence decisions across engineering, networking, cloud, and cybersecurity teams.

• Develop and maintain enterprise storage strategy and multi-year technology roadmaps.
• Architect scalable storage solutions, including SAN, NAS, object storage, cloud storage, and high-performance/low-latency environments.
• Lead storage modernization initiatives involving automation, replication, disaster recovery, data lifecycle management, and multi-cloud migration readiness.
• Evaluate and recommend technologies, platforms, and vendors (e.g., Azure, AWS).
• Partner with network engineering to ensure storage performance, connectivity, and fabric design align with business requirements.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity to ensure data protection, encryption, retention, and compliance standards are met.
• Perform capacity planning, performance analysis, and scalability assessments across diverse storage environments.
• Oversee implementation of storage architectures, standards, and operational best practices.
• Provide expertise in data protection platforms, snapshot lifecycle, replication, DR/BC planning, and backup architectures.
• Create and present strategic plans, technical recommendations, and operational impacts to leadership.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Top Secret clearance with SCI adjudication
• Experience in DoW/IC regulated environments.
• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in enterprise storage engineering, architecture, or infrastructure strategy.
• Expert-level proficiency with SAN, NAS, iSCSI, Fiber Channel, NFS/SMB, object storage, and storage networking.
• Strong experience with major storage platforms (Net App ONTAP, Dell EMC Power Store/Isilon, Pure Flash Array, HPE 3
  
  PAR/Nimble, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with cloud storage services (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and multi-cloud architectures.
• Proficient in replication technologies, disaster recovery strategies, and data protection frameworks.
• Ability to lead architecture planning, technology evaluations, and long-term strategy development.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications: