Principal Storage and Disaster Recovery Engineer
Listed on 2026-06-08
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IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, Cloud Computing
The Principal Storage & Disaster Recovery Engineer serves as the technical authority for enterprise storage, data protection, and disaster recovery architecture across Hybrid Cloud, Edge, and datacenter environments. This role is accountable for the design, implementation, and optimization of storage platforms that support mission critical clinical systems, enterprise workloads, analytics platforms, and emerging AI data pipelines.
Operating across AWS, Azure, Rackspace hosted datacenters, and Edge deployments within hospitals and clinics, this role ensures storage and recovery solutions are highly available, scalable, secure, and cost‑optimized, while meeting healthcare regulatory and operational requirements.
The role partners closely with Cloud Architecture, Infrastructure Engineering, Data & AI teams, Security, and vendors to define standards, lead complex initiatives, and continuously evolve Ochsner’s storage and disaster recovery capabilities.
The Principal Storage & Disaster Recovery Engineer leads the architecture, engineering, and lifecycle management of enterprise storage and data protection solutions across Hybrid Cloud and on‑premises environments. The role provides deep technical leadership in building resilient, scalable, and cost‑effective storage and recovery platforms supporting clinical systems, data platforms, and AI‑adjacent workloads.
This position spans AWS and Azure cloud storage services, Dell and Net App enterprise storage platforms, object storage systems, Nutanix environments, and Rackspace datacenter infrastructure. The Principal Engineer defines storage and DR strategy, leads complex implementations, establishes design standards, and ensures alignment with enterprise architecture, security, compliance, and operational best practices.
Education Required- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Equivalent combination of education and extensive hands‑on experience
- Master’s degree in a related technical discipline
- 10+ years of experience in storage engineering, infrastructure engineering, or related disciplines
- 5+ years designing and implementing enterprise‑scale storage and data protection solutions
- Demonstrated experience operating across multi‑cloud and on‑premises environments
- Experience in healthcare or other highly regulated industries
- Experience supporting Epic, imaging platforms, or large‑scale clinical data systems
- Experience leading hybrid‑cloud transformations and data migrations
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or Storage/Data Specialty
- Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- Net App Certified Data Administrator
- Dell Technologies (EMC) Proven Professional certifications
- Nutanix Certified Professional or Advanced certifications
- Backup, disaster recovery, or data management certifications (e.g., Cohesity)
- Deep expertise in enterprise storage platforms, including Net App and Dell (e.g., Isilon, Power Flex)
- Strong knowledge of AWS storage services (S3, EBS, EFS, FSx)
- Strong knowledge of Azure storage services (Blob Storage, Azure Files, Managed Disks, Data Lake)
- Experience designing and operating object storage solutions across cloud and on‑premises environments
- Strong understanding of hybrid storage architectures spanning cloud, edge, and datacenter
- Expertise in backup, replication, and disaster recovery architectures;
Cohesity experience strongly preferred - Advanced skills in performance tuning, capacity planning, and cost optimization
- Familiarity with data architecture concepts, lifecycle management, tiering, and archival strategies
- Awareness of AI and analytics data structures, including large‑scale ingestion, retention, and access patterns
- Strong understanding of encryption, security, and healthcare compliance requirements
- Proven ability to design highly available, resilient, and recoverable storage solutions
- Exceptional troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills
- Ability to lead technical design discussions and influence enterprise architecture decisions
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including…
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