Storage Engineer

Job Title:

Storage Engineer

Job Location:

Remote, USA

Note:
This role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future.

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Storage Engineer (L3) to provide end-to-end engineering ownership of enterprise storage platforms. This role is responsible for ensuring stability, performance, capacity optimization, and compliance for archival and object storage workloads.

The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in Dell EMC ECS storage environments
, coupled with strong troubleshooting, governance, and operational leadership skills in large‑scale enterprise environments.

The annual salary for this position is between $90,000 to $103,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

• Provide end-to-end L3 ownership of the enterprise Storage environment, ensuring availability, reliability, performance, and operational health.
• Drive capacity planning, performance tuning, and optimization for Dell EMC ECS storage platforms, ensuring scalability and efficiency.
• Plan, execute, and validate firmware upgrades, storage expansions, and platform changes through formal change management processes.
• Lead complex troubleshooting, incident resolution, and root cause analysis (RCA) using ECS logs, diagnostics, and monitoring tools.
• Act as the primary escalation point and coordinate with Dell OEM/vendor support for hardware/software issues and critical escalations.
• Govern and manage ECS replication, archival strategies, retention policies, and disaster recovery (DR) configurations.
• Support LDAP/Active Directory integration, ECS node/pool configurations, and enforce platform-level security controls.
• Generate and validate compliance reports, including retention, access audits, legal hold requirements, and regulatory evidence.
• Develop and maintain L3 SOPs, runbooks, and operational standards to drive consistency and enable L2 shift-left capabilities.

• 8+ years of experience in enterprise Storage Engineering / Administration roles.
• Strong expertise in Dell EMC ECS (Elastic Cloud Storage) platforms.
• Experience with Dell, EMC, and Net App storage technologies.
• Deep understanding of object storage, archival systems, and data lifecycle management.
• Proven ability in capacity planning, performance tuning, and storage optimization.
• Hands‑on experience with firmware upgrades, storage expansions, and infrastructure lifecycle management.
• Strong troubleshooting skills with expertise in log analysis and RCA methodologies.
• Experience working with LDAP/Active Directory integration and security controls.
• Knowledge of compliance, retention policies, and audit frameworks in enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with disaster recovery (DR) strategies and data replication technologies.

• Experience supporting healthcare or regulated industry environments (HIPAA compliance exposure preferred).
• Strong understanding of enterprise change management processes (ITIL framework).
• Experience working in remote/global delivery models.
• Excellent communication skills with ability to engage with vendors, stakeholders, and cross‑functional teams.

• Dell EMC ECS Storage
• Net App / Enterprise Storage Systems
• Object Storage & Archival Solutions
• Storage Performance & Capacity Management
• Disaster Recovery & Replication
• LDAP / Active Directory Integration
• Storage Security & Compliance
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Change & Release Management

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

At Cognizant, we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible, and we are here to support a healthy work‑life balance through our various wellbeing programs. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a remote position in the USA.

The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.