Senior Top Secret Storage Architect to design, implement, and maintain the enterprise storage hardware, operating

Job in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Listing for: S.i. Systems

Contract position
Listed on 2026-08-18

Job specializations:

IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, IT Infrastructure, Data Engineering, Information Security & Data Protection

Our Valued Public Sector Client is seeking a Senior Top Secret Storage Architect to design, implement, and maintain the enterprise storage hardware, operating systems and storage running on the SAN & NAS & Linux.

Must Haves:

Storage Architect {10+ years}

Hitachi Storage equipment (VSP, AMS, HUS, and G-series platforms) - {5+ years}

SAN {15+ years}

Pure Storage platforms (Flash Array (M-series, X-series) and Flash Blade) {5+ years}

SAN storage in support of virtualized processing environments (e.g., VMware, KVM, Open Stack, RHEV) {5+ years}

Responsibilities:

Provide storage architecture analysis and strategic guidance to technical subject matter experts on storage platform design, capacity planning, technology roadmaps, modernization initiatives, and architectural standards.

Analysis and troubleshooting of the storage infrastructure deployed into an operational/production environment;

Monitor system activity, tune performance to match business objectives and maintain the storage infrastructure deployed into an operational/production environment;

Investigate problems that arise with the storage platforms and propose solutions;

Assist other operational teams in the troubleshooting of problems that arise with corporate critical services that may impact storage services;

Setup, configuration, problem analysis, administration and management of multiple storage technologies;

Life Cycle Management (LCM) of critical storage units and migrate to the existing SAN/NAS infrastructure and advise throughout the system administration life cycle from a life cycle management and service improvement perspective;

Assist with the development and implementation of a storage services strategy to support business planning, capacity management, technology lifecycle management, and resource forecasting over a three-year planning horizon.

Integrate switches within our SAN Storage environment;

Troubleshoot switch processes, error messages, commands and diagnostics;

Provide detailed risk management guidance and develop plans for the Enterprise Storage environment, including IT trending and capacity management.