Senior , IT Storage Engineer

Position Summary

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As a Senior Staff Storage Engineer, you will serve as the deepest technical authority for the storage infrastructure powering our Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments. Your work will directly influence engineering productivity, regression efficiency, and time-to-results across large‑scale GPU and system‑level IP development programs.

In this high‑impact individual contributor role, you will own the architecture, scalability, and performance strategy for Net App ONTAP and Linux‑based storage infrastructure, supporting thousands of compute clients and petabyte‑scale environments. You will partner closely with CAD, silicon design, infrastructure, and SRE teams to drive storage architecture decisions, improve operational efficiency, and deliver scalable, resilient infrastructure for critical engineering workloads.

• Lead the multi‑year architecture, scalability, and capacity roadmap for Net App ONTAP, Storage GRID, and enterprise storage infrastructure supporting EDA and HPC workloads.
• Drive technical direction across petabyte‑scale NFS environments, including performance optimization, resilience, cost efficiency, Linux file system tuning, and hybrid‑cloud storage capabilities using AWS FSx for Net App ONTAP, Azure Net App Files, and Fabric Pool‑integrated object storage solutions.
• Architect, deploy, and support enterprise‑scale storage platforms and replication topologies, including ONTAP clusters (FAS, AFF, ASA), Flex Group, Snap Mirror, Fabric Pool, Storage GRID, and multi‑site replication environments.
• Diagnose and resolve complex end‑to‑end performance and operational issues spanning EDA applications, Linux NFS clients, networking, ONTAP internals, monitoring frameworks, and distributed compute environments while advancing automation using Python, Ansible, Terraform, and ONTAP REST APIs.
• Provide technical leadership across the organization by mentoring engineers, leading design and architecture reviews, driving root‑cause analysis for critical incidents, and influencing infrastructure strategy across CAD, infrastructure, SRE, and silicon engineering teams.

• 11+ years of experience with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or 9+ years with a Master’s Degree, or 7+ years with a Ph.D.
• 11+ years of enterprise storage engineering experience, including 5+ years directly supporting large‑scale EDA and HPC environments.
• Expert‑level experience with Net App ONTAP, including Flex Group, Snap Mirror, Fabric Pool, QoS, performance analysis, and ONTAP REST API automation.
• Deep expertise in Linux file systems and NFS environments, including XFS, ZFS, ext4, NFSv3/NFSv4 tuning, and Linux performance troubleshooting using kernel traces, nfsiostat, and System Tap / eBPF / perf output.
• Strong understanding of EDA and HPC workload characteristics, including RTL simulation, formal verification, physical design, and DFT environments.
• Strong automation and Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC) experience using Python, Ansible, Terraform, and API‑driven tooling.
• Demonstrated experience defining storage architecture, scalability, and operational strategy for large‑scale enterprise environments supporting petabytes, thousands of clients, and 24x7 operations.
• Strong experience with NFS‑on‑Linux environments, identity integration (LDAP, Active Directory, automount), and complex enterprise storage escalations.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem‑solving skills with a data‑driven approach.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to engage senior leadership and guide teams through ambiguity in a fast‑paced, global environment.

• In‑depth expertise in Storage GRID.
• Experience with parallel file systems such as Lustre, GPFS / IBM Spectrum Scale, or BeeGFS.
• Experience with hybrid‑cloud storage environments, including AWS FSx for Net App ONTAP, Azure Net App Files, and S3 tiering via Fabric Pool.
• Familiarity with enterprise backup and recovery platforms such as Comm Vault, Net…