Senior Storage Engineer
| Company | LightEdge Solutions |
|---|---|
| Location | Des Moines, IA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise storage engineering or a related role.
- Hands-on expertise with PURE Storage (Pure1 Manage), IBM (Global Mirror, FlashSystems, Spectrum Virtualize/Scale, DS8000), NetApp (SnapMirror, SnapVault, ONTAP, OnCommand), Dell/EMC (Navisphere, SRDF, Avamar, Isilon, VMAX, DataDomain), HPE 3PAR, Object Storage and VTL solutions.
- Strong grasp of SAN/NAS, Fibre Channel, LUN masking, zoning, multipathing, and provisioning.
- Experience with backup/replication tools (e.g., SRDF, SnapMirror, Global Mirror).
- Solid knowledge of storage performance analytics, tuning, and capacity planning.
- Scripting for automation (PowerShell, Python, Bash, Ansible).
- Familiarity with cloud storage environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
- Comfortable working in on-call rotation and high-availability environments.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and manage scalable enterprise storage solutions (PURE, IBM, NetApp, Dell/EMC, etc.).
- Perform advanced troubleshooting and remediation of storage incidents, with thorough follow-up and documentation.
- Collaborate with architecture, operations, and sales engineering teams to deliver client-aligned storage solutions.
- Oversee incident queues to ensure timely resolution and adherence to service level agreements (SLAs).
- Lead storage capacity planning, migrations, upgrades, and lifecycle management initiatives.
- Participate in DR planning, testing, and disaster declarations.
- Provide support and integration expertise in virtualized environments (VMware, Nutanix, etc.).
- Maintain detailed documentation of storage infrastructure and as-built environments.
- Monitor performance metrics, identify trends, and implement improvements.
- Provide clear and accurate communications with internal and external stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Tegile or Nimble storage platforms.
- VMware vSphere, vSAN, or Nutanix AHV experience.
- Industry certifications (e.g., Pure Storage Certified, IBM Specialist, VMware VCP).
- Knowledge of compliance standards (HIPAA, PCI-DSS).
- Linux administration skills.