Virtualization/ Compute Lead

This position is for a Principal Engineer focusing on Storage and Data Protection. The role involves providing senior-level engineering leadership for enterprise storage and data protection platforms. It centers on storage architecture, data protection design, cyber resiliency, and lifecycle management. This is a senior engineering role focused on platform standards, automation, and infrastructure delivery, requiring both solution design and hands-on implementation experience., * Lead the design, engineering, and implementation of enterprise storage and data protection solutions across on-premises and cloud environments.

• Act as the technical product owner for storage and data protection services, including standards, roadmap development, and lifecycle planning.
• Develop and maintain storage and backup standards, reference architectures, and operational support models.
• Support Dell EMC enterprise storage platforms (Isilon, PowerMax) and Brocade SAN fabric.
• Support Rubrik as the primary enterprise data protection platform.
• Lead cyber resiliency engineering efforts, including immutable backups and ransomware recovery.
• Define and implement automation for storage and data protection operations using Ansible, REST APIs, and Terraform.
• Support cloud storage and data protection strategy across AWS and Google Cloud Platform.
• Provide advanced troubleshooting for storage, SAN fabric, backup, and recovery issues.
• Partner with infrastructure, cloud, cyber, and application teams on cross-functional projects.

Experience: 10+ years of infrastructure engineering experience, with 5+ years in hands-on storage and/or data protection engineering. A deep hands-on engineering background with architecture-level capability is required, along with experience in roadmap development and lifecycle planning.

Technical Skills:

• VMware (VCSA, hypervisor expertise).
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).
• Dell EMC enterprise storage platforms (Isilon/PowerScale, PowerMax).
• Brocade SAN fabric technologies.
• Rubrik platform management.
• Cyber resiliency, immutable backups, and ransomware recovery.
• Automation using Ansible, REST APIs, Terraform, Git, and CI/CD practices.
• AWS and/or Google Cloud Platform storage services and cloud backup patterns.

Education: A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AWS FSx for NetApp ONTAP.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform storage and backup services.
• Experience with DDVE in AWS.
• Experience with Dell Data Domain, PowerProtect, Avamar, or Networker.
• Experience with NetApp ONTAP.
• Experience working in regulated or security-focused enterprise environments.
• Relevant storage, backup, cloud, automation, or security certifications are preferred (e.g., Dell Technologies, Rubrik, AWS, Google Cloud, Terraform, Ansible).

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