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# Senior Storage Engineer

- **Company:** Thought Creek Inc.
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $96,000.0 - $108,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** IBM AIX, Backup Devices, Databases, Data Centers, IBM Storage, Tivoli Management Framework, Storage Area Network (SAN), Multipath I/O, Migration Manager, Software Troubleshooting, Pure Storage, Storage Technologies, Data Management, Ibm Power Systems, Veeam
- **Published:** July 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=dba12085e1de4d18

## About the Role

* 10+ years of enterprise storage and SAN administration or architecture experience
 * Pure Storage FlashArray architecture and administration
 * Fibre Channel SAN architecture
 * SAN fabric management
 * SAN zoning
 * Multipathing and path consistency
 * Storage connectivity design and troubleshooting
 * Enterprise storage capacity planning
 * Storage utilization monitoring
 * Performance analysis and optimization
 * Storage growth forecasting
 * Storage modernization and migration planning
 * Storage expansion and workload-balancing strategies
 * High-availability storage architecture
 * Storage resiliency and recovery-readiness planning

## Description

Senior advisory and architecture role supporting enterprise storage and SAN environments. The work includes platform assessment, modernization planning, capacity management, resiliency improvements,migration support, lifecycle planning, operational readiness, and knowledge transfer. This is primarily an architect/advisor position rather than full ownership of operational outcomes., * Storage lifecycle management

 * Datacenter storage infrastructure
 * Architecture assessments and technical recommendations
 * Implementation and migration planning
 * Operational procedure development
 * Recovery runbook development
 * Infrastructure documentation
 * Change management and governance participation
 * Cross-functional collaboration with virtualization, database, backup, and infrastructure teams
 * Technical mentoring and knowledge transfer
 * Managed services transition and operational-readiness planning
 * Strong troubleshooting and stakeholder communication skills

Preferred Skills

 * IBM Storage Virtualize
 * IBM SAN Volume Controller
 * IBM Power Systems
 * IBM AIX
 * IBM Spectrum Protect / Tivoli Storage Manager
 * Veeam Backup & Replication
 * Datacenter migration projects
 * Infrastructure modernization programs
 * Mission-critical or 24/7 operating environments
 * ITIL-based operational processes
 * Preferred Certifications
 * Pure Storage certification
 * IBM Spectrum Virtualize or SVC certification
 * SNIA Certified Storage Professional or Storage Engineer


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