Storage Architecture Leader

The ability to drive human progress through technology relies on robust and reliable IT infrastructure - and that’s what our IT Infrastructure team provides to our customers. We’re a team of experts optimizing the performance and integrity of IT infrastructure and ensuring consistency and synchronization across all infrastructure components. Alongside supporting new and existing applications, we work with other IT groups and business units to troubleshoot and resolve technical problems.

Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a Storage Architecture Leader on our IT Infrastructure Team in New York, Remote.

What you’ll achieve We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled Storage Architecture Leader to design, develop, and implement cutting-edge storage architectures for our organization. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of storage technologies, a strong background in automation, and expertise in developing abstraction layers to expose multiple classes of service. As a leader in the field, you will be responsible for driving the strategic direction of our storage infrastructure, ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability.

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As a Storage Architecture Leader, you will play a critical role in shaping the future of our storage infrastructure, ensuring that it is scalable, performant, and reliable. If you have a passion for storage technology, a strong background in automation and abstraction layers, and a desire to guide and mentor a team of skilled engineers, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Take the first step towards your dream career Every Dell Technologies team member brings something unique to the table. Here’s what we are looking for with this role:

Essential Requirements

• Design and implement storage architectures that meet the needs of a large-scale, cloud-based infrastructure, utilizing expertise in storage technologies such as block, file, and object storage as well as modern data protection solutions
• Develop and lead the implementation of automation frameworks to streamline storage provisioning, management, and monitoring, using tools such as Ansible and Terraform
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to junior team members, mentoring and coaching to help them develop their skills and expertise
• Design and implement service abstraction layers to expose multiple classes of storage service, enabling the organization to offer a range of storage options to customers, including high-performance, low-latency, and cost-optimized storage
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, SRE, operations, customers, and product management, to ensure alignment and effective implementation of storage architectures
• Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in the storage industry, applying this knowledge to continuously improve and optimize our storage infrastructure

• At least 20 years of experience in storage architecture, design, and implementation, with a focus on large-scale, cloud-based infrastructures at fortune 100 companies
• Deep expertise in designing and implementing automation frameworks, including experience with tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or CloudFormation
• Direct experiences in developing service and automation abstraction layers to expose multiple classes of service, including experience with APIs, SDKs, and other programming interfaces
• In-depth knowledge of storage technologies, including block, file, and object storage, as well as experience with storage protocols such as NFS 3/4, SMB, iSCSI, FC, NVMeOF
• Experience with cloud-based storage services, including Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, or Google Cloud Storage
• Strong understanding of storage performance, scalability, and reliability, including experience with benchmarking, testing, and optimization
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Desirable Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics or a related field
• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in a related field preferred
• Experience working in a top 10 IaaS provider, such as Amazon, Microsoft, or Google, or a large financial institution
• Strong understanding of cloud-based infrastructure, including experience with cloud management platforms, such as OpenStack or CloudStack
• Experience with containerization technologies, such as Docker, and orchestration tools, such as Kubernetes and what storage best practices are in these areas.
• Familiarity with agile development methodologies, including experience with Scrum or Kanban
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex storage issues and optimize storage performance

Dell is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this position is $ 240,550 to $311,300.

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