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# Senior Storage / SAN Engineer

- **Company:** Nexzentek Solutions Inc
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** IBM AIX, Databases, Data Centers, Disaster Recovery, IBM Storage, Storage Area Network (SAN), Multipath I/O, Performance Tuning, Storage Virtualization, System Availability, Pure Storage, Data Management, Ibm Power Systems, Veeam
- **Published:** August 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c17a0679236f4684

## About the Role

* 10+ years of enterprise Storage/SAN engineering experience.

 * Pure Storage FlashArray Administration.

 * Fibre Channel SAN.

 * SAN Fabric Management.

 * SAN Zoning.

 * Multipathing.

 * Storage Connectivity.

 * Capacity Planning.

 * Performance Tuning.

 * Storage Virtualization.

 * Storage Migration.

 * High Availability.

 * Disaster Recovery Planning.

 * Storage Lifecycle Management.

 * Infrastructure Documentation.

 * Strong troubleshooting skills.

 * Excellent communication skills.

Preferred Skills

 * IBM Storage Virtualize.

 * IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC).

 * IBM Power Systems.

 * IBM AIX.

 * IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM).

 * Veeam Backup & Replication.

 * Datacenter Migration Projects.

 * ITIL Processes.

Preferred Certifications

 * Pure Storage Certification

 * IBM Spectrum Virtualize Certification

 * SNIA Storage Certification

 * ITIL Foundation

Skills

 * Disaster Recovery
 * SAN Fabric Management
 * Fibre Channel SAN

## Description

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Storage / SAN Engineer to support enterprise storage infrastructure initiatives. Although the title may reference "Architect," this is an individual contributor engineering role requiring someone who can independently manage enterprise storage environments, provide technical guidance, and execute modernization initiatives with minimal supervision.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Pure Storage FlashArray, Fibre Channel SAN, enterprise storage architecture, capacity planning, migration strategies, and storage performance optimization.

Responsibilities

 * Design, administer, and optimize enterprise storage infrastructure.

 * Manage Pure Storage FlashArray environments.

 * Design and maintain Fibre Channel SAN architecture.

 * Perform SAN zoning, multipathing, and storage connectivity troubleshooting.

 * Plan and execute storage modernization and migration projects.

 * Monitor storage utilization, performance, and capacity.

 * Develop storage lifecycle and expansion strategies.

 * Design highly available and resilient storage solutions.

 * Create implementation plans, operational procedures, and recovery runbooks.

 * Participate in infrastructure governance and change management.

 * Collaborate with infrastructure, virtualization, backup, and database teams.

 * Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and knowledge transfer.

 * Support operational readiness and managed services transition activities.


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