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# Data Storage Architect

- **Company:** Bright Vision Technologies
- **Location:** Bedford, TX, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $140,000.0 - $155,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Databases, Data Centers, NetApp Applications, Data ONTAP (Server Appliance), Ansible, Virtualization Technology, Ceph (Software), Data Storage Technologies, Cloud Platform System, HybridCloud, Pure Storage, Kubernetes, Storage Technologies, Data Management, Restful APIs, Terraform, Vmware
- **Published:** August 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us256a4732f9f309eaa7a8be5fae8889e0

## About the Role

* Five or more years of enterprise storage engineering experience.
 * Deep expertise in NetApp ONTAP or Pure Storage FlashArray/FlashBlade.
 * Hands-on experience with Ceph at production scale.
 * Strong understanding of SAN, NAS, and object storage protocols.
 * Experience with storage integration for VMware and Kubernetes (CSI).
 * Strong scripting and automation skills using Ansible, Terraform, or REST APIs.
 * Strong understanding of storage performance, capacity planning, and cost optimization.
 * Strong troubleshooting skills across storage, network, and host layers.
 * Excellent communication and collaboration skills., * Vendor certifications (NCDA, NCIE, Pure Storage certifications).
 * Experience with hybrid-cloud storage replication.
 * Familiarity with software-defined storage platforms beyond Ceph.
 * Experience with object storage at petabyte scale.
 * Exposure to AI/ML workloads with extreme I/O requirements.

## Description

We are seeking a Data Storage Architect with deep expertise across enterprise storage platforms - NetApp ONTAP, Pure Storage, and Ceph - to design, deploy, and operate the storage foundation that supports our compute, virtualization, database, and Kubernetes workloads. The role spans block, file, and object storage across data center, edge, and cloud environments, with strong attention to performance, data protection, and cost. The ideal candidate has operated heterogeneous storage estates at scale, understands the storage characteristics of diverse workloads, and brings strong automation discipline to storage engineering work.


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