Senior Enterprise Storage Solutions Expert

We are seeking an experienced Storage Solutions Architect to join our Professional Services organization.

This individual will serve as a trusted advisor and technical expert on storage architectures and integrations for both our internal Systems Integrations team and Engineering teams.

The ideal candidate will bring 15+ years of hands-on storage expertise across multiple technologies and vendors, with proven experience in designing, integrating, and optimizing storage solutions in complex enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technical Leadership & Advisory
  • Provide expert storage guidance to Professional Services' Systems Integrations team for deploying Private Cloud Director (PCD) with various storage backends.
  • Collaborate closely with Engineering teams to inform design decisions and troubleshoot complex storage-related issues.
  • Advise PreSales engineers during customer solution design, POCs, and RFP responses on optimal storage approaches.
• Solution Design & Integration
  • Deep expertise in backup and disaster recovery (DR) solutions, including architecture design, implementation strategies, integrations, best practices, and operational patterns.
  • Design and document best practice architectures for integrating PCD with diverse storage solutions, including Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NFS, S3, VMware RDM, and others like InfiniBand.
  • Guide and support integrations with vendor-specific storage solutions, ensuring performance, reliability, and scalability.
  • Participate in solution validation, lab testing, and reference architecture development.
• Documentation & Knowledge Sharing
  • Develop and maintain internal best practice guides for storage-related topics relevant to OpenStack and PCD.
  • Create external customer-facing guides and knowledge base articles to improve deployment success and reduce support escalations.
  • Conduct technical enablement sessions for Professional Services, PreSales, and Support teams.
• Continuous Improvement & Innovation
  • Stay current with evolving storage technologies, protocols, and best practices in cloud infrastructure.
  • Partner with Engineering to identify product enhancements that improve storage interoperability and performance.
  • Proactively suggest improvements to Professional Services' delivery methodologies for storage integration.

Requirements:

• 15+ years of enterprise storage expertise, with hands-on experience across multiple vendor ecosystems and technologies.
• Deep knowledge of storage protocols and architectures, including Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NFS and S3.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex storage performance and connectivity issues across multi-vendor environments.
• Strong understanding of VMware environments, including vSphere and storage connectivity options.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing automation scripts or tools for storage provisioning and integration (Python, Ansible, PowerShell, etc.).
• Proven experience in system integration projects involving storage systems.
• Experience with OpenStack storage services (Cinder, Swift, Manila) and their integration with vendor solutions.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes persistent storage concepts.
• Experience authoring technical whitepapers or reference architectures.
• Vendor certifications (e.g., NetApp NCIE, EMC Proven Professional, HPE ASE, Pure Storage, VMware VCAP-DCA, Red Hat OpenStack) are a strong plus.

Core Competencies:

• Strong communication and presentation skills for both technical and executive audiences.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across multiple teams.
• Passion for technology, continuous learning, and mentoring peers.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and a customer-first mindset.