Principal Storage Architect

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

A Principal Storage Architect is a multi-talented information technology professional and accomplished storage infrastructure expert that will contribute to a dynamic, infrastructure design team making a difference. The Principal Storage Architect core objectives include designing and executing on architectural directives while ensuring 24x7x365 infrastructure availability for an energy efficient, global semiconductor company.

**PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Initiate and lead architecture and design discussions to create next generation storage solutions
- Create storage strategy, positioning, roadmaps and plans to keep offerings relevant and updated
- Evaluate storage technologies and products to further enhance current and future storage solutions
- Define and develop technical storage architecture and standards.
- Provide storage expertise and design services for projects, work orders, proof of concepts, and technology evaluations
- Document procedures, provide consulting, review project plans, attend trainings/conferences Coach and mentor others

**REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum of 20 years’ progressive information technology experience
- Minimum of 15 years’ storage management experience with at least 10 years’ experience designing and engineering storage solutions in an enterprise environment
- Extremely self-motivated professional who is committed to success, quickly adapting to change and maintaining composure in high-pressured environments
- Mastery of technical expertise in identifying, evaluating and developing procedural and system solutions that are cost effective and meet requirements
- Technical leadership expertise with storage design, implementation, and operations for major projects
- Experience with containerized storage solutions (e.g. Kubernetes)
- Extensive experience with NFS, FC, SAS, NVMe, SATA, and PCIe protocols, with a good understanding of transport layers
- Expertise architecting SAN and NAS solutions with NetApp FAS and E-Series, HPE 3PAR SAN, and/or Dell/EMC
- Experience with software defined storage solutions (NetApp SolidFire, Ceph, etc.)
- Experience with object storage for private cloud (Quantum ActiveScale, Qumulo, Hitachi Vantara HCP, Nasuni, Pure Storage FlashBlade)
- Experience with public cloud storage (Azure Blobs, Files, Queues, Tables, and Disks; AWS EBS, S3, FSx, etc.)
- Solid Linux system administration competency Strong qualitative and quantitative analytical skills to solve sophisticated business and technical problems

**NON-TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES**:
Effective Communication
- Highly effective communication (oral and written) skills and interpersonal relationship skills
- Effectively interact with business and technical audiences, tailoring the communication to broad audiences to achieve desired results
- Exceptional use of visual communication (PowerPoint, Visio, etc.) tools
- Demonstrated expertise presenting at all levels, ranging from technical to non-technical resources, including C level executives
- Ability to effectively socialize and acquire approval for ideas, concepts, designs, and solutions is an absolute must

Business Strategy
- Proven track record in working directly with clients to define, influence and negotiate solutions that enable their business objectives

Mentoring
- Effective coaching and mentoring skills

Leadership
- Strong initiative of owning major roles and responsibilities in projects and resolution of issues

Customer Empathy
- Exceptional ability interacting with customers in a professional manner providing friendly and effective customer service

Strategic Thinking
- Understand Company infrastructure roadmap and align all solutions accordingly

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**onsemi **(Nasdaq: ON) is driving disruptive innovations to help build a better future. With a focus on automotive and industrial end-markets, the company is accelerating change in megatrends such as vehicle electrification and safety, sustainable energy grids, industrial automation, and 5G and cloud infrastructure. With a highly differentiated and innovative product portfolio, onsemi creates intelligent power and sensing technologies that solve the world’s most complex challenges and leads the way in creating a safer, cleaner, and smarter world.

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**EDUCATION**:

- Bachelor's degree (minimum requirement) or master’s degree (preferred) from a regionally accredited institution in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Information Sciences, Information Technology, or Software Engineering