Principal I, IT Information System & Solution Architecture

Job description

**Key Skills:** Netapp Storage Cluster, IBM SAN, Capacity Planning, Linux, Azure, Windows **Roles and Responsibilities:** - Define and maintain reference architectures, engineering standards, and operational guardrails for file, hybrid, block, and SAN-related storage services. - Lead hands-on delivery for EoL refresh and replacement initiatives, including planning, validation, cutover execution, and rollback readiness. - Engineer and optimize enterprise file storage services with NFS as the primary protocol (exports/shares, snapshots, replication, tiering, quotas, upgrades, and lifecycle management). - Design and deliver hybrid cloud file storage patterns for net-new workloads, disaster recovery (DR), and tiering, including operational monitoring and support models. - Provide engineering support for block storage and SAN connectivity, including Fibre Channel fundamentals and FC zoning governance, and drive RCA for complex incidents. **Skills Required:** - 8+ years of enterprise storage engineering experience with significant hands-on delivery responsibility. - NetApp storage cluster engineering and enterprise storage capacity planning. - NFS file storage engineering experience (exports/shares, snapshots, replication, tiering, upgrades, lifecycle management). - Hybrid storage configuration and troubleshooting across Windows and Linux workloads. - ITSM and monitoring discipline using ServiceNow and LogicMonitor for documentation, observability, and operational governance. Good to Have: - Deep experience with NetApp ONTAP (including ONTAP Select) and NetApp OnCommand Insight (OCI). - Experience with Azure NetApp Files and Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, plus cloud networking/security concepts that influence storage designs. - Automation experience using PowerShell/Python and/or Ansible/Terraform, including vendor APIs/SDKs and Git workflows. - SAN exposure including Brocade/Cisco fabric concepts and troubleshooting. **Education:** B.E. in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.