Key Responsibilities
Storage Engineering & Operations
Manage enterprise storage platforms (e.g., Dell EMC, NetApp, Pure Storage, HPE)
Ensure performance, reliability, and scalability of storage infrastructure
Participate in lifecycle management (procurement, upgrades, decommissioning)
Converged Infrastructure Optimization
Optimize utilization across compute, storage, and network layers in tightly integrated systems.
Identify inefficiencies across clusters, nodes, and storage tiers.
Support cost optimization efforts by right-sizing resources.
Performance Engineering & Risk Mitigation
Design and implement performance testing strategies to validate scaling capabilities.
Proactively identify capacity constraints and systemic bottlenecks.
Lead root cause analysis for performance degradation scenarios.
Capacity Planning & Forecasting
Analyze historical growth trends and predict future storage requirements
Provide proactive recommendations to prevent capacity constraints
Define thresholds, alerts, and reporting for storage utilization
Monitoring & Reporting
Implement and maintain monitoring tools for storage performance and capacity
Produce dashboards and executive reports on utilization, trends, and risks
Identify inefficiencies such as over-provisioning or underutilization
Collaboration & Governance
Work with infrastructure, application, and architecture teams
Provide input into enterprise architecture and storage strategies
Ensure compliance with data governance, security, and regulatory standards