Job Title: Senior Storage Architect, VP

Location: Bangalore, India

Role Description

We are seeking a highly experienced, strategic, and technically accomplished VP Senior Storage Architect to lead the architecture, design, governance, and evolution of enterprise storage platforms across a global, mission-critical environment.

The successful candidate will serve as the architectural authority for storage, data management, disaster recovery, cyber resilience, and cloud storage services. This role requires deep expertise across SAN, NAS, Object Storage, Mainframe Storage, Cloud Storage, Backup, and Data Protection technologies, combined with strong leadership, product ownership, vendor management, and executive stakeholder engagement capabilities.

The VP Senior Storage Architect will define enterprise storage strategy, establish technology standards, drive modernization initiatives, ensure regulatory compliance, and provide technical leadership for large-scale transformation programs.

This role is particularly suited for candidates with experience supporting complex financial services, regulated industries, or other highly available environments where resilience, security, and compliance are paramount.

What we’ll offer you

As part of our adaptable scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy

Best in class leave policy

Gender neutral parental leaves

100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)

Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education

Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members

Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents

Accident and Term life Insurance

Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

Enterprise Storage Strategy & Architecture

Define and own the long-term enterprise storage architecture strategy and roadmap.

Develop strategic technology standards covering:

Block Storage

File Storage

Object Storage

Backup & Recovery

Cyber Recovery

Create target-state architectures aligned to business, regulatory, and technology objectives.

Drive modernization initiatives including:

Storage consolidation

Cloud adoption

Automation

AI-enabled operations

Platform simplification

Lead architecture reviews and provide governance across infrastructure programs.

Architecture Leadership

Act as the highest-level technical authority for enterprise storage services.

Review and approve solution architectures for major business initiatives.

Establish design principles, reference architectures, and engineering standards.

Provide technical leadership across global engineering, operations,



security, and application teams.

Conduct architecture assessments and provide recommendations for optimization and modernization.

Storage & Data Platform Ownership

Provide strategic ownership for

Enterprise SAN Platforms

Dell PowerMax

Pure Storage FlashArray

HPE Storage

NAS and File Services

NetApp ONTAP

NetApp CVO

Object Storage Platforms

NetApp StorageGRID

Dell ECS

Google Cloud Storage

SAN Fabrics

Cisco MDS

Brocade Fibre Channel

Cyber Resilience & Operational Resilience

Lead architecture for cyber recovery and cyber resilience services.

Define enterprise recovery strategies aligning to:

DORA

Operational Resilience

Regulatory compliance frameworks

Architect solutions involving

Immutable storage

Cyber vaults

Ransomware recovery

Collaborate with security teams on cyber recovery exercises and resilience testing.

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

Define storage replication standards.

Design enterprise recovery architectures supporting:

High availability

Cross-region recovery

Active-active architectures

Regional failover

Establish RPO/RTO standards for critical applications.

Ensure alignment between storage architecture and enterprise continuity strategies.

Product Ownership & Service Governance

Act as Product Owner for enterprise storage services.

Manage service strategy, roadmap, lifecycle, and investment planning.

Define KPIs and service maturity metrics.

Lead product governance forums and technical steering committees.

Ensure operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Vendor & Commercial Management

Manage relationships with strategic vendors including:

Dell Technologies

NetApp

Pure Storage

IBM

Cisco

Broadcom

HPE

Evaluate emerging technologies and vendor roadmaps.

Lead RFPs, technology evaluations, and strategic sourcing initiatives.

Support commercial negotiations and technology investment decisions.

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

Provide technical leadership across global teams.

Mentor senior architects and engineering teams.

Translate technical strategy into business outcomes and executive-level communications.

Your skills and experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline.





Experience- Mandatory

15+ years of infrastructure experience.

10+ years focused on enterprise storage technologies.

5+ years operating as Senior Architect, Lead Architect, Product Owner, or equivalent leadership role.

Experience supporting large-scale enterprise environments with global operations.

Experience within banking, financial services, insurance, healthcare, or other highly regulated industries.

Technical Skills - Storage Architecture

Robust expertise in

Enterprise SAN

NAS

Object Storage

Cloud Storage

Data Protection

Disaster Recovery

Storage Automation

Storage Platforms

Deep hands-on architecture expertise in:

Dell PowerMax

Dell PowerStore

Pure FlashArray

NetApp ONTAP

HPE Greenlake

StorageGRID

ECS

SAN Technologies

Cisco MDS

Brocade Directors

Fibre Channel

NVMe/FC

Cloud Platforms

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud Platform

Disaster Recovery

SRDF

MetroCluster

SnapMirror

ActiveCluster

Cyber Vault Solutions

Automation

Ansible

Python

Terraform

PowerShell

REST API Integration

Leadership Competencies The successful candidate must demonstrate:

Strategic Thinking

Technology Vision

Executive Presence

Strong Decision Making

Accountability

Vendor Management

Financial Acumen

Risk Awareness

Influencing Skills

Stakeholder Engagement

Coaching & Mentoring

Innovation Leadership

Preferred Certifications

Cloud

Azure Solutions Architect Expert

AWS Solutions Architect Professional

Google Cloud Professional Architect

Storage

NetApp NCDA / NCTA

Dell Proven Professional

IBM Storage Certification

Cisco Data Center Certifications

Agile/Product

SAFe

CSPO

PMP

Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.

How we’ll support you

Training and development to help you excel in your career

Coaching and support from experts in your team A culture of continuous learning to aid progression A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

About us and our teams

Please visit our company website for further information:

https://www.db.com/company/company.html

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.

📌 Senior Storage Architect, VP (Bengaluru)
🏢 Deutsche Bank
📍 Bengaluru