Senior Storage Engineer
Experience Required: 10+ Years Level: Senior / Lead Function: Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering
6+ months contract role.
Need support till 12.30 am mid night - IST

About the Role
We're looking for a seasoned Senior Storage Engineer who brings deep expertise across enterprise, cloud, and software-defined storage platforms. This person has spent 10+ years navigating the full spectrum of storage technology — from traditional SAN/NAS to up-to-date cloud-native and software-defined solutions — and can lead complex initiatives independently. You'll be a go-to technical authority, driving architecture decisions, evaluating emerging vendors, and helping the organization make smart, well-informed storage investments.

What You'll Do
Technical Leadership & Project Delivery
- Own and drive storage projects end-to-end — from requirements gathering and design through implementation and handoff — with minimal supervision
- Lead technical discussions, design reviews, and architecture decisions with stakeholders at all levels




- Conduct technology stack comparisons and evaluations — presenting clear, data-driven recommendations on storage platforms, vendors, and architectures
- Define and maintain storage standards, best practices, and runbooks
- Stay current on emerging storage vendors and technologies and bring relevant insights back to the team

Platform Engineering & Operations
- Administer, optimize, and troubleshoot enterprise storage platforms including NetApp ONTAP, Pure Storage FlashArray/FlashBlade, Dell EMC Isilon/PowerScale, VAST Data, and other emerging vendors
- Manage storage provisioning, capacity planning, performance tuning, and lifecycle management across all platforms
- Implement and maintain data protection strategies — snapshots, replication, backup integration, and disaster recovery
- Monitor storage health, respond to incidents, and drive root cause analysis for recurring issues

Cloud Storage Engineering
- Design, deploy, and manage clo

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