Senior Storage Engineer

Exp - 8+ Yrs

Backup Storage

Location - Banglore/Chennai

5 days WFO

Description: Storage, Backup and Cyber Resiliency SME

Location-Bangalore,chennai

Role Title: Storage, Backup and Cyber Resiliency SME / Lead Engineer

Role Summary: We are looking for a strong Storage, Backup and Cyber Resiliency SME with hands-on experience across on-premises, colocation, VMware, AWS, VMC on AWS, NetApp, Dell storage and enterprise backup environments. The candidate should be able to assess the current storage and backup landscape, reduce dependency on vendors, identify operational gaps, support cloud migration initiatives, and improve service transparency, resiliency, utilization, and cost optimization across hybrid infrastructure environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess and document the current storage, backup, cyber recovery, VMware, cloud and colocation footprint across APAC, EMEA and North America environments.
• Work closely with vendor teams, cloud teams, VMware teams, application teams and internal stakeholders to clarify ownership, map dependencies and resolve operational gaps.
• Manage storage administration activities including provisioning, capacity planning, utilization monitoring, performance review, allocation, expansion and day-to-day support.
• Support backup administration, restore operations, retention policy alignment, backup failure resolution and long-term retention requirements including seven- and ten-year compliance-driven retention.
• Support migration from legacy colo and VMware environments to AWS, VMC on AWS, EC2, FSx for ONTAP and future GCP environments where applicable.
• Implement and support cyber resiliency capabilities including immutable backups, cyber vaulting, clean-room recovery, isolated recovery environments, data scanning and RTO/RPO validation.
• Drive cost optimization by analyzing storage allocation, snapshot retention, backup utilization, infrastructure sizing and lower-cost platform alternatives.
• Contribute to automation using Terraform or similar infrastructure automation tools for repeatable provisioning, configuration and operational efficiency.

Storage Lead

Experience: 8–12 Years

Location: Bangalore / Pune / Hyderabad

Work Mode: Hybrid

Position: Storage Lead

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Storage Lead with strong expertise in enterprise storage administration and infrastructure management. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with HPE Alletra and NAS, along with good knowledge of NetApp storage environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage enterprise storage infrastructure.
• Administer, configure, and troubleshoot HPE Alletra storage systems.
• Manage and support NAS environments.
• Perform storage provisioning, capacity management, and performance monitoring.
• Handle storage incidents, troubleshooting, upgrades, migrations, and maintenance.
• Monitor storage health, availability, performance, and capacity.
• Perform configuration and optimization of storage environments.
• Work on storage-related incidents and provide timely resolution within SLA.
• Support data migration and storage expansion activities.
• Coordinate with server, network, virtualization, backup, and application teams.
• Maintain storage documentation, procedures, and infrastructure records.
• Provide technical leadership and guide team members on storage-related issues.

Mandatory Skills

• Storage Administration – Mandatory
• HPE Alletra – Mandatory
• NAS – Mandatory
• Strong troubleshooting and performance-monitoring skills.

Secondary Skills

• NetApp Storage
• SAN/NAS technologies
• Storage replication and data migration
• Backup and disaster recovery concepts
• ITIL / Incident / Change Management

Candidate Profile

• 8–12 years of relevant experience in Storage Administration/Engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with HPE Alletra and NAS.
• Good communication, troubleshooting, and leadership skills.
• Experienced candidates only.