Storage Design Engineer

Position Objective: Design, architect, and govern enterprise storage infrastructure based on Dell and NetApp technologies. Responsible for delivering scalable, secure, highly available, and high-performance storage solutions supporting mission-critical applications, virtualization, cloud platforms, Kubernetes/OpenShift, backup & disaster recovery initiatives Job Description & Responsibilities: - Design end-to-end enterprise storage solutions using Dell PowerMax, PowerStore, Unity XT, ECS, and NetApp AFF, FAS, and ONTAP platforms. - Develop High-Level Designs (HLD), Low-Level Designs (LLD), implementation plans, migration strategies, and technical documentation. - Perform storage sizing, capacity planning, forecasting, and performance analysis based on business and application requirements. - Design SAN, NAS, Object Storage, Fibre Channel, NVMe, iSCSI, and IP storage architectures. - Design storage solutions for VMware, Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, and cloud environments using CSI integration. - Implement high availability, snapshots, replication, Metro/Global replication, backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions. - Evaluate and validate Dell and NetApp solutions, ensuring compliance with security, governance, and business requirements. - Prepare and review RFPs, RFIs, RFQs, BOQs, technical specifications, and vendor proposals. - Support technology refresh, storage modernization, and data migration initiatives with minimal business disruption. - Optimize storage utilization, performance, automation, and lifecycle management. - Collaborate with server, virtualization, network, cybersecurity, database, backup, and application teams. - Perform Proof of Concepts (PoCs) and recommend new technologies and best practices. - Provide technical governance throughout the project lifecycle and ensure adherence to enterprise architecture standards. - Support root cause analysis for complex storage issues and define preventive improvements. Qualifications & Experience: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. - Minimum 5 years of enterprise storage design experience. - Hands-on experience with Dell PowerMax, PowerStore, Unity XT, ECS, and NetApp ONTAP, AFF, and FAS. - Strong knowledge of SAN, NAS, Object Storage, Fibre Channel, NVMe, iSCSI, snapshots, replication, and storage networking. - Experience with VMware vSphere, Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes CSI, and Linux environments. - Experience preparing HLDs, LLDs, BOQs, RFPs, and technical evaluations. - Excellent analytical, communication, stakeholder management, and documentation skills.