The Role
Design, build, and operate enterprise SAN, NAS, and HCI storage platforms across on‑prem and cloud. Provision volumes/LUNs/shares, manage connectivity (zoning, WWPN), optimize performance and capacity, implement replication/DR, automate provisioning, support migrations, perform RCA, maintain runbooks, and participate in 24x7 on‑call rotation.
Summary Generated by Built In
Summary:
The Storage Platform Engineer is responsible for designing, engineering, and operating enterprise storage platforms across a hybrid environment spanning on-prem data centers and cloud environments. This role focuses on SAN, NAS, and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) storage solutions including NetApp, Dell Isilon, Dell Unity, and HPE Alletra.
The ideal candidate is a hands-on storage engineer with deep expertise in storage protocols, connectivity models, and provisioning who can translate architectural designs into reliable, scalable, and high-performing storage solutions supporting enterprise workloads.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and support enterprise storage platforms across SAN, NAS, and HCI environments.
- Engineer and manage storage solutions including NetApp (ONTAP), Dell Isilon (PowerScale), Dell Unity, and HPE Alletra.
- Provision and manage storage resources including volumes, LUNs, shares, and file systems across multi-tenant environments.
- Configure and manage SAN environments including zoning, masking, and WWPN-based connectivity.
- Design and support storage connectivity models including Fibre Channel (FC), iSCSI, Direct Attached Storage (DAS), and NVMe-based storage architectures.
- Manage and optimize storage performance, capacity, and availability across platforms.
- Lead storage-related activities for system migrations, data center moves, and workload transitions.
- Work closely with server, virtualization, and application teams to align storage solutions with compute and workload requirements.
- Implement and maintain backup, replication, and disaster recovery strategies across storage platforms.
- Perform advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis (RCA) for storage and performance-related issues.
- Monitor storage systems and proactively address capacity, performance, and reliability risks.
- Maintain storage documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures.
- Ensure compliance with enterprise standards, data protection requirements, and configuration baselines.
- Drive automation and standardization of storage provisioning and management tasks where applicable.
- Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation, providing escalation support for storage and infrastructure incidents.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Skills and Competencies:
- Strong expertise in enterprise storage platforms including NetApp, Dell Isilon (PowerScale), Unity, and HPE Alletra.
- Deep understanding of storage networking concepts, including WWPN, zoning, masking, and SAN fabric design.
- Strong knowledge of storage protocols and connectivity models:
- Fibre Channel (FC)
- iSCSI
- Direct Attached Storage (DAS)
- NVMe / NVMe-over-Fabrics
- Experience with both block and file storage architecture.
- Strong understanding of storage performance tuning, IOPS, throughput, latency, and capacity planning.
- Experience with replication, snapshots, and disaster recovery strategies across storage platforms.
- Familiarity with virtualization integrations (VMware) and storage-backed workloads.
- Exposure to automation and scripting (PowerShell, Python, or vendor tools) for storage management.
- Ability to translate architecture into deployable storage solutions with high reliability.
- Strong troubleshooting skills across multi-platform infrastructure environments.
- Strong collaboration skills working with server, network, and application teams.
- Demonstrated ownership, accountability, and pride in delivering high-quality engineering outcomes.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
- 5 to 8+ years of experience in storage engineering or infrastructure engineering.
- Hands-on experience with enterprise SAN/NAS storage platforms.
- Strong experience with storage provisioning, zoning, and performance management.
- Experience supporting enterprise data center environments.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with HCI storage platforms and converged infrastructure stacks.
- Experience working alongside VMware and virtualization environments.
- Exposure to cloud-based storage services and hybrid storage architectures.
- Experience with automation and Infrastructure as Code concepts.
- Experience supporting large-scale storage environments and migrations.
- Exposure to backup platforms and data protection tools (Cohesity, Data Domain, etc.).
Required Licensing or Certifications:
- NetApp or Dell/EMC certifications
- Cloud certifications
- HCI certifications
Working Conditions:
- May require after‑hours, weekend, or off‑shift work during incidents, maintenance windows, or critical business events.
- Participation in a rotating 24x7 on‑call support model is required.
- If applicable, list the travel requirements for the job.
- Hybrid work 4:1, 1 day WFH.
Travel:
- Light travel, 10%.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
- 5 to 8+ years of experience in storage engineering or infrastructure engineering.
- Hands-on experience with enterprise SAN/NAS storage platforms (NetApp, Dell Isilon/PowerScale, Dell Unity, HPE Alletra).
- Experience with storage provisioning, zoning, masking, WWPN connectivity, and SAN fabric design.
- Deep knowledge of storage protocols: Fibre Channel (FC), iSCSI, Direct Attached Storage (DAS), NVMe/NVMe-over-Fabrics.
- Experience with storage performance tuning, IOPS/throughput/latency optimization, and capacity planning.
- Experience with replication, snapshots, disaster recovery strategies, and backup/data protection concepts.
- Familiarity with virtualization integrations (VMware) and storage-backed workloads.
- Experience with automation and scripting for storage management (PowerShell, Python, or vendor tools).
- Experience supporting enterprise data center environments.
- Participation in a 24x7 on-call rotation and ability to work after-hours for incidents/maintenance.
- NetApp or Dell/EMC certifications.
- Cloud certifications.
- HCI certifications.
- Experience with backup and data protection platforms (Cohesity, Data Domain).
- Exposure to cloud-based storage services and hybrid storage architectures.
- Experience with HCI storage platforms and converged infrastructure stacks.
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code concepts.
ADT Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ADT and has not been reviewed or approved by ADT.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a per‑paycheck company match and the possibility of an additional year‑end contribution is positioned as competitive. Feedback suggests this is a reliable anchor of total compensation value.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave, adoption/infertility support, and childcare discounts are highlighted as part of the package. Feedback suggests these offerings add meaningful non‑cash value across different employee groups.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Core medical/dental/vision coverage is paired with an EAP, wellbeing programs, and employee discounts, with noted emphasis on mental‑health initiatives. Eligibility beginning the first of the month after 31 days in many roles reinforces accessibility and day‑to‑day usefulness.
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