Contract - Storage Architect

Location: Pune

Experience: 7–11 Years

Employment Type: Contractor

Openings: 1

About The Role We are seeking an experienced Storage Architect with strong expertise in enterprise storage architecture, SAN/NAS technologies, disaster recovery, storage migration, capacity planning, and performance optimization . The role will involve designing storage solutions across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments, with exposure to platforms such as Dell EMC, NetApp, HPE, IBM, and cloud storage .

Job Description The Storage Architect will design and implement enterprise storage solutions and produce High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), architecture documentation, and implementation plans . The role covers storage modernization, consolidation, migration, replication, backup, and disaster recovery initiatives across large-scale environments.

The position requires collaboration with infrastructure, cloud, virtualization, database, and security teams to evaluate technologies, conduct architecture reviews, and address technical risks. The architect will also support POCs, technical workshops, customer discussions, and automation of storage operations using scripting and automation tools.

Key Responsibilities

• Design enterprise storage architectures for on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.
• Develop HLDs, LLDs, architecture documents, and implementation plans.
• Evaluate and recommend storage platforms and solutions based on business requirements.
• Design SAN, NAS, object storage, replication, backup, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Lead storage migration, modernization, consolidation, and transformation initiatives.
• Perform capacity planning, forecasting, performance analysis, and optimization.
• Define storage security, compliance, data protection, and governance standards.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, architecture reviews, POC support, and customer presentations.

Required Skills

• Storage Architecture and Solution Design
• Dell EMC: PowerMax, PowerStore, Unity, VMAX
• NetApp ONTAP
• HPE: 3PAR, Primera
• IBM Storage Solutions
• SAN/NAS technologies
• Fibre Channel (FC), iSCSI, zoning, masking, and multipathing
• Storage replication and Disaster Recovery
• Enterprise storage migration
• Capacity planning, performance analysis, and optimization
• VMware and virtualization platforms
• Backup technologies: NetBackup, Commvault, or Veeam
• Cloud storage: AWS, Azure, GCP
• PowerShell, Python, Ansible, or Shell scripting
• Architecture Patterns and Styles
• Migration Planning
• TCO Evaluation
• GCP Storage

Preferred / Good To Have

• Hybrid Cloud and Multi-Cloud Storage Architecture
• Storage Security and Data Governance
• ITIL and Service Management processes
• Infrastructure Transformation and Modernization
• Customer-facing solution architecture and stakeholder management
• Relevant certifications in Dell EMC, NetApp, IBM, HPE, Azure, AWS, or GCP

Mandatory Skills

• Architecture Patterns and Styles
• GCP Storage
• Migration Planning
• TCO Evaluation

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate should have strong experience in storage architecture and enterprise solution design , with hands-on exposure to storage platforms, SAN/NAS, migration, replication, disaster recovery, and cloud storage. The candidate should also be comfortable providing technical leadership, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and participating in customer-facing architecture activities.

Benefits Package

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• A collaborative and inclusive work environment
• The opportunity to work on exciting and challenging projects with leading clients