Job Description
Role: Cloud Storage Engineer
Tech Stack: Azure and Google Cloud
Location: Chennai
Mandatory Skills: Netapp Storage .
Experience: 5-8 Years .
Roles & Responsibilities
- Contribute towards the evaluation and proof of concepts for new cloud storage products and technologies.
- Design and build enterprise-class cloud storage solutions across Azure and GCP, ensuring scalability, security, and cost optimisation.
- Develop and maintain DevOps CI/CD pipelines for storage deployments and automation.
- Build automation for re-certification, upgrades, evergreen processes, and production support functions; integrate APIs between systems and validate interoperability.
- Document engineering standards, best practices, and SOPs for production build and support teams to enable rapid global adoption.
- Test, certify, and validate cloud storage products and services; ensure smooth handover to production build, deployment, and support teams with comprehensive documentation.
- Manage risks and ensure adherence to organisational security policies and regulatory standards.
- Implement Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) for storage services.
- Provide Level 2/3 production support for storage environments; coordinate problem resolution across functional areas and act as SME for diagnosing and resolving complex issues.
- Analyse storage system behaviour and baselines, resolve complex I/O problems, and recommend optimal storage layouts based on data usage and criticality.
- Lead migration projects from on-premises to cloud storage platforms and implement backup, disaster recovery, and archival strategies aligned with compliance requirements.
- Monitor and optimise storage performance and capacity utilisation.
- Manage incident resolution, root cause analysis, and preventive measures.
- Maintain inventory of storage resources and ensure timely refresh/upgrades.
- Provide technical support for storage-related issues across environments.
Qualifications
- University-level degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field with 10+ years of experience, including 8+ years in storage engineering and 3+ years in cloud storage.
- Demonstrable expertise in cloud storage platforms: Azure Blob/Files, GCP Cloud Storage, and hybrid storage architectures (SAN/NAS).
- Experience with enterprise storage technologies such as Dell EMC VNX, NetApp CVO..
- Strong knowledge of automation tools and scripting: Terraform, Ansible, Python, and API integration.
- Familiarity with security practices: IAM, encryption, key management, compliance frameworks, and CSPM for cloud storage.
- Proven experience in large-scale migrations, BAU support, and performance tuning for storage systems.
- Exposure to Agile methodologies and tools like JIRA, Confluence.
- Ability to work under pressure, collaborate across time zones, and maintain a positive, solution-oriented attitude.
Certifications (Preferred)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
- Google Professional Cloud Architect or Storage Engineer.
