Storage Engineer
Yerevan, Armenia · Full time
We are seeking a Storage Engineer to design, implement, and maintain enterprise-grade storage infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments. This role focuses on delivering high-performance, scalable, and secure storage solutions that support mission-critical applications and large-scale data services.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect and implement scalable storage infrastructure for diverse workloads
- Monitor storage performance, reliability, and capacity utilization
- Design and execute data protection and disaster recovery strategies
- Collaborate with infrastructure teams to ensure seamless storage integration
- Participate in storage-related incident response, troubleshooting, and resolution
Required Skills & Experience
Cloud-Native Storage
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes storage solutions (Ceph, Longhorn, Linstor)
- Implementation and management of CSI drivers
- Persistent volume management and storage class design
Enterprise Storage Hardware
- Experience with enterprise storage platforms such as Dell PowerScale (Isilon) or equivalent
- Storage array configuration, tuning, and lifecycle management
- Hardware troubleshooting and capacity planning
File & Block Storage
- Design and maintenance of large-scale NFS/SMB environments
- High-performance storage architecture and optimization
- Implementation of block storage protocols (iSCSI, etc.)
- Storage networking and multipathing configuration
Object Storage
- Deployment and management of S3-compatible solutions (vendor-based or self-hosted)
- Experience with MinIO and Ceph Object Gateway
- Object storage lifecycle policies and tiering strategies
Security & Access Control
- RBAC-based storage security implementation
- Data encryption at rest and in transit
- Access control policies and audit compliance
Hardware & RAID
- Configuration and management of server-based RAID systems
- Storage hardware performance tuning
- Disk failure handling and replacement procedures
Data Protection
- Large-scale backup solution design and implementation
- Disaster recovery planning for petabyte-scale environments
- Data retention and compliance policy implementation
Preferred Qualifications
- Storage vendor certifications (Dell, NetApp, HPE, etc.)
- Experience with software-defined storage platforms
- Familiarity with storage performance benchmarking and analysis tools