Cloud Storage Platform Engineer
About The Position
The Cloud Storage Platform Engineer designs, builds, and improves enterprise storage and data protection services in AWS and Azure. The role uses Infrastructure-as-Code to automate backup, recovery, storage provisioning, and cyber resiliency while ensuring cloud storage platforms meet enterprise standards for security, operations, and compliance. The position is based in Buffalo, New York, with a hybrid arrangement requiring four days in the office. The engineer delivers reliable, secure, and scalable storage solutions in collaboration with cloud, security, application, and operations teams. The role also contributes to continuous improvement, incident response, root cause analysis, and patching and maintenance cycles.
Requirements
- A combined minimum of 8 years of higher education and/or work experience in systems design, management, and/or architecture.
- At least 3 years of experience in infrastructure, storage, or cloud engineering.
- Hands-on experience with AWS storage and data protection services, such as S3, EBS, EFS, FSx, AWS Backup, and Glacier.
- Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
- Scripting or programming experience in Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
- Understanding of backup and recovery concepts, including RPO/RTO, retention, replication, and disaster recovery.
- Familiarity with security controls such as IAM, KMS encryption, and least-privilege access.
- Experience with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong automation-first mindset, analytical and structured problem-solving skills, and clear written and verbal communication.
- Ability to work across teams in a regulated enterprise environment and commitment to continuous learning and improvement.
Nice To Haves
- AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, or DevOps Engineer.
- Experience with enterprise backup platforms such as Commvault, Rubrik, Cohesity, or Veeam in hybrid or cloud environments.
- Knowledge of cyber resiliency practices such as air-gapped and immutable backups and ransomware recovery.
- Experience with compliance frameworks such as SOX, PCI-DSS, NIST, or FFIEC.
- Familiarity with configuration management tools such as Ansible and policy-as-code tools such as AWS Config, Service Control Policies (SCPs), or OPA.
- Experience with monitoring and reporting tools such as CloudWatch, Splunk, or Grafana.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement enterprise storage and data protection services in AWS, including S3, EBS, EFS, FSx, and AWS Backup.
- Develop Infrastructure-as-Code using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK to automate backup, recovery, storage provisioning, and cyber resiliency workflows.
- Build repeatable automation for provisioning, configuration management, monitoring, reporting, and policy enforcement.
- Align cloud storage platforms with enterprise standards, operational procedures, security controls, and regulatory and compliance requirements.
- Strengthen cyber resiliency through immutable backups, vault lock, cross-account and cross-region replication, and tested recovery procedures.
- Implement monitoring and reporting for backup success, capacity, cost, and compliance posture.
- Create and maintain runbooks, architecture diagrams, and standard operating procedures.
- Collaborate with cloud, security, application, and operations teams to deliver secure and scalable storage solutions.
- Participate in continuous improvement efforts, incident response, root cause analysis, and patching and maintenance cycles.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
