Early Career: IT Infrastructure - Storage Engineer

Texas Instruments • Dallas, TX

22h

About The Position

In this role you will: Architecture & Strategy - Define and own the enterprise storage architecture strategy, roadmap, and standards across SAN, NAS, Object Storage, and Software-Defined Storage platforms - Lead the evaluation, selection, and adoption of emerging storage technologies - Architect multi-site, globally distributed storage solutions with disaster recovery, business continuity, and high availability requirements - Establish storage capacity planning models, performance benchmarking, and TCO analysis methodologies - Drive storage infrastructure modernization initiatives and technology refresh cycles Technical Leadership - Design complex storage solutions for enterprise-scale deployments supporting diverse workloads including databases, virtualization, containerization, HPC, AI/ML, and big data analytics - Lead architecture reviews, provide technical guidance, and make design decisions for critical storage projects - Establish best practices, design patterns, and reference architectures for storage infrastructure - Define SLAs, performance metrics, and operational KPIs for storage services - Evaluate and architect storage automation, orchestration, and self-service capabilities using Infrastructure-as-Code principles Technology Expertise - Architect solutions leveraging: - Enterprise SAN/NAS platforms (Hitachi, NetApp, Dell EMC, Pure Storage) - Object Storage systems (S3-compatible platforms including HCP, ECS, NetApp GRID) - Software-Defined Storage and hyper-converged infrastructure - Storage networking (FC, iSCSI, NVMe-oF, RDMA) - Data protection technologies (snapshots, replication, backup/recovery) - Storage virtualization and tiering strategies - Architect data lifecycle management, retention policies, and compliance frameworks Collaboration & Governance - Partner with application teams, database administrators, virtualization team and infrastructure teams to understand requirements and design optimal solutions - Collaborate with security and compliance teams to ensure storage solutions meet regulatory and data governance requirements - Work with vendors on technology roadmaps, proof-of-concepts, and strategic partnerships - Present architecture proposals and business cases to senior leadership and steering committees - Mentor storage administrators and SREs, providing technical training and knowledge transfer Innovation & Continuous Improvement - Research emerging technologies including NVMe and AI-driven storage management - Drive automation initiatives to reduce operational overhead and improve service delivery - Establish performance optimization strategies and cost optimization frameworks - Lead proof-of-concept initiatives and pilot programs for new storage technologies

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related degree
• 3-5 years of experience in storage infrastructure
• at least 3 years in architecture/design roles
• Proven track record of designing and implementing enterprise-scale storage solutions in large, complex environments

Nice To Haves

• Deep expertise across multiple storage platforms and technologies
• Experience designing storage solutions supporting petabytes in production environments
• Proven success leading large-scale storage transformation and modernization programs
• Background in high-performance computing (HPC) storage or AI/ML data platform architectures
• Proficient in data protection strategies and storage management/monitoring tools
• Designs scalable, high-availability storage solutions including multi-site DR architectures with optimized RPO/RTO
• Experienced in capacity planning, storage tiering, and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible)
• Solid understanding of virtualization, containerization (VMware, Kubernetes, OpenShift), and container storage (CSI drivers)
• Working knowledge of database storage needs, Linux/Windows OS, and scripting/automation (Bash, APIs, CI/CD)
• Communicates complex technical concepts clearly to executive audiences and cross-functional stakeholders
• Skilled at translating business needs into technical architecture and mentoring technical teams
• Strategic, innovative thinker with strong business acumen and a data-driven approach to problem-solving
• Certifications - Storage vendors(Hitachi Vantara, NetApp NCIE, Dell EMC, Pure Storage)
• Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)

Responsibilities

• Define and own the enterprise storage architecture strategy, roadmap, and standards across SAN, NAS, Object Storage, and Software-Defined Storage platforms
• Lead the evaluation, selection, and adoption of emerging storage technologies
• Architect multi-site, globally distributed storage solutions with disaster recovery, business continuity, and high availability requirements
• Establish storage capacity planning models, performance benchmarking, and TCO analysis methodologies
• Drive storage infrastructure modernization initiatives and technology refresh cycles
• Design complex storage solutions for enterprise-scale deployments supporting diverse workloads including databases, virtualization, containerization, HPC, AI/ML, and big data analytics
• Lead architecture reviews, provide technical guidance, and make design decisions for critical storage projects
• Establish best practices, design patterns, and reference architectures for storage infrastructure
• Define SLAs, performance metrics, and operational KPIs for storage services
• Evaluate and architect storage automation, orchestration, and self-service capabilities using Infrastructure-as-Code principles
• Architect solutions leveraging Enterprise SAN/NAS platforms (Hitachi, NetApp, Dell EMC, Pure Storage)
• Architect solutions leveraging Object Storage systems (S3-compatible platforms including HCP, ECS, NetApp GRID)
• Architect solutions leveraging Software-Defined Storage and hyper-converged infrastructure
• Architect solutions leveraging Storage networking (FC, iSCSI, NVMe-oF, RDMA)
• Architect solutions leveraging Data protection technologies (snapshots, replication, backup/recovery)
• Architect solutions leveraging Storage virtualization and tiering strategies
• Architect data lifecycle management, retention policies, and compliance frameworks
• Partner with application teams, database administrators, virtualization team and infrastructure teams to understand requirements and design optimal solutions
• Collaborate with security and compliance teams to ensure storage solutions meet regulatory and data governance requirements
• Work with vendors on technology roadmaps, proof-of-concepts, and strategic partnerships
• Present architecture proposals and business cases to senior leadership and steering committees
• Mentor storage administrators and SREs, providing technical training and knowledge transfer
• Research emerging technologies including NVMe and AI-driven storage management
• Drive automation initiatives to reduce operational overhead and improve service delivery
• Establish performance optimization strategies and cost optimization frameworks
• Lead proof-of-concept initiatives and pilot programs for new storage technologies

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level