Principal Storage Engineer
About The Position
As a Principal Storage Engineer, you will design, implement, and manage enterprise-grade storage solutions that support business-critical workloads across the firm’s financial services. You’ll work within a team of technical engineers responsible for distributed block storage infrastructure, ensuring secure, highly available storage services for critical applications. You’ll join an international team of engineers delivering best-in-class distributed storage services. Your expertise will help drive strategic technology decisions supporting financial customers. Through collaboration with leadership, product management, architecture, and support teams, you’ll ensure timely delivery of critical initiatives.
Requirements
- Proven experience in distributed storage engineering, including product selection, implementation, and lifecycle management
- 10+ years managing block storage platforms
- Deep knowledge of data replication, snapshots, and disaster recovery solutions
- Hands-on experience with multiple block storage arrays and vendors
- Expertise in large Fiber Channel SAN environments and iSCSI protocol
- Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to identify root causes of storage incidents
- Background in capacity planning and performance optimization
- Security-first mindset ensuring compliance and protection of critical systems
- Solid computer science foundation across distributed compute and storage
- Deep understanding of storage technologies (SAN/Block, NAS, Object, Cloud)
- Practical experience with storage protocols (Fiber Channel, iSCSI, NVMe)
- Ability to manage technology lifecycle and maintain compliance
- Strong coding skills for automation of operations
- Solid grasp of cybersecurity principles for secure solutions
- Experience with one or more general-purpose programming languages
- Ability to manage vendor relationships and influence product development
- Leadership and crisis management during critical incidents
- Clear communication skills for executive updates and technical discussions
- Strong prioritization and project management abilities
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with server and networking technologies
- Knowledge of cloud storage and computing
Responsibilities
- Managing lifecycle of multiple vendor block storage platforms
- Performing hardware break/fix, firmware updates, and capacity management
- Certifying new capabilities through regression testing
- Managing SAN infrastructure supporting large physical and virtual server environments
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Education Level
No Education Listed
