Sr IT Engineer- Storage & Backup

Honeywell • Phoenix, AZ

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About The Position

The future is shaped by our actions. At Honeywell, employees join a global team of professionals committed to innovation and progress. Our initiatives span advancements in aviation, sustainable jet fuel development, intelligent building solutions, and life-support technologies for space exploration. Employment at Honeywell offers opportunities beyond technological development, providing access to diverse career paths across multiple industries. The Enterprise Services Data Center & Networks Organization is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing a modern information systems infrastructure that serves approximately 110,000 employees in over 500 locations across more than 65 countries. We leverage leading-edge technologies to ensure scalable, high-performance, and reliable infrastructure services globally. Our services encompass connectivity, hosting, virtualization, storage, collaboration, integration, computing, and business transaction solutions, utilizing cloud-first strategies, automation, analytics, “as a Service” models, big data, and software-defined systems. We are looking for a Senior Storage and Backup Engineer to manage and enhance our advanced storage and backup systems. In this role, you will lead the architecture, engineering, and support of Honeywell’s storage and backup environments as part of the Enterprise Compute Infrastructure team. Your responsibilities will include gathering requirements, helping design, recommending, and implementing on-premises and cloud storage solutions. Expertise is required in technologies like NetApp, Nasuni for cloud-based storage, VAST for block storage, and Rubrik for backup solutions. You’ll also identify opportunities to optimize existing systems to increase reliability and availability and regularly participate in Disaster Recovery exercises. Experience with tools such as ServiceNow and Splunk is necessary, as well as working with automation platforms like CHEF or Tanium.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in a technical discipline such as science, technology, engineering, mathematics
• Minimum of 8 years of SAN and Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems experience on NetApp Storage in an enterprise environment. Also having experience in cloud-based storage such as Nasuni.
• Minimum of 8 years of enterprise backup technology such as Rubrik including maintaining and troubleshooting large (2000 or more clients) mission critical installations across multiple locations and performing recovery as needed within SLA.
• Expertise in cloud data protection and storage solutions, particularly with GCP, AWS and Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with major backup solutions, especially Rubrik, and an understanding of cloud-based backup services.
• Capacity planning, performance optimization experience
• Experience with supporting mission critical infrastructure operations
• Familiarity with IT Service Management tools such as ServiceNow and having experience with monitoring and reporting using Splunk.
• Knowledge of networking concepts and protocols (TCP/IP, VPN, NFS/SMB/CIFS/SCSI).
• Experience with Installation, Racking & Stacking of Hardware both for Storage and Backup Devices.
• Creation and maintenance of runbook and standards documentation management and audit support.
• Experience in automation using CHEF or Tanium.
• Proficient in scripting for automation (PowerShell, Python, Bash).
• Ability to travel approximately 15%

Nice To Haves

• Strong leadership communication and executive presence
• 8+ years of SAN/NAS experience with major vendors (e.g., NetApp, Nasuni)
• Expertise in backup solutions (Rubrik, CommVault, NetBackup)
• Experience with cloud storage technologies like Nasuni
• Program, change management, and influencing skills
• Business acumen and customer focus
• Experience with hyper-converged infrastructure (Dell VXRail, VRTX, Flex OS)
• Proficiency in VMware, Linux, and Windows
• Experience building management operating systems
• Ability to solve complex problems independently
• Creative and collaborative problem-solving skills
• Clear assignment expectations and deliverable management
• Decisive under complexity
• Talent attraction, motivation, and development
• Technical certifications in VMware or hyperconverged systems
• Effective cross-functional partnership and process improvement skills
• Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions
• Knowledge of IT processes, including ITIL
• Skill in partnering with customers to define and solve problems
• Analytical approach to complex issues
• Experience with data protection, business continuity, and disaster recovery
• Strong interpersonal, listening, and teamwork skills
• Self-motivated with a bias for action
• Change agent promoting continuous improvement
• Excellent written, verbal, and collaborative communication, including at the executive level

Responsibilities

• Storage Management: Oversee the architecture, engineering, and support of on-premises and cloud-based storage solutions such as NetApp and Nasuni.
• Backup Solutions : Implement and manage robust backup strategies utilizing Rubrik CDM and Rubrik Security Cloud.
• Performance Optimization: Monitor, troubleshoot, and enhance the performance of SAN and NAS environments.
• Capacity Planning: Assist in planning for future storage capacity requirements and optimize current infrastructures along with the on-boarding of sites to be incorporated into the DCN support model and manage projects within support of these activities.
• Influential regarding technology roadmaps related to storage and backup technologies.
• Disaster Recovery: Participate in regular disaster recovery exercises to ensure data integrity and availability.
• Optimization: Provide oversite of Honeywell IT in storage platform optimization, monitoring and lifecycle management. Facilitate moving of workloads to/from on-prem cloud to off-prem cloud.
• Collaboration : Work closely with cross-functional teams to support application and infrastructure-related issues.
• Project Management: Lead projects for onboarding sites into support models and manage related activities.
• Professional Expectations: Available for on-call and weekend maintenance, Coordinate with vendors for support and hardware needs, collaborate across IT teams to align storage with organizational goals

Benefits

• In addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Honeywell employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package.
• This package includes employer subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays.
• For more Honeywell Benefits information visit: https://benefits.honeywell.com/

What This Job Offers

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