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Bright Vision Technologies•Alpharetta, GA

2d•$100,000 - $150,000•Remote

About The Position

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a skilled Storage Engineer (NetApp / Pure / Ceph) to join their dynamic team. This role is 100% remote within the Continental United States and is a full-time, direct W2 position with Bright Vision Technologies. The company is a forward-thinking software development firm focused on automating and optimizing business operations through innovative technology solutions. This position offers significant career growth potential within an established organization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
Five or more years of enterprise storage engineering experience.
Deep expertise in NetApp ONTAP or Pure Storage FlashArray/FlashBlade.
Hands-on experience with Ceph at production scale.
Strong understanding of SAN, NAS, and object storage protocols.
Experience with storage integration for VMware and Kubernetes (CSI).
Strong scripting and automation skills using Ansible, Terraform, or REST APIs.
Strong understanding of storage performance, capacity planning, and cost optimization.
Strong troubleshooting skills across storage, network, and host layers.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Must be willing to work directly as a full-time W2 employee of Bright Vision Technologies.
Technical coding assessment is mandatory.

Nice To Haves

Vendor certifications (NCDA, NCIE, Pure Storage certifications).
Experience with hybrid-cloud storage replication.
Familiarity with software-defined storage platforms beyond Ceph.
Experience with object storage at petabyte scale.
Exposure to AI/ML workloads with extreme I/O requirements.

Responsibilities

Design and operate enterprise storage platforms across NetApp ONTAP, Pure Storage FlashArray/FlashBlade, and Ceph.
Implement and manage SAN, NAS, and object storage across data center and cloud environments.
Build storage solutions for VMware, Kubernetes (CSI drivers), and database workloads.
Design and operate replication, snapshot, and backup strategies for critical data assets.
Implement and operate cloud-tiered storage with FabricPool, CloudVolumes, or equivalent.
Build storage automation using Ansible, Terraform, REST APIs, and platform-native automation.
Operate Ceph clusters including OSD lifecycle, CRUSH maps, RGW, RBD, and CephFS.
Design and operate storage performance management for high-throughput and latency-sensitive workloads.
Implement data protection strategies including ransomware protection and immutable snapshots.
Build storage observability across capacity, performance, and health dimensions, surfacing the signals operators need to spot capacity pressure, performance regressions, and failing components before users feel the impact.
Lead storage upgrades, firmware lifecycle management, and security patching across the storage estate, planning each campaign to maintain availability for the workloads dependent on the platform.
Drive storage cost optimization including deduplication, compression, and tiering strategies.
Troubleshoot complex storage issues spanning array, network, and host layers.
Stay current with storage industry developments and emerging platforms, regularly review release notes and community discussions, and translate noteworthy advances into concrete recommendations and adoption proposals for the team.