Storage Systems Administrator

Semtech • Colorado Springs, CO

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role combines hands-on technical expertise with contributions to long-term infrastructure strategy in a fast-moving semiconductor environment. As part of the global IT Engineering team, the Storage Systems Administrator manages and maintains the company’s global storage estate, including on-premises NetApp and Pure Storage arrays, AWS cloud storage services, and the Druva backup/DR platform. This net-new role supports approximately 2,100 users across 30+ sites in North America, EMEA, and APAC, including mainland China. The ideal candidate has deep hands-on experience with storage arrays, storage protocols, and cloud storage services. Working closely with IT Infrastructure, Security, and Cloud teams, this role helps ensure data resilience, performance, and security for a growing global semiconductor company.

Requirements

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
• Minimum of 3 years of storage architecture, deployment, administration, performance monitoring/tuning, security hardening, troubleshooting and production operations.
• Hands-on experience with NetApp and Pure storage arrays.
• Hands-on experience on server OSs (GNU/Linux, Microsoft Windows)
• Deep understanding of storage protocols (NFS, CIFS/SMB, iSCSI, FC)
• Working knowledge with AWS storage services (S3, EBS, FSx).

Nice To Haves

• AWS certification (Architect)
• Experience with virtualization and containerization (e.g., VMware, KVM)
• Experience of deployments in AWS
• NetApp and Pure certifications would be a plus

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain NetApp (ONTAP) and Pure Storage arrays across multiple global sites provisioning, capacity planning, performance tuning, firmware/OS upgrades.(30%)
• Manage and monitor Druva backup jobs, retention policies, and restore operations; troubleshoot backup failures and validate recovery point/time objectives (20%)
• Support AWS storage services (FSx ONTAP, FSx Lustre, S3, EBS) used in multi-region EDA infrastructure, including SnapMirror-based replication from on-prem to cloud (20%)
• Participate in storage migrations, hardware refreshes, and datacenter/colocation transitions. (5%)
• Collaborate with systems, network and security teams on cross-functional issues (25%)

What This Job Offers

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