Senior Engineer - Storage and Data Protection

Core42; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Yearly bonus

Discount cards (Esaad & Fazaa)

Premium family insurance

Learning & development platforms

Job summary

Core42 is a leader in AI-powered cloud and digital infrastructure delivering sovereign AI infrastructure solutions. The Senior Engineer - Storage and Data Protection designs, implements, and operates large-scale storage across Cloud and HPC, ensuring performance, reliability, and security.

You will collaborate with architecture, security, and operations teams to optimize capacity, observability, and disaster recovery, while delivering robust, scalable storage across block, file, and object

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technology discipline.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing, implementing, and managing large-scale storage and data protection platforms.
• Strong hands-on experience with software-defined storage solutions across block, file, and object storage services.
• Hands-on experience with storage vendors such as HPE, Dell, NetApp, Hitachi, IBM, Pure Storage, or VAST Data.
• Good understanding of storage protocols and interfaces (iSCSI, S3, NFS, Fibre Channel, NVMe/TCP).
• Proficiency in Linux administration, kernel concepts, and storage stack troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Co-design, implement, and operate petabyte-scale storage solutions across Cloud and HPC environments.
• Collaborate with architecture and engineering teams on storage and backup solution design.
• Perform capacity planning and support forecasting for storage platforms.
• Improve storage reliability, high availability, and operational resilience.
• Analyze and optimize storage performance, throughput, latency, and resource utilization.
• Provide expert support including on-call, root cause analysis, and vendor escalation.
• Collaborate with security teams to ensure secure, hardened storage and backups.
• Create and maintain technical documentation and runbooks.
• Improve support workflows and observability, logging, and monitoring.

Skills

Linux administration

Scripting (Python, Bash)

Security & compliance

Networking basics

IAM/Authorization

Observability/Monitoring

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Docker

HPE/Dell/NetApp storage hardware

Red Hat Ceph, Scality, MinIO, Cloudian

Zabbix/Nagios/Prometheus/Grafana/ELK

Job description

Senior Engineer - Storage and Data Protection

About Us

Core42, a leader in AI-powered cloud and digital infrastructure, is driving transformative technology solutions globally. Leveraging advanced resources and partnerships, Core42 empowers clients to harness sovereign AI infrastructure, especially in sectors with stringent regulatory needs. With a mission to redefine digital transformation, we combine sovereign capabilities with scalable, high-performance compute infrastructure, positioning itself at the forefront of AI innovation in the Middle East and beyond

Role

The Senior Engineer - Storage and Data Protection contributes to the design, implementation, and provides expert support for large scale storage infrastructure, ensuring high levels of performance, scalability, reliability, and security. The role is hands-on and focuses on delivering, operating, troubleshooting, and optimizing block, file, and object storage, and backup platforms across Cloud and Infrastructure environments.

Responsibilities

• Co-design, implement, and operate petabyte-scale block, file, and object storage solutions as core components of Cloud and HPC environments.
• Collaborate with architecture and engineering teams on storage and backup technology evaluation, integration, and solution design.
• Perform capacity planning and support forecasting to ensure storage platforms meet current and future demand.
• Implement technical changes to improve storage reliability, high availability, and operational resilience.
• Analyze and optimize storage performance, including throughput, latency, efficiency, and resource utilization.
• Implement and support selected technologies.
• Contribute to design and enhance storage observability, logging, and monitoring capabilities in collaboration with observability and operations teams.
• Provide expert support, including on-call support, root cause analysis, complex troubleshooting, and escalation management with vendor support.
• Collaborate with security teams to ensure storage and backup platforms are secure, hardened, and compliant with cybersecurity requirements.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including implementation guides, operational procedures, diagrams, and knowledge base articles.
• Work with process and operations teams to improve support workflows, operational procedures, and collaboration efficiency.

Qualification, Experience, Competence and Certifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technology discipline.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing, implementing, and managing large-scale storage and data protection platforms.
• Strong hands-on experience with software-defined storage solutions across block, file, and object storage services.
• Hands-on experience implementing, managing, and optimizing storage systems from vendors such as HPE, Dell, NetApp, Hitachi, IBM, Pure Storage, or VAST Data.
• Good understanding of storage protocols and interfaces such as iSCSI, S3, NFS, Fibre Channel, FCoE, NVMe/TCP, and related technologies.
• Proficiency in Linux administration, Linux kernel concepts, and storage stack troubleshooting.
• Experience managing object storage platforms such as Red Hat Ceph, Scality, MinIO, Cloudian HyperStore, Qumulo S3, or Dell ECS is highly desirable.
• Experience with cloud-native backup and DR solutions for OpenStack, such as Trilio, Hystax, Rubrik, or Zerto, is a plus.
• Familiarity with container platforms such as OpenShift, Kubernetes, and Docker, including container storage concepts such as CSI, and PVC.
• Experience integrating identity, access management, and authorization solutions such as PKI, LDAP, OAuth, and OpenID Connect.
• Good knowledge of backup systems, disaster recovery principles, data protection strategies, RPO/RTO, and recovery validation.
• Hands-on experience with encryption, hardening, security controls, and compliance requirements for storage and backup platforms.
• Solid understanding of data center networking concepts and technologies, including the OSI model, TCP/IP, firewalls, routing, VLAN/VXLAN, and related protocols.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Zabbix, Nagios, Prometheus, Grafana, and the ELK Stack.
• Understanding of CI/CD principles, Infrastructure as Code, and software-defined infrastructure practices.
• Strong scripting or programming skills using Python, Go, Bash, or similar languages.

What working at Core42 offers

With a diverse team of 1,100+ employees from 68 nationalities, we foster an inclusive, innovative and collaborative environment. At Core42, we foster a culture grounded in trust, accountability and high performance. We are united by our values: Grit, where we overcome challenges with resilience and determination, Passion, which drives us to pursue excellence in everything we do, and Impact, as we aim to inspire progress and create meaningful change. Our team members thrive in an environment where each person’s contributions propel us forward, and together, we commit to achieving extraordinary results.

• Competitive Salary: We offer an attractive salary package based on your skills and experience
• Yearly Bonus: In recognition of your contributions, you will receive a performance-based annual bonus
• Exclusive Discount Cards: Access special benefits with Esaad and Fazaa cards, offering discounts across a wide range of services
• Premium Family Insurance: We provide comprehensive health coverage, including dental, vision and life insurance, ensuring the well-being of you and your family
• Learning & Development: We offer access to top-tier learning platforms to help you grow in your career. Learn at your own pace with unlimited