Senior Storage Architect – NetApp & Ceph Expert

NTT Ltd.; Wallisellen; On-site; CHF 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA is seeking a Storage Architect to lead NetApp and Ceph storage design, governance, and optimization for enterprise platforms in the Winterthur region. The role requires deep storage expertise, CI/CD and container storage experience, and collaboration with cloud, Kubernetes, networking, and security teams.

The candidate will drive data protection strategies, disaster recovery, and performance improvements while engaging with German-speaking stakeholders and local teams in Switzerland.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and supporting enterprise storage environments.
• Strong expertise in NetApp ONTAP, NetApp AFF A-Series, and Ceph.
• Deep understanding of HA, DR, replication, and disaster recovery.
• Experience integrating storage with virtualized, cloud, and containerized environments.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex storage and infrastructure issues.
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and govern enterprise storage architectures based on NetApp and Ceph.
• Provide guidance on performance, availability, and scalability.
• Architect data protection, backup, recovery, and lifecycle management.
• Support CSI integrations for containerized and cloud-native platforms.
• Lead capacity planning and storage optimization initiatives.
• Escalation point for complex storage incidents and root cause investigations.
• Develop storage standards, procedures, and governance.
• Collaborate with compute, cloud, Kubernetes, networking, and security teams.

Skills

Enterprise storage design

Storage troubleshooting

Stakeholder management

Technical leadership

Tools

NetApp ONTAP

NetApp AFF A-Series

Ceph

CSI / container storage

Cloud integration

NCDA

NCIE

Red Hat Ceph Storage Admin

Ceph training

Job description

NTT DATA is seeking a Storage Architect to lead NetApp and Ceph storage design, governance, and optimization for enterprise platforms in the Winterthur region. The role requires deep storage expertise, CI/CD and container storage experience, and collaboration with cloud, Kubernetes, networking, and security teams.

The candidate will drive data protection strategies, disaster recovery, and performance improvements while engaging with German-speaking stakeholders and local teams in Switzerland.