AI-Optimized Storage Architect for Enterprise Scale

Dell Technologies; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Dell Technologies in London, United Kingdom, is seeking a Storage Architect to lead AI-driven storage and data management initiatives within the Engineering Technologist team. The role focuses on defining architectures for production-grade performance, collaborating with ISVs, and shaping multi-year technology roadmaps.

You will engage with enterprise customers to tailor AI-optimized storage solutions, drive end-to-end infrastructure stacks, and contribute to IP generation while traveling up to

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in storage architecture, data platforms, or large-scale distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of AI/ML workflows, data pipelines, training/inference patterns, Vector DB, KV Cache and enterprise cluster deployments and ability to collaborate with ISVs on data management and AI workflow integration.
• Strong ability to define storage configurations to meet production grade performance and SLA requirements.
• Excellent communication skills with experience presenting to cross functional teams and senior leaders.
• Demonstrated experience working with industry vendors to influence next generation technology design.
• Ability to translate business outcomes into practical, scalable technical architectures; willingness to travel 20-30%.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical leader interfacing with enterprise customers to define architectures, understand workload requirements, and translate them into comprehensive solution designs.
• Architect AI-optimized storage and data management solutions integrating scale-out file, object, and parallel filesystem technologies.
• Develop and propose solution configurations, BOMs, and SKUs based on customer needs in collaboration with Engineering and engage with strategic technology partners to co-innovate and build differentiated solutions.
• Lead investigations into new fabric technologies, and storage platforms to support large-scale AI deployments; serve as a technical escalation point for complex development challenges.
• Generate intellectual property, including invention disclosures and technology strategy insights and influence multi-year technology and product roadmaps.

Skills

Storage architecture

AI/ML workflows

Data pipelines

Vector DB

KV Cache

Enterprise clusters

ISV collaboration

Python

Bash

Tools

Python

Bash

Job description

Dell Technologies in London, United Kingdom, is seeking a Storage Architect to lead AI-driven storage and data management initiatives within the Engineering Technologist team. The role focuses on defining architectures for production-grade performance, collaborating with ISVs, and shaping multi-year technology roadmaps.

You will engage with enterprise customers to tailor AI-optimized storage solutions, drive end-to-end infrastructure stacks, and contribute to IP generation while traveling up to