Contract - Storage Architect

Vivantify Technology Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,214,000 - 4,428,000; Part time

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Benefits package

Job summary

Vivantify Technology Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. in Pune seeks an experienced Storage Architect to design and implement enterprise storage solutions across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.

You will create High-Level and Low-Level Designs, architecture documentation, and implementation plans for large-scale projects. The role requires strong expertise in SAN/NAS, disaster recovery, migration, capacity planning, and performance optimization, with exposure to platforms from Dell EMC,

Qualifications

• Strong experience in storage architecture and enterprise solution design.
• Exposure to SAN/NAS, migration, replication, and DR across large-scale environments.
• Experience with on-prem, hybrid, and cloud storage platforms and automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Design storage architectures for on-prem, hybrid, and cloud environments.
• Develop HLDs, LLDs, and architecture docs and implementation plans.
• Evaluate storage platforms based on business requirements.
• Design SAN, NAS, object storage, replication, backup, and DR solutions.
• Lead migration, modernization, consolidation, and transformation initiatives.
• Perform capacity planning, forecasting, and performance optimization.
• Define security, data protection, and governance standards.
• Provide technical leadership, POC support, and customer presentations.

Skills

Storage Architecture

HLD/LLD design

SAN/NAS

Disaster Recovery

Migration & Modernization

Cloud Storage

Scripting/Automation

VMware/Virtualization

PowerShell/Python/Ansible

Capacity Planning

Security & Governance

Tools

Dell EMC PowerMax/PowerStore/Unity/VMAX

NetApp ONTAP

HPE 3PAR/Primera

IBM Storage Solutions

VMware

NetBackup

Commvault

Veeam

AWS

Azure

GCP

PowerShell

Python

Ansible

Job description

Location:

Pune

Experience:

7–11 Years

Employment Type:

Contractor

Openings:

1

About The Role

We are seeking an experienced Storage Architect with strong expertise in enterprise storage architecture, SAN/NAS technologies, disaster recovery, storage migration, capacity planning, and performance optimization. The role will involve designing storage solutions across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments, with exposure to platforms such as Dell EMC, NetApp, HPE, IBM, and cloud storage.

Job Description

The Storage Architect will design and implement enterprise storage solutions and produce High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), architecture documentation, and implementation plans. The role covers storage modernization, consolidation, migration, replication, backup, and disaster recovery initiatives across large-scale environments. The position requires collaboration with infrastructure, cloud, virtualization, database, and security teams to evaluate technologies, conduct architecture reviews, and address technical risks. The architect will also support POCs, technical workshops, customer discussions, and automation of storage operations using scripting and automation tools.

Key Responsibilities

• Design enterprise storage architectures for on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.
• Develop HLDs, LLDs, architecture documents, and implementation plans.
• Evaluate and recommend storage platforms and solutions based on business requirements.
• Design SAN, NAS, object storage, replication, backup, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Lead storage migration, modernization, consolidation, and transformation initiatives.
• Perform capacity planning, forecasting, performance analysis, and optimization.
• Define storage security, compliance, data protection, and governance standards.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, architecture reviews, POC support, and customer presentations.

Required Skills

• Storage Architecture and Solution Design
• Dell EMC: PowerMax, PowerStore, Unity, VMAX
• NetApp ONTAP
• HPE: 3PAR, Primera
• IBM Storage Solutions
• SAN/NAS technologies
• Fibre Channel (FC), iSCSI, zoning, masking, and multipathing
• Storage replication and Disaster Recovery
• Enterprise storage migration
• Capacity planning, performance analysis, and optimization
• VMware and virtualization platforms
• Backup technologies: NetBackup, Commvault, or Veeam
• Cloud storage: AWS, Azure, GCP
• PowerShell, Python, Ansible, or Shell scripting
• Architecture Patterns and Styles
• Migration Planning
• TCO Evaluation
• GCP Storage

Preferred / Good To Have

• Hybrid Cloud and Multi-Cloud Storage Architecture
• Storage Security and Data Governance
• ITIL and Service Management processes
• Infrastructure Transformation and Modernization
• Customer-facing solution architecture and stakeholder management
• Relevant certifications in Dell EMC, NetApp, IBM, HPE, Azure, AWS, or GCP

Mandatory Skills

• Architecture Patterns and Styles
• GCP Storage
• Migration Planning
• TCO Evaluation

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate should have strong experience in storage architecture and enterprise solution design, with hands-on exposure to storage platforms, SAN/NAS, migration, replication, disaster recovery, and cloud storage. The candidate should also be comfortable providing technical leadership, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and participating in customer-facing architecture activities.

Benefits Package

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• A collaborative and inclusive work environment
• The opportunity to work on exciting and challenging projects with leading clients