AI-Optimized Storage Architect

Dell Inc.; Round Rock (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Dell Technologies' Engineering Technologist Team in Santa Clara, California, seeks a technical staff-storage architect with 10+ years of storage experience to shape AI-enabled storage architectures for enterprise-scale deployments.

You will engage with enterprise customers, define architectures, and collaborate across software, compute, and datacenter teams to deliver scalable, high-performance storage solutions and contribute to technology roadmaps. Travel up to 30% may be required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in storage architecture, data platforms, or large-scale systems.
• Experience with scale-out storage and parallel filesystems.
• Strong communication and leadership across cross-functional teams.
• Ability to translate business goals into scalable architectures.
• Willingness to travel 20–30%.

Responsibilities

• Define architectures for AI-optimized storage and data management.
• Interface with enterprise customers to gather requirements.
• Architect AI-optimized storage across file/object/parallel systems.
• Lead investigations into new fabric technologies and storage platforms.
• Contribute to IP and technology roadmaps with engineering input.

Skills

Storage architecture

AI/ML workflows

Scale-out storage

Client-facing leadership

Vendor collaboration

Architectural design

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Python

Bash

Linux

Datacenter technologies

Job description

Dell Technologies' Engineering Technologist Team in Santa Clara, California, seeks a technical staff-storage architect with 10+ years of storage experience to shape AI-enabled storage architectures for enterprise-scale deployments.

You will engage with enterprise customers, define architectures, and collaborate across software, compute, and datacenter teams to deliver scalable, high-performance storage solutions and contribute to technology roadmaps. Travel up to 30% may be required.