AI-Optimized Storage Architect for Large-Scale Infra

Dell Technologies Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Dell Technologies Inc. is seeking a Technical Staff-Storage Architect in Santa Clara to lead storage architecture for AI-accelerated infrastructure.

You will design architectures for scale-out storage and data management, engaging with enterprise customers to tailor solutions that meet production-grade performance and SLA requirements. The role emphasizes collaboration with ISG and engineering partners to advance fabric technologies and IP generation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in storage architecture or large-scale distributed systems.
• Expertise in scale-out storage and parallel filesystems (NFS/S3) and related concepts.
• Strong understanding of AI/ML workflows and data pipelines.
• Ability to define production-grade storage configurations meeting SLA.
• Excellent cross-functional communication and leadership.
• Willingness to travel 20-30%.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical leader interfacing with enterprise customers to define architectures and translate workload requirements into comprehensive designs for AI-optimized storage and data management solutions.
• Influence end-to-end AI infrastructure stacks from software frameworks through compute, storage, networking, data security, and datacenter deployment.
• Develop and propose solution configurations, BOMs, and SKUs in collaboration with Engineering and strategic partners to co-innovate.
• Lead investigations of new fabric technologies and storage platforms to support large-scale AI deployments; act as a technical escalation point.
• Generate intellectual property and contribute to multi-year technology and product roadmaps with inputs from engineering, manufacturing, procurement, customers, and industry.

Skills

Storage architecture

AI/ML workflows

Large-scale distributed systems

NFS/S3 storage concepts

Communication skills

Travel 20-30%

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Python

Bash

Linux

Job description

Dell Technologies Inc. is seeking a Technical Staff-Storage Architect in Santa Clara to lead storage architecture for AI-accelerated infrastructure.

You will design architectures for scale-out storage and data management, engaging with enterprise customers to tailor solutions that meet production-grade performance and SLA requirements. The role emphasizes collaboration with ISG and engineering partners to advance fabric technologies and IP generation.