Cloud Storage Lead Contractor

Tential Solutions; Owings Mills (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly arrangements

Job summary

Tential Solutions is seeking a Cloud Storage Lead Contractor to drive design, implementation, and operations of enterprise cloud storage in AWS. You will lead FSx ONTAP implementations and advocate best practices for secure, scalable, and cost-efficient storage.

You will partner with Infrastructure, Cloud, Security, DevOps, and Applications teams to deliver resilient storage solutions across cloud and hybrid environments, with strong focus on automation and architecture excellence.

Qualifications

• Hands-on AWS design, implementation, and management experience.
• Experience with enterprise cloud storage architecture and FSx ONTAP.
• Proven ability to implement migrations in cloud or hybrid setups.
• Proficient with Terraform and CloudFormation for IaC.
• Strong knowledge of cloud networking, security, IAM, and architecture.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices; containerization knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation, and operations of enterprise cloud storage in AWS.
• Develop storage strategy, standards, and best practices.
• Build scalable, secure, resilient storage architectures.
• Automate provisioning and deployment with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Monitor performance, availability, and cost; optimize accordingly.
• Support large-scale migrations across cloud and hybrid environments.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Cloud, Security, DevOps, and applications teams.
• Implement security controls, identity management, and access policies.
• Support DR, business continuity, and data resiliency strategies.
• Document architectures, configurations, and operational processes.
• Lead continuous improvements and cloud engineering best practices.

Skills

AWS

FSx ONTAP

Terraform

CloudFormation

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud security

IAM

Architecture design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Role Summary

The Cloud Storage Lead Contractor will lead the design, implementation, and operational management of enterprise cloud storage solutions, with a primary focus on AWS. This role will drive cloud storage strategy, architecture, automation, resiliency, performance optimization, and operational best practices. A key focus will be leading FSx for NetApp ONTAP (FSx ONTAP) implementations in AWS to support large-scale application and data migrations. The contractor will partner with Infrastructure, Cloud, Security, DevOps, and Application teams to deliver secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective storage solutions across hybrid and cloud-native environments. Azure storage experience is beneficial but not required.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and management of enterprise cloud storage solutions, primarily within AWS.
• Design and implement FSx for NetApp ONTAP (FSx ONTAP) solutions to support application and data migrations.
• Develop cloud storage strategy, architecture, standards, and operational best practices.
• Build scalable, highly available, secure, and resilient cloud storage architectures.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployment using infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Monitor and optimize cloud storage environments for performance, availability, reliability, and cost.
• Support large-scale application and data migration initiatives across cloud and hybrid environments.
• Partner with Infrastructure, Cloud, Security, DevOps, and Application teams on cloud transformation and platform initiatives.
• Implement security controls, identity management, access policies, and cloud security best practices.
• Support backup, disaster recovery, business continuity, and data resiliency strategies.
• Troubleshoot and resolve cloud infrastructure, storage, networking, and service-related issues.
• Support application deployment and integration across cloud environments.
• Establish and maintain operational procedures, standards, and documentation.
• Document cloud architectures, configurations, storage environments, and operational processes.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and cloud engineering best practices.

Required Qualifications

• Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and managing AWS cloud infrastructure and services.
• Strong experience with enterprise cloud storage solutions and storage architecture.
• Hands-on experience with AWS FSx for NetApp ONTAP (FSx ONTAP).
• Experience supporting application and data migrations in cloud or hybrid environments.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, security, identity, access management, and cloud-native architecture.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.
• Ability to provide technical leadership and collaborate effectively with cross-functional technical teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field preferred, or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Azure storage services and Azure cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with hybrid cloud architectures and enterprise data center environments.
• Experience with large-scale cloud transformation and migration programs.
• Experience with additional AWS storage services and data protection technologies.