Cloud Storage Platform Engineer

M&T Bank; Buffalo (NY); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

M&T Bank is seeking a Cloud Storage Platform Engineer to design, build, and improve enterprise storage and data protection services in AWS and Azure. You will use Infrastructure-as-Code to automate backup, recovery, storage provisioning, and cyber resiliency, while ensuring compliance with security controls and operations standards.

Responsibilities include designing storage services (S3, EBS, EFS, FSx), building IaC pipelines, and collaborating across cloud, security, and operations teams.

Qualifications

• Combination of education and work experience relevant to systems design/architecture.
• 8+ years overall experience in infrastructure, storage, or cloud engineering may be required.
• Hands-on experience with AWS storage and data protection services (S3, EBS, EFS, FSx, AWS Backup, Glacier).
• Proficiency with IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, AWS CDK)
• Scripting or programming experience (Python, PowerShell, Bash)
• Understanding of backup, RPO/RTO, retention, replication, DR concepts
• Familiarity with IAM, KMS encryption, least-privilege access
• Experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines

Responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise storage and data protection services in AWS.
• Develop IaC to automate backup, recovery, storage provisioning, and cyber resiliency workflows.
• Build automation for provisioning, configuration, monitoring, reporting, and policy enforcement.
• Align cloud storage with enterprise standards, security controls, and compliance requirements.
• Strengthen cyber resiliency with immutable backups, cross-account/region replication, tested recoveries.
• Implement monitoring and reporting for backup success, capacity, cost, and compliance posture.
• Create/run docs: runbooks, architecture diagrams, SOPs.
• Collaborate with cloud, security, app, and operations teams to deliver secure storage solutions.
• Contribute to incident response, root cause analysis, and patch cycles

Skills

Cloud storage

IaC

Python/PowerShell/Bash

AWS storage services

Git/CI-CD

Security controls IAM/KMS

Backup/recovery concepts

Terraform/Ansible/CFN/AWS CDK

Education

8+ years experience in systems design/architecture

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

Git

Job description

Location: Buffalo, NY (Seneca One) / Hybrid - 4 days in office

Team: Infrastructure Engineering - Storage & Data Protection

About The Role

We're looking for a Cloud Storage Platform Engineer to help design, build, and improve enterprise storage and data protection services in AWS and Azure. You'll use Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to automate backup, recovery, storage provisioning, and cyber resiliency. You'll also make sure our cloud storage platforms meet enterprise standards for security, operations, and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise storage and data protection services in AWS, including S3, EBS, EFS, FSx, and AWS Backup.
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code with tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK to automate backup, recovery, storage provisioning, and cyber resiliency workflows.
• Build repeatable automation for provisioning, configuration management, monitoring, reporting, and policy enforcement.
• Align cloud storage platforms with enterprise standards, operational procedures, security controls, and regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Strengthen cyber resiliency with immutable backups, vault lock, cross-account and cross-region replication, and tested recovery procedures.
• Implement monitoring and reporting for backup success, capacity, cost, and compliance posture.
• Create and maintain documentation, including runbooks, architecture diagrams, and standard operating procedures.
• Collaborate with cloud, security, application, and operations teams to deliver secure and scalable storage solutions.
• Take part in continuous improvement efforts, incident response, root cause analysis, and patching and maintenance cycles.

Required Qualifications

• Combined minimum of 8 years' higher education and/or work experience in systems design, management and/or architecture
• 3+ years of experience in infrastructure, storage, or cloud engineering.
• Hands-on experience with AWS storage and data protection services, such as S3, EBS, EFS, FSx, AWS Backup, and Glacier.
• Proficiency with IaC tools such as Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Scripting or programming experience in Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Understanding of backup and recovery concepts, including RPO/RTO, retention, replication, and disaster recovery.
• Familiarity with security controls such as IAM, KMS encryption, and least-privilege access.
• Experience with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS certifications, such as Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, or DevOps Engineer.
• Experience with enterprise backup platforms, such as Commvault, Rubrik, Cohesity, or Veeam, in hybrid or cloud environments.
• Knowledge of cyber resiliency practices, such as air-gapped and immutable backups and ransomware recovery.
• Experience with compliance frameworks, such as SOX, PCI-DSS, NIST, or FFIEC.
• Familiarity with configuration management tools, such as Ansible, and policy-as-code tools, such as AWS Config, Service Control Policies (SCPs), or OPA.
• Experience with monitoring and reporting tools, such as CloudWatch, Splunk, or Grafana.

Key Competencies

• Strong automation-first mindset
• Analytical, structured problem-solving
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Ability to work across teams in a regulated enterprise environment
• Commitment to continuous learning and improve

M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $116,400.00 - $194,000.00 Annual (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.

Location Buffalo, New York, United States of America