Early Career: IT Infrastructure - Storage Engineer

Texas Instruments; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay and benefits

Career development opportunities

Diverse and inclusive work environment

Job summary

Texas Instruments is seeking a skilled individual to lead the enterprise storage architecture strategy in Dallas, Texas. The candidate will define and own the storage architecture, working on complex storage solutions for diverse applications including databases and AI/ML.

A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and 3-5 years of relevant experience is required. Candidates should have proven expertise in enterprise-scale solutions and collaboration with cross-functional teams to drive innovation.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in storage infrastructure.
• Proven track record of designing enterprise-scale storage solutions.
• Deep expertise in multiple storage platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define and own enterprise storage architecture strategy.
• Lead architecture reviews and provide technical guidance.
• Collaborate with security and compliance teams.

Skills

Storage architecture expertise

Data protection strategies

Capacity planning

High-performance computing (HPC)

Virtualization and containerization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

VMware

OpenShift

Job description

Overview

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In this role you will:

Responsibilities

Architecture & Strategy

• Define and own the enterprise storage architecture strategy, roadmap, and standards across SAN, NAS, Object Storage, and Software-Defined Storage platforms
• Lead the evaluation, selection, and adoption of emerging storage technologies
• Architect multi-site, globally distributed storage solutions with disaster recovery, business continuity, and high availability requirements
• Establish storage capacity planning models, performance benchmarking, and TCO analysis methodologies
• Drive storage infrastructure modernization initiatives and technology refresh cycles

Technical Leadership

• Design complex storage solutions for enterprise-scale deployments supporting diverse workloads including databases, virtualization, containerization, HPC, AI/ML, and big data analytics
• Lead architecture reviews, provide technical guidance, and make design decisions for critical storage projects
• Establish best practices, design patterns, and reference architectures for storage infrastructure
• Define SLAs, performance metrics, and operational KPIs for storage services
• Evaluate and architect storage automation, orchestration, and self-service capabilities using Infrastructure-as-Code principles

Technology Expertise

• Architect solutions leveraging:
• Enterprise SAN/NAS platforms (Hitachi, NetApp, Dell EMC, Pure Storage)
• Object Storage systems (S3-compatible platforms including HCP, ECS, NetApp GRID)
• Software-Defined Storage and hyper-converged infrastructure
• Storage networking (FC, iSCSI, NVMe-oF, RDMA)
• Data protection technologies (snapshots, replication, backup/recovery)
• Storage virtualization and tiering strategies
• Architect data lifecycle management, retention policies, and compliance frameworks

Collaboration & Governance

• Partner with application teams, database administrators, virtualization team and infrastructure teams to understand requirements and design optimal solutions
• Collaborate with security and compliance teams to ensure storage solutions meet regulatory and data governance requirements
• Work with vendors on technology roadmaps, proof-of-concepts, and strategic partnerships
• Present architecture proposals and business cases to senior leadership and steering committees
• Mentor storage administrators and SREs, providing technical training and knowledge transfer

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Research emerging technologies including NVMe and AI-driven storage management
• Drive automation initiatives to reduce operational overhead and improve service delivery
• Establish performance optimization strategies and cost optimization frameworks
• Lead proof-of-concept initiatives and pilot programs for new storage technologies

Why TI?

• Engineer your future. We empower our employees to truly own their career and development. Come collaborate with some of the smartest people in the world to shape the future of electronics.
• We\'re different by design. Diverse backgrounds and perspectives are what push innovation forward and what make TI stronger. We value each and every voice, and look forward to hearing yours. Meet the people of TI (https://edbz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX/pages/4012)
• Benefits that benefit you. We offer competitive pay and benefits designed to help you and your family live your best life. Your well-being is important to us. Please find our country-specific benefits here (https://careers.ti.com/en/sites/CX/pages/benefits)

About Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Incorporated (Nasdaq: TXN) is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures and sells analog and embedded processing chips for markets such as industrial, automotive, data center, personal electronics and communications equipment. At our core, we have a passion to create a better world by making electronics more affordable through semiconductors. This passion is alive today as each generation of innovation builds upon the last to make our technology more reliable, more affordable and lower power, making it possible for semiconductors to go into electronics everywhere. Learn more at TI.com.

Texas Instruments is an equal opportunity employer and supports a diverse, inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, disability, genetic information, national origin, gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

If you are interested in this position, please apply to this requisition.

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related degree

• Experience: 3-5 years of experience in storage infrastructure with at least 3 years in architecture/design roles
• Proven track record of designing and implementing enterprise-scale storage solutions in large, complex environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep expertise across multiple storage platforms and technologies
• Experience designing storage solutions supporting petabytes in production environments
• Proven success leading large-scale storage transformation and modernization programs
• Background in high-performance computing (HPC) storage or AI/ML data platform architectures
• Proficient in data protection strategies and storage management/monitoring tools
• Designs scalable, high-availability storage solutions including multi-site DR architectures with optimized RPO/RTO
• Experienced in capacity planning, storage tiering, and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible)
• Solid understanding of virtualization, containerization (VMware, Kubernetes, OpenShift), and container storage (CSI drivers)
• Working knowledge of database storage needs, Linux/Windows OS, and scripting/automation (Bash, APIs, CI/CD)
• Communicates complex technical concepts clearly to executive audiences and cross-functional stakeholders
• Skilled at translating business needs into technical architecture and mentoring technical teams
• Strategic, innovative thinker with strong business acumen and a data-driven approach to problem-solving
• Certifications
• Storage vendors(Hitachi Vantara, NetApp NCIE, Dell EMC, Pure Storage)
• Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)

ECL/GTC Required: Yes