Enterprise Server & Storage Engineering Lead

Alvarez & Marsal; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Alvarez & Marsal in the United States is seeking a Server & Storage Engineering leader to drive enterprise compute and storage platforms, consolidation, and modernization across mainframe, midrange, and x86 environments.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted capacity modeling, multi-cloud design with Kubernetes-native scaling, and delivering rationalization roadmaps while guiding large engagements and travel up to 80%.

Qualifications

• 8-12+ years of professional experience in enterprise server and storage engineering, with consulting or advisory delivery.
• Demonstrated experience leading server consolidation or legacy platform migration programs at enterprise scale
• Deep understanding of mainframe economics and modernization trade-offs (rehost, replatform, refactor, retire)
• Federal infrastructure experience preferred - deep transformation experience in regulated industries can substitute
• Bachelor's degree required; relevant vendor certifications (IBM, Dell/EMC, NetApp, VMware) valued
• Comfortable with travel up to 80%
• Full-time, contract, and project-based engagements available

Responsibilities

• Lead server and storage assessments - inventory analysis, utilization profiling, age/EOL mapping, and platform rationalization
• Develop legacy platform retirement roadmaps (mainframe, SPARC, Itanium) with clear decommission timelines, migration paths, and risk mitigation
• Analyze resource utilization patterns (CPU, memory, I/O, storage capacity) to identify rightsizing and consolidation opportunities
• Design target-state compute and storage architectures balancing cost, performance, availability, and security requirements
• Assess workload placement options across on-premises, private cloud, and commercial cloud for compute and storage workloads
• Integrate findings into A&M's broader engagement scope and deliverables
• Support practice development through internal training, thought leadership, and people development

Skills

Server engineering

Storage engineering

Server consolidation

Mainframe modernization

AI capacity modeling

Multi-cloud

Education

Bachelor's degree

Vendor certifications

Tools

IBM

Dell/EMC

NetApp

VMware

Job description

Alvarez & Marsal in the United States is seeking a Server & Storage Engineering leader to drive enterprise compute and storage platforms, consolidation, and modernization across mainframe, midrange, and x86 environments.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted capacity modeling, multi-cloud design with Kubernetes-native scaling, and delivering rationalization roadmaps while guiding large engagements and travel up to 80%.