Enterprise Storage Architect - SAN/NAS & Cloud Leadership

AT&T

Alpharetta (GA)

On-site

USD 155,000 - 261,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement program

Paid Time Off and Holidays

Paid Parental Leave

Disability Benefits

Employee wellness programs

Job summary

AT&T is seeking a Principal Storage Engineer to lead design, engineering, automation, reliability, and lifecycle management of enterprise storage platforms. You will drive architecture standards, mentor senior engineers, and guide modernization across SAN, NAS, storage networking, and data protection within a large-scale environment.

The role emphasizes Fiber Channel SAN, NAS platforms, storage networking, and infrastructure automation.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
12+ years of experience managing enterprise storage environments.
5+ years in a senior architect, principal engineer, or technical leadership role.
Deep expertise with enterprise SAN technologies and Fiber Channel architectures.
Extensive experience with NAS platforms and file services.
Strong understanding of storage networking concepts, switches, fabrics, and connectivity.
Expertise in performance tuning, troubleshooting, and capacity management.
Experience supporting mission-critical production environments requiring high availability.
Strong scripting and automation experience using Python, PowerShell, Bash, Ansible, or similar tools.
Experience leading complex infrastructure modernization and migration projects.
Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

Lead the design and strategic direction of enterprise storage platforms and services.
Define architecture standards, engineering patterns, and operational best practices.
Evaluate emerging storage technologies and recommend modernization strategies.
Serve as the highest-level technical escalation point for complex storage issues.
Drive storage transformation initiatives across on-premises and hybrid cloud environments.
Design, implement, and support large-scale Fiber Channel SAN infrastructures.
Engineer highly available storage fabric architectures with redundant paths and fault-tolerant designs.
Manage SAN zoning, host connectivity, multipathing configurations, and fabric optimization.
Lead storage migrations, technology refreshes, and lifecycle management initiatives.
Ensure storage platforms meet enterprise performance and resiliency requirements.
Design and support enterprise NAS solutions supporting NFS, SMB, and file-based workloads.
Define storage allocation, data lifecycle management, and tiering strategies.
Optimize file service performance, availability, and scalability.
Develop standards for enterprise file storage consumption and operational support.
Collaborate with network engineering teams on storage transport design and connectivity.
Optimize storage network performance, throughput, and latency.
Troubleshoot complex storage-to-host communication issues.
Define standards for storage network security, segmentation, and resiliency.
Analyze IOPS, latency, throughput, and workload characteristics across enterprise environments.
Conduct proactive performance assessments and capacity modeling.
Identify bottlenecks and implement remediation strategies.
Drive performance benchmarking and optimization efforts.
Establish monitoring dashboards, KPIs, and service health metrics.