Senior Storage Architect: SAN/NAS & Cloud Modernization

AT&T; Bothell (WA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 261,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

401(k) plan

Paid Time Off and Holidays

Paid Parental Leave

Employee wellness programs

Employee discounts

Job summary

AT&T seeks a Principal Storage Engineer to lead design, engineering, automation, reliability, and lifecycle management of enterprise storage platforms across SAN, NAS, and storage networks. The role drives architectural decisions, mentors senior engineers, and guides modernization to boost availability, scalability, and efficiency.

The position emphasizes Fibre Channel SANs, NAS/file services, storage networking, performance tuning, and 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.

Skills

SAN technologies

Fiber Channel

NAS platforms

Storage networking

Automation scripting

Performance tuning

Capacity management

Python/PowerShell/Bash

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Ansible

Python

PowerShell

Job description

AT&T seeks a Principal Storage Engineer to lead design, engineering, automation, reliability, and lifecycle management of enterprise storage platforms across SAN, NAS, and storage networks. The role drives architectural decisions, mentors senior engineers, and guides modernization to boost availability, scalability, and efficiency.

The position emphasizes Fibre Channel SANs, NAS/file services, storage networking, performance tuning, and automation.