Senior Storage & Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Vanderbilt University

Nashville (TN)

Hybrid

USD 110,000 - 140,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Vanderbilt University Information Technology seeks a Senior Storage Administrator to manage SAN/NAS and cloud storage, ensuring secure, compliant, and high-performing platforms across on‑premises and cloud environments.

You will monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize storage systems, coordinate with security, networking, and application teams, and drive continuous improvement in operations and disaster recovery readiness.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience is necessary
Experience with SAN/NAS administration and disaster recovery planning is required
Must be able to collaborate with multiple teams and communicate complex storage concepts clearly

Responsibilities

Manage daily operations of SAN, NAS, and cloud-based storage platforms, including provisioning, access management, zoning/masking, performance tuning, and lifecycle tasks.
Maintain and apply configuration standards, runbooks, and procedure updates for consistency and reliability.
Perform routine health checks, validate firmware and code levels, coordinate maintenance windows and updates.
Monitor storage health and performance; lead root cause investigations for complex incidents.
Implement corrective actions to reduce outages and improve stability.
Contribute to disaster recovery testing, failover exercises, and backup validation.
Provide advanced operational support to application teams for provisioning and capacity planning.
Develop and maintain SOPs and service knowledge articles.
Mentor junior staff and participate in planning discussions with engineering teams.