Senior Storage & Data Platform Engineer

Techlink Systems; Greensboro (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Techlink Systems is seeking a Senior Data Platform Administrator to own enterprise storage and data-protection platforms. You’ll lead storage operations, backup validation, and incident response across Dell storage, Cisco SAN, and AWS services, while coordinating with vendors and driving automation.

The role requires 10+ years in infrastructure, deep storage experience, and strong leadership for DR exercises and strategic improvements. On-site work in Greensboro, NC is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or associate degree in IT or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of progressive enterprise infrastructure experience.
• 5+ years administering SAN/NAS/block storage and 5+ years backup/recovery.
• Strong Dell Technologies storage platforms experience.
• Strong Cisco SAN/NX-OS experience.
• Experience with monitoring, automation, and ITSM processes.
• Solid knowledge of storage lifecycle, capacity, replication, and recovery validation.

Responsibilities

• Own SAN/NAS/storage operations, lifecycle, availability, and standards.
• Lead incident response, RCA, backup validation, and remediation.
• Coordinate hands-on data-center hardware work and upgrades.
• Administer monitoring, alerting, automation, and access controls.
• Provide vendor/MSP oversight, case coordination, and change communication.
• Maintain runbooks, architecture docs, and DR exercise coverage.

Skills

Storage administration

Incident response

Automation scripting

Vulnerability remediation

Project coordination

Vendor management

Technical leadership

Security and access control

Disaster recovery planning

Education

Bachelor's/Associate degree in IT

Tools

Dell Technologies PowerStore/Isilon/OneFS/Avamar/Data Domain

Cisco SAN switching/NX-OS

VMware vSphere storage & backup

Storage networking & replication

Icinga/Grafana monitoring

Ansible or similar tooling

AWS storage services

ITSM tooling

Windows Server / Linux / VMware / Nutanix / UCS

Job description

Techlink Systems is seeking a Senior Data Platform Administrator to own enterprise storage and data-protection platforms. You’ll lead storage operations, backup validation, and incident response across Dell storage, Cisco SAN, and AWS services, while coordinating with vendors and driving automation.

The role requires 10+ years in infrastructure, deep storage experience, and strong leadership for DR exercises and strategic improvements. On-site work in Greensboro, NC is expected.