Senior Storage Engineer

Cognizant; Wayzata (MN); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Disability insurance (long/short-term)

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Storage Engineer in Wayzata, MN, to manage enterprise storage, backup, and recovery environments across global teams. You will ensure availability, performance, capacity, security, and lifecycle management of Dell EMC platforms and related backup technologies.

The role collaborates with infrastructure, application, and operations teams to deliver compliant storage and data protection services, including DR testing and incident resolution.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience supporting enterprise storage and backup environments.
• Hands-on with Dell EMC Unity, PowerMax, Isilon (PowerScale) administration.
• Strong knowledge of storage provisioning, snapshots, replication, capacity management.
• Experience administering Fibre Channel SAN and NAS environments.
• Expertise with Dell EMC Data Domain backups and replication.
• Experience managing Commvault backup and recovery.
• Knowledge of Druva cloud backup and recovery technologies.
• Experience performing backup restores, disaster recovery testing, and recovery validation.
• Strong troubleshooting across storage and infra.
• Familiarity with enterprise monitoring, reporting, and ITIL incident/change/problem management.
• Excellent communication, documentation, stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Administer Dell EMC Unity, PowerMax, and Isilon storage platforms.
• Provision and manage LUNs, pools, snapshots, replication, and storage groups.
• Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and optimization.
• Manage NAS shares, quotas, and access controls.
• Administer Fibre Channel SAN, zoning, and multipathing.
• Support storage migrations and technology refreshes.
• Monitor storage health and availability for operational excellence.
• Administer Data Domain backup appliances and replication.
• Manage Commvault backup schedules and retention configurations.
• Support Druva backup for endpoints, M365, VMs, and cloud workloads.
• Perform backup monitoring and disaster recovery testing.
• Troubleshoot storage, backup, replication, and recovery incidents.
• Support ITSM processes: Incident, Change, Problem, Service Request.
• Create reports and docs for continuous improvement.
• Partner with stakeholders and vendors for reliability and compliance.

Skills

Storage engineering

Dell EMC Unity

PowerMax

Isilon/PowerScale

Data Domain

Commvault

Druva

ITIL basics

Stakeholder management

Job description

About the Role

As a Senior Storage Engineer, you will make an impact by managing and supporting enterprise storage, backup, and recovery environments. You will be responsible for ensuring the availability, performance, capacity, security, and lifecycle management of Dell EMC storage platforms, backup technologies, and disaster recovery solutions. You will be a valued member of the Cloud Infrastructure and Security team working collaboratively with infrastructure, application, and operations teams to deliver reliable and compliant storage and data protection services across global environments.

In this role, you will

• Administer Dell EMC Unity, PowerMax, and Isilon (PowerScale) storage platforms.
• Provision and manage LUNs, storage pools, snapshots, replication, and storage groups.
• Perform capacity planning, utilization analysis, performance tuning, and storage optimization activities.
• Manage NAS file services, including SMB/CIFS and NFS shares, quotas, and access controls.
• Administer Fibre Channel SAN environments, zoning, multipathing, and storage connectivity.
• Support storage migrations, technology refresh initiatives, and infrastructure upgrades.
• Monitor storage health, performance, capacity, and availability to ensure operational excellence.
• Administer Dell EMC Data Domain backup appliances and replication technologies.
• Manage Commvault backup schedules, policies, retention configurations, and restore activities.
• Support Druva backup and recovery services for endpoints, Microsoft 365, virtual machines, and cloud workloads.
• Perform backup monitoring, recovery validations, disaster recovery testing, and restoration activities.
• Troubleshoot storage, backup, replication, and recovery-related incidents.
• Support ITSM processes including Incident, Change, Problem, and Service Request Management.
• Create operational reports, documentation, and recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Partner with business stakeholders, infrastructure teams, and vendors to ensure service reliability and compliance.

Work model

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Wayzata, MN. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you're engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.

What you need to have to be considered

• 8+ years of experience supporting enterprise storage and backup environments.
• Hands-on experience with Dell EMC Unity, PowerMax, and Isilon (PowerScale) administration.
• Strong knowledge of storage provisioning, snapshots, replication technologies, and capacity management.
• Experience administering Fibre Channel SAN and NAS environments.
• Expertise with Dell EMC Data Domain, including backup storage management and replication support.
• Experience managing Commvault backup and recovery solutions.
• Knowledge of Druva cloud backup and recovery technologies.
• Experience performing backup restores, disaster recovery testing, and recovery validation activities.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across storage, backup, and infrastructure environments.
• Familiarity with enterprise monitoring, reporting, and operational support processes.
• Understanding of ITIL practices including Incident, Change, and Problem Management.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.

These will help you stand out

• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise storage environments.
• Knowledge of storage modernization, migration, and technology refresh initiatives.
• Experience with storage performance analysis and root cause investigation.
• Familiarity with disaster recovery planning and business continuity processes.
• Experience working within highly available, SLA-driven enterprise environments.

Salary and Other Compensation:

Applications will be accepted until October 17, 2026.
The annual salary for this position is between $100,000 - $116,000 USD depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.

Benefits:

Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer:

The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.