Senior Storage Engineer (Dell EMC)

Talent Groups; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent Groups is seeking a Systems Engineer to lead design, implementation, and management of an enterprise storage and virtualization environment. Focused on Dell PowerScale Isilon, SAN technologies, and high availability for critical data services.

You will own storage capacity reporting, performance tuning, ZT security, SAN provisioning (LUN masking), FC fabric management, VMware datastore optimization, and data protection with backup and restore workflows, while aligning with RTO/RPO targets.

Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise storage and virtualization environments.
• Strong knowledge of Isilon/PowerScale architecture and SAN design.
• Experience with capacity reporting, performance tuning, and security controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation, and management of Isilon/PowerScale and SAN storage.
• Maintain FC fabric, zoning, and switch configurations.
• Provide secondary VMware storage administration and datastore optimization.
• Oversee data protection, backups, and disaster recovery processes.
• Ensure alignment with strict RTO/RPO targets.

Skills

Isilon/PowerScale

SAN storage

VMware vSphere

LUN provisioning

Zero Trust security

Fibre Channel

Education

Dell EMC Specialist certification

VMware VCP

Tools

Brocade Fibre Channel switches

Dell EMC PowerScale OneFS

Rubrik or equivalent

Job description

Systems Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and management of our enterprise storage and virtualization environment. This role focuses heavily on Dell PowerScale (Isilon) and SAN technologies, ensuring high availability and performance for critical data services.

Core Responsibilities

• Primary Storage Management: Act as the subject matter expert for our Isilon/PowerScale clusters, overseeing capacity reporting, performance tuning, and Zero Trust security protocols.
• SAN Operations: Manage and scale enterprise SAN storage arrays, including provisioning, LUN masking, and hardware lifecycle management.
• Fabric Engineering: Maintain and optimize the SAN Fiber Channel fabric, including switch configuration, zoning, and troubleshooting physical layer connectivity.
• Virtualization Support: Provide secondary administration for the VMware environment, ensuring seamless integration between compute clusters and backend storage.
• Data Protection: Oversee backup and recovery operations, utilizing enterprise tools to ensure data integrity and meeting strict RTO/RPO requirements.
• Technical Qualifications
• Expertise: Deep technical knowledge of OneFS, Isilon nodes, and enterprise-grade SAN arrays.
• Connectivity: Hands-on experience with Fiber Channel (FC) switches (Brocade) and complex zoning configurations.
• Virtualization: Proficiency in vSphere/ESXi management, specifically regarding storage multipathing and datastore optimization.
• Monitoring: Experience generating detailed capacity and health reports to drive infrastructure planning and budgeting.
• Preferred Experience
• Experience with Rubrik or similar Zero Trust data security platforms.
• Knowledge of automation/scripting for storage provisioning.
• Relevant industry certifications (e.g., Dell EMC Specialist, VCP).