Senior Storage Research Analyst – AI & Enterprise Trends

IDC Corporate; United States; Remote; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation days (15)

Company-paid holidays (12)

Sick days (6)

Medical, dental, vision

Job summary

IDC is seeking a Senior Research Analyst to support storage research, focusing on server-based, file-based, and object-based storage, and emerging AI storage architectures. You will partner with senior analysts to deliver insights to vendors, IT buyers, and the investment community.

You will build market models, analyze trends, and contribute to IDC reports, collaborating across storage platforms, systems, and services. Travel about 15% is expected, with remote work available near major airports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field.
• ~5 years of direct end-user or vendor experience in enterprise data storage or IT infrastructure.
• Strong quantitative and/or modeling skills; database experience is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Support IDC's global enterprise storage infrastructure coverage by delivering qualitative and quantitative insights.
• Develop and maintain market models for storage segments (server-based, file-based, object-based).
• Deliver insights on industry trends and market adoption in collaboration with analysts.

Skills

Quantitative skills

Problem solving

Communication skills

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field

Job description

IDC is seeking a Senior Research Analyst to support storage research, focusing on server-based, file-based, and object-based storage, and emerging AI storage architectures. You will partner with senior analysts to deliver insights to vendors, IT buyers, and the investment community.

You will build market models, analyze trends, and contribute to IDC reports, collaborating across storage platforms, systems, and services. Travel about 15% is expected, with remote work available near major airports.