Strategic Enterprise Storage Architect – Multi-Cloud & DR

Riverside Research Institute; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 135,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverside Research Institute is seeking an Enterprise Storage Architect to lead NAS/SAN/object storage strategy and multi-cloud modernization for NASIC at Wright Patterson AFB, OH. The role focuses on scalable, high‑performant storage across on‑premises and cloud environments, with collaboration across cybersecurity, networking, and cloud teams.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in storage architecture, strong vendor familiarity, and experience with multi-cloud migrations and DR planning. U.S.

Qualifications

• Top Secret clearance with SCI adjudication required.
• 8+ years in enterprise storage engineering, architecture, or infrastructure strategy.
• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, Engineering, or related field.
• Expert level with SAN, NAS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, NFS/SMB, object storage and networking.
• Hands-on with major platforms: NetApp ONTAP, Dell EMC, Pure, HPE 3PAR/Nimble.
• Cloud storage experience across AWS/Azure/GCP and multi-cloud setups.
• Proficiency in replication, DR strategies, and data protection.
• Leadership in architecture planning and technology evaluations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain enterprise storage strategy and multi-year roadmaps.
• Architect scalable storage: SAN, NAS, object, cloud, high performance/low latency.
• Lead storage modernization: automation, replication, DR, data lifecycle management.
• Evaluate technologies, platforms, and vendors (Azure, AWS, etc.).
• Partner with network engineering for storage performance and fabric design.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity for data protection, encryption, retention and compliance.
• Perform capacity planning, performance analysis, and scalability assessments.
• Oversee implementation of storage architectures, standards, and best practices.
• Provide expertise on backup architectures, snapshot lifecycle, DR/BC planning.
• Create and present strategic plans and recommendations to leadership.

Skills

Top Secret clearance

Storage architecture

SAN/NAS

iSCSI/Fibre Channel

Cloud storage (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Replication/DR

Multi-cloud

Automation tools (Ansible)

Python/REST APIs

Storage platforms (NetApp ONTAP, Dell/

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

NetApp ONTAP

Dell EMC PowerStore/Isilon

Pure Storage

HPE 3PAR/Nimble

Azure

AWS

GCP

Ansible

Python

REST APIs

Job description

Riverside Research Institute is seeking an Enterprise Storage Architect to lead NAS/SAN/object storage strategy and multi-cloud modernization for NASIC at Wright Patterson AFB, OH. The role focuses on scalable, high‑performant storage across on‑premises and cloud environments, with collaboration across cybersecurity, networking, and cloud teams.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in storage architecture, strong vendor familiarity, and experience with multi-cloud migrations and DR planning. U.S.