Technical Staff, Storage Architect

Dell Technologies Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Dell Technologies Inc. is seeking a Technical Staff-Storage Architect in Santa Clara to lead storage architecture for AI-accelerated infrastructure.

You will design architectures for scale-out storage and data management, engaging with enterprise customers to tailor solutions that meet production-grade performance and SLA requirements. The role emphasizes collaboration with ISG and engineering partners to advance fabric technologies and IP generation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in storage architecture or large-scale distributed systems.
• Expertise in scale-out storage and parallel filesystems (NFS/S3) and related concepts.
• Strong understanding of AI/ML workflows and data pipelines.
• Ability to define production-grade storage configurations meeting SLA.
• Excellent cross-functional communication and leadership.
• Willingness to travel 20-30%.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical leader interfacing with enterprise customers to define architectures and translate workload requirements into comprehensive designs for AI-optimized storage and data management solutions.
• Influence end-to-end AI infrastructure stacks from software frameworks through compute, storage, networking, data security, and datacenter deployment.
• Develop and propose solution configurations, BOMs, and SKUs in collaboration with Engineering and strategic partners to co-innovate.
• Lead investigations of new fabric technologies and storage platforms to support large-scale AI deployments; act as a technical escalation point.
• Generate intellectual property and contribute to multi-year technology and product roadmaps with inputs from engineering, manufacturing, procurement, customers, and industry.

Skills

Storage architecture

AI/ML workflows

Large-scale distributed systems

NFS/S3 storage concepts

Communication skills

Travel 20-30%

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Python

Bash

Linux

Job description

Technical Staff-Storage Architect

Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) builds the products that power infrastructure, solutions, and data management our customers need most. Our teams design and develop the hardware and software that connect infrastructure, accelerate computational workloads, integrate across the stack, protect data continuity, and deliver the platforms, applications, and diagnostics our customers rely on every day at enterprise scale.

Some product builders follow the rules. Ours rewrite them.

Within ISG, innovation isn't just about creating new technology- it's about challenging assumptions and reimagining how work gets done. Engineers define intent, author precise specifications, and orchestrate AI agents that execute at speed and scale. AI is embedded throughout our development process, helping us move faster, learn quicker, and deliver greater impact. Yet the most important contribution remains uniquely human: deciding what to build, designing how it should work, and applying the judgment needed to earn our customers' trust. When your products power critical infrastructure around the world, that responsibility matters.

We move quickly toward the work that matters most. We reward experimentation, encourage bold thinking, and remove unnecessary barriers so great ideas can become reality faster. Our teams embrace a customer-first, first-to-market mindset, transforming rapid feedback into better products and better outcomes. We aren't looking for people who are content with the status quo- we look for builders who question it, improve it, and occasionally rewrite it.

If you're energized by solving complex systems challenges, excited to work alongside AI to amplify your impact, and motivated by the opportunity to shape what's next instead of simply maintaining what's been done before, you'll find your place here.

From applied research to advanced engineering, the Engineering Technologist team has the expertise to shape ground-breaking products, material and processes. It's a fascinating field of work. We're involved in assessing the competition, developing technology and product strategies and generating intellectual property. We lead technology investigations, analyze industry capabilities and recommend potential acquisitions or vendor partner opportunities. Our insights influence product architecture and definitions. And we work with colleagues across the business to ensure our products always lead the way.

Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a Technical Staff-Storage Architect on our Engineering Technologist Team in Santa Clara, California

What you'll achieve

Participate in the development of next-generation large-scale AI Infrastructure to include accelerated compute, AI Fabric and AI optimized storage. Engage with high profile AI customers to optimize solutions for their applications and tune systems for maximum performance. Drive innovation at datacenter level with liquid cooling technologies and power density.

You will:

• Serve as the technical leader interfacing with enterprise customers to define architectures, understand workload requirements, and translate them into comprehensive solution designs. Architect AI-optimized storage and data management solutions integrating optimized, scale-out file, object, and parallel filesystem SDS technologies.-optimized storage and data management solutions integrating scale-out file, object, and parallel filesystem technologies
• Influence end-to-end AI infrastructure stacks-from software frameworks through compute, storage, networking, data security, and datacenter deployment (L10-L12).-to-end AI infrastructure stacks-from software frameworks through compute, storage, networking, data security, and datacenter deployment (L10-L12)
• Develop and propose solution configurations, BOMs, and SKUs based on customer needs in collaboration with Engineering and engage with strategic technology partners to co-innovate and build differentiated solutions.
• Lead investigations new fabric technologies, and storage platforms to support large-scale AI deployments. Serve as a technical escalation point for complex development challenges and represent Dell in internal and external architecture forums
• Generate intellectual property, including invention disclosures and technology strategy insights and influence multi-year technology and product roadmaps with inputs from engineering, manufacturing, procurement, customers, and the broader industry.
  

Take the first step towards your dream career

Every Dell Technologies team member brings something unique to the table. Here's what we are looking for with this role:

Essential Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in storage architecture, data platforms, or large-scale distributed systems. Expertise in scale-out file/object storage, parallel filesystems, and key storage concepts (NFS/S3, erasure coding, deduplication, encryption, tiering, backup, versioning).
• Deep understanding of AI/ML workflows, data pipelines, training/inference patterns, data analytics, Vector DB, KV Cache and enterprise cluster deployments and ability to collaborate with ISVs on data management and AI workflow integration.
• Strong ability to define storage configurations to meet production grade performance and SLA requirements-grade performance and SLA requirements.
• Excellent communication skills with experience presenting to cross functional teams and senior leaders-functional teams and senior leaders.
• Demonstrated experience working with industry vendors to influence next generation technology design-generation technology design.
• Ability to translate business outcomes into practical, scalable technical architectures; willingness to travel 20-30%.

Desirable Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of AI/ML or HPC performance engineering, including benchmarking and scripting (e.g., Python, Bash) on Linux and hands-on experience with datacenter technologies, including fabrics, cooling, telemetry, or cluster orchestration.