Principal Storage Engineer 

Principal Storage Engineer    Position Summary  We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Storage Engineer to serve as a technical leader responsible for the design, engineering, automation, reliability, and lifecycle management of enterprise storage platforms. This role provides technical leadership across SAN, NAS, storage networking, storage fabrics, backup and recovery, performance engineering, and infrastructure modernization initiatives.    The ideal candidate possesses deep expertise in enterprise storage technologies, Fiber Channel SAN architectures, NAS platforms, storage networking, and large-scale infrastructure operations. This individual will drive architectural decisions, establish engineering standards, mentor senior engineers, and lead strategic initiatives that enhance availability, scalability, resiliency, security, and operational efficiency across the storage ecosystem.      What We Do  Our Infrastructure Engineering organization designs, builds, operates, and modernizes highly available storage platforms that support mission-critical business applications and cloud services. Our environment includes:  • Enterprise SAN and Fiber Channel fabrics  • NAS storage platforms  • Block and file storage solutions  • Storage networking and multipathing  • Data protection and disaster recovery solutions  • Storage performance and capacity engineering  • Infrastructure automation and observability  • Hybrid cloud storage integrations    The team partners closely with Platform Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Network Engineering, Security, Operations, and Application Development organizations to ensure reliable and scalable storage services.      What You'll Do  Architecture & Technical Leadership  • Lead the design and strategic direction of enterprise storage platforms and services.  • Define architecture standards, engineering patterns, and operational best practices.  • Evaluate emerging storage technologies and recommend modernization strategies.  • Serve as the highest-level technical escalation point for complex storage issues.  • Drive storage transformation initiatives across on-premises and hybrid cloud environments.    SAN & Storage Fabric Engineering  • Design, implement, and support large-scale Fiber Channel SAN infrastructures.  • Engineer highly available storage fabric architectures with redundant paths and fault-tolerant designs.  • Manage SAN zoning, host connectivity, multipathing configurations, and fabric optimization.  • Lead storage migrations, technology refreshes, and lifecycle management initiatives.  • Ensure storage platforms meet enterprise performance and resiliency requirements.    NAS & File Services  • Design and support enterprise NAS solutions supporting NFS, SMB, and file-based workloads.  • Define storage allocation, data lifecycle management, and tiering strategies.  • Optimize file service performance, availability, and scalability.  • Develop standards for enterprise file storage consumption and operational support.    Storage Networking  • Collaborate with network engineering teams on storage transport design and connectivity.  • Optimize storage network performance, throughput, and latency.  • Troubleshoot complex storage-to-host communication issues.  • Define standards for storage network security, segmentation, and resiliency.    Storage Performance Engineering  • Analyze IOPS, latency, throughput, and workload characteristics across enterprise environments.  • Conduct proactive performance assessments and capacity modeling.  • Identify bottlenecks and implement remediation strategies.  • Drive performance benchmarking and optimization efforts.  • Establish monitoring dashboards, KPIs, and service health metrics.    Automatio