Effectual seeks a Cloud Storage Engineer to specialize in designing, implementing, and managing cloud-based and hybrid storage solutions. You'll bring deep expertise in AWS and NetApp technologies to build scalable architectures that ensure performance, cost-efficiency, availability, and security.
What You'll Do
- Design and implement scalable cloud storage architectures using AWS S3, EFS, and FSx services.
- Optimize storage performance, cost, and accessibility across different storage tiers and classes.
- Implement storage security policies including encryption, access controls, and compliance measures.
- Design and manage backup, versioning, and disaster recovery strategies for cloud storage.
- Monitor storage performance, capacity utilization, and cost optimization opportunities.
- Integrate storage solutions with compute services, databases, and applications.
- Automate storage provisioning and management using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Collaborate with data engineers, architects, and application teams on storage requirements.
- Establish storage governance policies and best practices across the organization.
- Troubleshoot and resolve storage-related performance, availability, and connectivity issues.
- Lead engineering of state-of-the-art, automated, fault-tolerant, and scalable AWS environments following AWS best practices.
- Engage in cross-functional collaboration to modernize and maintain a cloud platform.
- Migrate infrastructure and system/application workloads to AWS Cloud using various migration strategies.
- Deploy and manage storage platforms with appropriate tiering and lifecycle management.
- Support data teams in implementing pipelines and optimizing data storage.
- Manage cloud infrastructure with supporting data-related tasks.
- Stay updated on cloud technologies and industry best practices.
- Advise on the adoption of a cloud environment and support its institutionalization across the organization.
What We're Looking For
- 4-7 years of experience with AWS storage services including S3, EFS, and FSx (FSx for NetApp ONTAP preferred).
- Hands-on expertise with NetApp technologies including SnapMirror, SnapClone, and BlueXP (formerly CloudInsight).
- Proven knowledge of data replication, migration patterns, and data protection strategies for BCDR.
- Ability to design and implement scalable storage architectures across multiple platforms and environments.
- Skilled in optimizing storage performance, cost, and accessibility across storage tiers and classes.
- Proficiency in implementing storage security policies including encryption, access controls, and compliance measures.
- Strong ability to monitor and analyze storage performance, capacity utilization, and cost optimization opportunities.
- Experience integrating storage solutions with compute services, databases, and enterprise applications.
- Hands-on experience automating storage provisioning and management using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Strong collaboration skills to work with cross-functional teams on storage requirements.
- Skilled in troubleshooting and resolving storage-related performance and connectivity issues.
- Experienced with cloud and data security, compliance, and accreditation.
- Experienced with cloud cost estimation, management, and optimization.
Nice to Have
- AWS certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect Associate, Cloud Practitioner).
- Prior experience with multi-cloud storage solutions.
- Experience with data governance, compliance frameworks, and regulatory audits.
- Project management certification(s) (e.g., PMP).
Technical Stack
- AWS storage services: S3, EFS, FSx for NetApp ONTAP, FSx for Windows File Server, FSx for Lustre
- AWS DataSync for data transfer and synchronization
- Storage protocols: NFS, SMB/CIFS, iSCSI, and object storage APIs
- Infrastructure as Code tools: Terraform, CloudFormation
- Networking concepts related to storage: VPC, subnets, security groups
- Monitoring and logging tools: CloudWatch, CloudTrail
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary range: $130,000-$160,000
- Medical, dental, and vision health insurances
- Short term disability, long term disability and life insurances
- 401k with Company match
- Paid time off (PTO) (120 hours PTO that accrue over one year)
- Paid time off for major holidays (14 days per year)
Work Mode
This is a fully remote position.
Effectual Inc. is an EEO employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any protected classification in its hiring, promoting, or any other job-related opportunity.
