Storage Engineer

Job Title

EMC Dell Storage Engineer

Location

100% Remote

Employment

W2

Job Description

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of dedicated enterprise storage engineering experience, with at least 3+ years specifically focused on Dell EMC platforms.

Dell EMC NAS Expertise

Deep technical knowledge of PowerScale/Isilon (OneFS) architecture. Experience with SmartPools, SmartQuotas, SyncIQ, InsightIQ, and DataIQ.

Object Storage Expertise

Proven experience deploying and managing Dell EMC ECS (Elastic Cloud Storage). Strong understanding of object-based architectures, buckets, namespaces, and geo-replication.

Protocol Proficiency

Advanced understanding of file and object protocols, including NFS (v3/v4), SMB/CIFS, and S3 API.

Networking & Systems

Strong grasp of storage networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, VLANs, LACP) and directory services integration (Active Directory, LDAP, Kerberos).

Analytical Skills

Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze complex system logs and performance metrics.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with other Dell EMC storage arrays (PowerMax, VPLEX) or SAN switches (Brocade, Cisco MDS).
• Familiarity with hybrid-cloud storage tiering (e.g., CloudPools tiering to AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools (Ansible, Terraform).
• Scripting proficiency in Python, PowerShell, or Bash.