Storage Engineer Job Descriptions, Average Salary, Interview Questions

We are seeking a storage engineer to provide technical support for our software engineers. The ideal candidate will have experience with data storage applications and cloud-based file systems. A degree in computer science or electrical engineering is preferred, but not required. The engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, and deploying shared system resources. They will also work on performance analysis and troubleshooting, data recovery strategies, and backup measures. A Bachelor’s degree in computer science or electrical engineering is preferred, but not required. Experience with data storage applications and cloud-based file systems is required.

Typical duties and responsibilities

• Design, implement, and deploy shared system resources
• Work on performance analysis and troubleshooting
• Data recovery strategies
• Backup measures
• Knowledge of storage hardware architectures
• Familiarity with high-level programming languages
• Experience working in a distributed file systems environment
• Stays up-to-date on new technologies to ensure they offer the latest solutions to their clients

Education and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or electrical engineering
• Experience with data storage applications and cloud-based file systems
• Knowledgeable in storage hardware architectures and high-level programming languages
• Should be experienced in working in a distributed file systems environment

Required skills and qualifications

• Stays up-to-date on new technologies
• Offers the latest solutions to clients
• Expertise in hardware and software
• Familiar with latest trends in data storage, backup strategies, and network security
• Experience working in a distributed file systems environment
• Ability to think critically and solve problems

Preferred qualifications

• Scripting experience with Python or Bash
• Working knowledge of VMware vSphere and storage area networks (SANs)
• Experience with machine learning or data mining
• Understanding of object-oriented programming concepts
• Knowledge of Redis, PostgreSQL, and Apache Cassandra
• Linux system administration experience

Position summary:

ABC Company is looking for an engineer with experience in Li-Ion and battery system technology with specific knowledge in battery design, operation, and thermal management for PHEV and BEV-based vehicle architectures.

The New Energy Storage Engineer works in our global advanced engineering team, developing but also leading ABC Company’s future battery systems-based thermal management product and process portfolio, ensuring program readiness on time, on spec, and on costs, from initial concept to successful serial production.

Responsibilities of position:

• Support development of ABC Company’s global expertise in battery technologies with a focus on PHEV and BEV, from system down to component level including its functional breakdown
• Screen the global battery system technology-based market and convert it into an ABC specific technology roadmap
• Benchmark battery system technologies with a focus on thermal management
• Evolve global understanding of different battery technologies (technology, costs, strategy)
• Identify future product opportunities for ABC Company
• Lead technical meetings with our global customers to actively market and support new battery-related technologies, including alignment on product requirements
• Interface and active conversation with research institutions, universities, and other battery experts to support ABC Company’s battery strategy
• Support the development of future manufacturing technology
• Development and implementation of battery system-based thermal prototype build, test, and validation activity
• Actively publicize ABC Company’s thermal management systems approach to customers, partners, suppliers, and the industry

Skills & experience requirements:

• Knowledge of battery systems design and operation
• Knowledge of battery thermal management solutions and physical implications
• Understanding of vehicle coolant and refrigerant systems and their interaction and influence on battery performance
• A creative and intuitive mindset
• Ability to lead the team in a new complex solution approach
• Ability to learn and teach others about battery technology
• Ability to manage programs meeting the objectives
• Ability to implement remedial actions and plans to address concerns
• Excellent customer interaction skills
• Self-directed with a high degree of self-motivation
• Team player with the ability to support a team goal
• Excellent communication and team interaction skills
• Proficient IT skills in Microsoft Office
• Knowledge of power electronics and hydrogen fuel cell systems is an advantage
• Knowledge of polymer material processing and development is an advantage
• Knowledge of materials used in thermal management systems is an advantage

Education and experience requirements:

• BSME or related engineering degree (electrical engineering or chemistry)
• The expectation of 3-10 years of engineering experience, at least 1-5 years of experience with Li-Ion battery-based electrified vehicle architectures (PHEV/BEV)

Job duties and responsibilities

This position is responsible for the planning, engineering, implementation, administration, and support of a Backup and Recovery and disaster recovery infrastructure for ABC Company retail wireless applications in the AWS cloud. The focus is on backup/restore for new ABC Company retail wireless cloud application builds and ABC Company retail wireless applications that have migrated, or will migrate, from on-premise to a cloud-virtualized environment. This includes all aspects of backup/restore including gathering protection requirements, policy creation and management, success/failure reporting and remediation, upgrades, troubleshooting, configuration monitoring, and business continuity in a cloud environment. This position will also be responsible for researching new technology related to backup/restore, security, retention, and business continuity in a cloud environment. The candidate must possess strong verbal communication skills, and interpersonal skills, and be able to work in a fast-paced team environment.

• Actively participate in the design and architectural decisions for backup, recovery, and storage options in a cloud environment
• Integrate cloud operations with legacy processes, with an understanding of new cloud principals CICD Pipelines, Software/Infrastructure as a Service
• Work with operations teams to implement system changes: Firmware/Hardware compatibility bundles, Latest support Hypervisor versions, understanding traditional Storage Solutions, and Cloud Storage Solutions
• Ensure all hardware and software components, are in compliance, with security guidelines
• Implement and defend PCI requirements in the Cloud
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies based on business requirements Craft and develop AWS Cloud solutions, translating business requirements into scalable, flexible, and secure cloud architectures
• Experience with, and understanding of NetWorker, On-Prem Storage Arrays, hyper-converged, VSAN, IP storage or similar product offerings, and cloud storage solutions to offload on-prem storage footprint
• Assist in Cloud Tiering from on-premise storage solutions

Skills, experience, and requirements

• B.S. in Computer Science or related area of study preferred, or equivalent industry experience
• 5-10 years of IT-related experience
• Expertise in industry tools for CI and CD pipeline creation and execution – Jenkins, Chef, Ansible, PowerShell, Hashicorp stack, JUnit, Selenium, Sonar, Terraform, Cloud Formation, or equivalents.
• Expertise in design, implementation, and management of compute virtualization technologies – VMWare, AWS EC2/ECS/EKS, GCP, and/or Azure Virtual Machines
• Expertise in the design and implantation of a virtual data center in AWS, GCP, or Azure including technologies supporting Backup/Restore, data protection, Networks, VPCs, Security, DNS, Computer, Storage, Persistent storage technologies, EMR, Transport, and Data structures
• Enterprise-class experience designing and implementing highly available infrastructure solutions: VMWare, DELL/EMC RP4VM
• In-depth knowledge of Virtualized cloud products: VMWare Cloud, Storage Solutions, AWS File Gateway, AWS Backup, AWS EC2/EBS/S3, CloudWatch
• Experience and knowledge of multiple hypervisors and virtualization technologies: VMWare, Hyper-V
• Experience in deploying a cloud solution in a secured environment: AWS VPC, Security Groups, IAM Roles, S3
• Knowledge of multiple cloud technologies: AWS, GCP, Azure
• Experience with storage provisioning for VMware 7 and/or other hypervisors
• Experience supporting environments providing high availability and disaster recovery desirable
• Experience with application selection/deployment/support with private and public cloud (AWS)

Position

As part of ABC Company’s diverse team, you will collaborate with the larger engineering organization to develop, deploy, and maintain custom storage systems and storage management software to handle petabytes of data generated by ABC Company’s instruments and computational systems.

About you

You are a jack of all trades, but a master of storage or, at least storage is the area you gravitate towards. You are adventurous, passionate, creative, and curious. You feel that knowing the answer is not sufficient, but that understanding the “why” behind the answer is important. You have worked in environments where the user base does weird things to storage, whether it be in a post-doc lab, a large-scale HPC lab (whether government or private), or deep in the bowels of a “big data” environment, and tweaked, modified, and otherwise bent storage systems to your will in support of the userbase.

You are excited to open a new chapter in your career and join the search for medicines that will have a positive impact on diseases that impact people across the globe and, in doing so, be on the front lines of handling 100s or terabytes of data a day for real-time processing, and for the long-term care and feeding of the resulting output data across multiple buildings, cities, and countries. You will bring to this challenge enthusiasm, high energy, intellectual curiosity, and scientific rigor which you have demonstrated throughout your career.

What you’ll do

• Provide input on the strategic direction of the engineering storage environment
• Develop and maintain a hybrid cloud/on-prem storage environment capable of handling tens of petabytes of data
• Participate in vetting new storage solutions and providing feedback to vendors regarding ABC Company’s needs
• Participate in the development and deployment of any custom storage solutions developed by ABC Company
• Work closely with Corporate IT to ensure security, backup, and disaster recovery needs for instrument and Engineering data are comprehended and to implement solutions that meet those needs
• Lead efforts to troubleshoot and resolve any issues with the engineering storage environment
• In collaboration with other Engineering IT subject matter experts, the engineering software group, and the science teams, deploy and maintain an information management solution that will map the scientist’s view of data (an experiment) to the storage view of data (an object, file, or directory) and allow for intelligent management of ABC Company’s science data
• Work collaboratively with engineers and scientists to understand and address tactical needs and create a positive and productive development and analysis environment
• Contribute to multiple projects simultaneously, developing milestones, and deadlines in coordination with the broader company goals

Qualifications

• BS or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related quantitative field
• 10+ years of combined experience in IT infrastructure, commercial, and custom storage solutions, tools development and support, and IT administration
• Demonstrated experience deploying and supporting custom storage solutions from non-commercial sources: deployment of a Lustre environment as an example
• Familiarity with storage technology from multiple vendors — NetApp, Qumulo, EMC, TrueNAS, Weka, etc.
• Experience managing petabyte-sized data sets
• Strong Python and Shell programming experience are required – expect someone to ask you to write code
• C/C++ familiarity desired
• Linux system administration experience is a requirement
• Experience with AWS or other S3-compatible storage environments
• Experience deploying on-prem S3 storage or S3 translation layers
• Ability to logically and efficiently investigate and solve problems and to develop solutions from prototype development to production designs
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Team-oriented, flexible, and able to adapt to rapidly evolving goals and challenges
• Adept at balancing multiple projects and competing priorities