Senior / Lead Infrastructure Engineer (Storage Mythos)

Role: Senior / Lead Infrastructure Engineer (Storage Mythos)

Location: Irving, TX (Onsite)

Type: Contract

Job Description:

• The Storage Engineering team is seeking a Senior / Lead Infrastructure Engineer with deep expertise in enterprise storage platforms, data protection ecosystems, and automation frameworks to lead validation and testing efforts.
• This role will drive automation strategy, testing frameworks, and large-scale validation to ensure the reliability, performance, and resilience of storage systems, with a primary focus on accelerating patching across the environment.

In this role, you will:

• Lead automation frameworks (Python, Playwright/Selenium) for validating storage and data workflows supporting accelerated patching
• Design and execute validation for:
• High-velocity patch distribution and deployment workflows
• Storage performance during patching (IOPS, throughput, latency)
• API and distributed system integration for patch orchestration
• Define and execute validation strategies across:
• PowerMax / PowerFlex (high-performance block storage)
• NetApp FAS (multi-protocol access for distributed repositories)
• StorageGRID (S3 object storage for artifacts, staging, and distribution)
• Cohesity (backup, recovery, and cyber resilience)
• Validate data protection, replication, and disaster recovery for storage systems supporting accelerated patching
• Build reusable automation frameworks and integrate into CI/CD pipelines for continuous validation
• Use Terraform (IaC) to provision and validate storage environments optimized for rapid patching

Drive testing for:

• Data integrity and consistency of patch artifacts
• High-volume data movement across environments and endpoints
• Lead deep troubleshooting and root cause analysis across storage and patch deployment workflows
• Platform Focus Areas
• Cohesity: Backup/restore, cyber recovery, and protection of repositories and configurations
• PowerMax / PowerFlex: Low-latency, high-throughput storage to support rapid patch deployment
• NetApp FAS: Shared access (NFS/SMB/iSCSI/FC) for staging, repositories, and lifecycle management
• StorageGRID: S3 object storage for artifact storage, ingestion, and large-scale distribution

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years in storage, automation, or infrastructure engineering
• Strong Python and automation experience
• Knowledge of block, file, object storage, and data protection
• Minimum Qualifications
• 5+ years with enterprise storage platforms (Cohesity, PowerMax/PowerFlex, NetApp, StorageGRID)
• Experience leading automation and validation for distributed infrastructure systems and patch deployment processes

Expertise in:

• High-volume data delivery and validation
• Backup/restore, replication, and DR at scale
• Data integrity and large artifact handling
• Terraform (IaC) and CI/CD integration
• Advanced troubleshooting across storage, compute, and distributed systems

Desired Qualifications

• Direct experience supporting accelerated patching initiatives or large-scale update delivery environments
• Multi-cloud storage architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Kubernetes/CSI storage integrations
• Performance benchmarking for high-throughput systems
• Observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk)

Job Expectations

• Act as SME for storage and data infrastructure with a focus on accelerating patching across storage systems
• Lead cross-functional initiatives across Storage, DevOps, and Platform Engineering teams
• Deliver scalable, production-grade automation for validation and patch delivery workflows
• Drive improvements in system performance, scalability, resiliency, and patch deployment velocity
• Mentor engineers and provide clear technical insights and recommendations