Storage Engineer

Job Description Pure Storage Engineer/ Storage Design Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Pure Storage Storage Design Engineer with strong expertise in designing and implementing enterprise storage solutions using Pure Storage FlashArray models (X50, X20, C50) across multidata center environments. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing highly available, scalable, and disaster-resilient storage infrastructure with synchronous and asynchronous replication strategies.

The role requires deep understanding of SAN architecture, zoning, storage networking, replication technologies, protection groups, snapshots, and disaster recovery planning in enterprise environments.

Pure Storage ActiveCluster supports synchronous active-active replication with transparent failover and zero RPO/RTO capabilities for metro-cluster deployments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement logical and physical storage architecture using Pure Storage FlashArray X50, X20, and C50 platforms.
• Architect Active-Active metro cluster environments using synchronous replication across 2 data centers.
• Design Active DR / asynchronous replication strategies for long-distance disaster recovery.
• Define and implement:
• SAN zoning architecture
• Host group mapping
• Storage pod configurations
• SAN port mapping and assignments
• Volume presentation standards
• Configure and manage:
• Protection Groups (PG)
• Snapshot policies and schedules
• Replication policies
• Retention strategies
• Design high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) solutions for critical enterprise workloads.
• Define failover/failback procedures and storage resiliency standards.
• Work closely with server, virtualization, network, and application teams for infrastructure integration.
• Support storage migration, replication validation, DR drills, and capacity planning activities.
• Provide architecture documentation, LLD/HLD diagrams, SOPs, and operational runbooks.
• Ensure storage platform performance optimization, scalability, and operational stability.
• Participate in troubleshooting complex storage, SAN, and replication-related issues.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with:
• Pure Storage FlashArray X-Series and C-Series
• Pure Storage ActiveCluster
• Pure Storage replication technologies
• Experience designing:
• Active-Active storage clusters
• Sync and Async replication
• Metro DR and multi-site storage solutions
• Strong understanding of:
• Fibre Channel SAN
• SAN zoning
• Multipathing
• Host connectivity
• Storage networking concepts
• Experience with:
• Protection Groups
• Snapshot scheduling
• Replication consistency groups
• Pod management
• Knowledge of VMware, virtualized environments, and enterprise data center operations.
• Experience in HA/DR strategy planning and implementation.
• Understanding of storage performance tuning, latency optimization, and capacity planning.
• Ability to create architecture documents and operational standards.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with VMware vSphere / VCF environments.
• Knowledge of Cisco MDS/Brocade SAN switches.
• Experience with automation or scripting for storage operations.
• Familiarity with enterprise backup and recovery solutions.
• Understanding of cloud-integrated DR strategies.

Key Technical Areas

• Pure Storage FlashArray X50 / X20 / C50
• ActiveCluster (Synchronous Replication)
• ActiveDR / Asynchronous Replication
• SAN Fabric Architecture
• Fibre Channel Networking
• Pod Design & Host Mapping
• Snapshot & Protection Group Policies
• Multi-DC Storage Architecture
• High Availability & Disaster Recovery
• Storage Capacity & Performance Optimization