Storage Automation Engineer

Specialist - System Management Job Title Storage Automation Engineer Job Summary We are looking for an experienced Storage Automation Engineer with strong handson expertise in enterprise SAN NAS storage administration and infrastructure automation The role will focus on automating storage provisioning lifecycle management monitoring and operational activities across heterogeneous storage platforms such as Dell EMC NetApp Hitachi IBM Storage and Pure Storage The ideal candidate should have strong experience with Python Ansible REST APIs Terraform and Shell scripting along with solid LinuxUnix administration and storage troubleshooting capabilities Key Responsibilities Administer and support enterprise SAN and NAS storage environments across Dell EMC NetApp Hitachi IBM and related platforms Design and develop storage automation frameworks using Python Ansible REST APIs Terraform and Shell scripting Automate storage provisioning allocation decommissioning capacity management and lifecycle activities Integrate storage platforms with enterprise tools using REST APIs and automation workflows Develop reusable scripts modules playbooks and Infrastructure as Code templates to improve operational efficiency Monitor storage capacity availability utilization latency throughput and overall performance and proactively address infrastructure issues Perform storagerelated troubleshooting and rootcause analysis across SAN NAS LinuxUnix VMware and application environments Support storage migrations upgrades patching capacity expansion and technology refresh activities Integrate automation workflows with ServiceNow Jenkins GitHub Actions and other operationalCICD tools where required Support storage requirements for VMware Kubernetes OpenShift and cloud platforms Participate in Incident Problem and Change Management processes aligned with ITIL practices Support Disaster Recovery Business Continuity backup and recovery requirements for critical storage infrastructure Primary MustHave Skills Storage Automation Engineering SAN NAS Administration with Dell EMC NetApp Hitachi andor IBM Storage Python Automation Scripting Ansible Automation REST API Integration Storage Provisioning Lifecycle Management LinuxUnix Administration Terraform Infrastructure as Code Bash Korn Shell Scripting Automation Framework Development Storage Monitoring Performance Management ITIL Incident Problem Change Management Secondary GoodtoHave Skills VMware and virtualization platforms Kubernetes OpenShift storage integration Cloud Storage across AWS Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform Dell EMC PowerMax PowerStore Isilon NetApp ONTAP Pure Storage ServiceNow integration and workflow automation CICD tools such as Jenkins and GitHub Actions Backup technologies including NetBackup and Commvault Monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk Grafana and Dynatrace AIOps and operational automation Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Experience Competencies Preferably 5 years of relevant experience in enterprise storage administration infrastructure automation or storage engineering Strong handson knowledge of SANNAS architecture storage provisioning performance monitoring capacity management and troubleshooting Demonstrated experience automating storage operations using Python Ansible REST APIs Terraform or Shell scripting Ability to troubleshoot complex storage and infrastructure issues in large enterprise environments Good understanding of storage integrations with VMware LinuxUnix cloud container backup and monitoring platforms