Storage Platform Operations Engineer

Position Overview:

Our client is seeking a Storage Platform Operations Engineer to support global storage and backup operations across enterprise infrastructure platforms. This position is onsite in Indianapolis, Indiana for an initial six-month engagement with the potential to extend as a contractor or convert to a full-time employee role.

The engineer will support storage and backup Infrastructure as a Service capabilities across private cloud and public cloud environments while helping drive automation, observability, and Artificial Intelligence-enabled operations. The role partners closely with storage engineering, infrastructure operations, and platform SMEs to improve availability, reliability, resiliency, and operational efficiency across global environments.

Responsibilities:

• Lead global storage and backup operations for enterprise infrastructure platforms.
• Support storage block and file services across private cloud and public cloud environments.
• Drive Artificial Intelligence operations, event driven automation, and observability initiatives.
• Improve infrastructure availability and reliability through repeatable operational patterns.
• Collaborate with storage engineering teams on strategic storage platform direction.
• Troubleshoot complex storage platform issues in large scale enterprise environments.
• Partner with Windows and Linux engineers to identify and resolve platform performance issues.
• Support cloud infrastructure management and infrastructure as code initiatives.
• Contribute to automation solutions that improve operational efficiency and service reliability.
• Lead and support large scale global infrastructure projects.
• Participate in rotational work schedules as required.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
• Four to seven years of experience as a Storage Platform Engineer.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Dell SAN storage and backup solutions in a large enterprise environment.
• Experience supporting enterprise storage administration and resiliency solutions at scale.
• Experience with Artificial Intelligence enabled automation tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or similar technologies.
• Knowledge of CIFS, SMB, NFS, and multi protocol storage environments.
• Basic Linux administration experience.
• Experience with automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible or Puppet.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and communication skills.
• Experience collaborating across global teams.
• Demonstrated success delivering quality solutions within agile team environments.

• Cloud certifications.
• Experience with Azure and AWS Infrastructure as a Service platforms.
• Familiarity with Dell storage and backup management tools.
• Experience leading global infrastructure initiatives.
• Experience supporting Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning infrastructure environments.