Position Details

Salary $107K – $159K USD / year

Type Full-Time

Experience executive

Exp. Years 9+ years

Education Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Category Cloud & Infrastructure

About this role

Director of Storage and Backup Engineering leads a global team responsible for designing and maintaining high-availability storage and backup infrastructure, ensuring data protection and disaster recovery across on-prem and cloud platforms for a major insurer.

Key Responsibilities

Direct, manage, and supervise storage/backup design and operations
Define standards for data models and storage performance
Ensure capacity planning and disaster recovery readiness
Oversee recovery exercises and asset management
Collaborate with vendors and IT leaders

Technical Overview

Oversees storage architecture and service delivery across NetApp, Cohesity, and Pure Storage, with emphasis on capacity planning, DR testing, and data protection in both on-prem and cloud environments.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is an executive-level storage and backup engineering leader with 9+ years of IT experience, deep expertise with NetApp, Cohesity, and Pure Storage, and a proven track record in data protection and disaster recovery across on-prem and cloud environments.

Must-Have Skills

9+ years of relevant IT experience5+ years leading technical engineering teams3+ years managing storage and backup infrastructure5+ years managing NetAppCohesityPure infrastructureAdvanced project management skillsExperience with SAPPower BIMESLean Six Sigma (preferred)

Tools & Platforms

NetAppCohesityPure StoragePower BIMicrosoft Office

Required Skills

storage engineeringbackupdata protectiondisaster recoveryon-prem storagecloud storageNetAppCohesityPure StorageStorage service solutionscapacity planningvendor managementleadershipproject managementIT governanceData protectionDisaster recovery testing

Hard Skills

Soft Skills

leadershipstakeholder managementcommunicationstrategic thinkingteam collaboration

Industry & Role

Industry Insurance

Job Function Direct storage and backup engineering to ensure reliable data protection and disaster recovery for enterprise applications

Role Subtype Storage Director

Tech Domains NetApp, Cohesity, Pure Storage, Power BI, Microsoft Office

Keywords for Your Resume

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Deal Breakers

9+ years of relevant IT experience, 5+ years leading technical engineering teams, 3+ years managing storage and backup infrastructure

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