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The Principal Architect (Storage Consultant) will have deep expertise in Dell Hyper-Converged (VxRail-centric) environments, Dell primary storage platforms and NetApp ecosystems, combined with strong enterprise advisory and roadmap definition capabilities. This role will be client-facing and strategic in nature. The architect will engage with senior customer stakeholders to assess current storage maturity, define future-state architecture and develop a multi-year storage modernization roadmap aligned to performance, resiliency, regulatory, cyber-resilience and cost objectives. This is not an operations role. It is a strategy-led architecture and advisory position.
Job Responsibility
Lead enterprise storage assessments across Dell HC, Dell Storage, and NetApp platforms
Help the customer in defining a 3 to 5 year storage roadmap including platform rationalization, technology standardization, HCI adoption strategy, data lifecycle and tiering models, cyber-resilience posture
Conduct maturity assessments and gap analysis
Align storage strategy with regulatory and compliance requirements, business continuity & DR strategy (RPO/RTO alignment), cloud and hybrid integration roadmap
Present recommendations to senior IT and infrastructure leadership
Architect and optimize Dell VxRail / Dell HC environments
Define cluster sizing strategy, workload placement models, performance and scalability planning, lifecycle and expansion approach
Provide guidance on modernization from legacy SAN/NAS to HCI where appropriate
Advise on integration with VMware and enterprise data protection frameworks
Requirements
15+ Years
Deep expertise in Dell Hyper-Converged (VxRail-centric) environments, Dell primary storage platforms and NetApp ecosystems
Strong enterprise advisory and roadmap definition capabilities