Senior Storage Engineer

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

Title: Sr. Storage Engineer

Locations: REMOTE / Kansas City, MO

Note: While this is a remote position, there may be occasional requirements to escort vendors onsite for support purposes. Travel and accommodation will be provided as needed.

About SS&C:

SS&C is a global provider of investment and financial services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Some 18,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest institutions to local firms, manage and account for their investments using SS&C's products and services. The successful candidate will join one of our delivery teams to work primarily with our Australian Superannuation clients to provide consultation services and understand and document their business needs in order to scope the solution to lead to successful business outcomes and support the delivery of these solutions by our cross-functional teams.  

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model
• Your Future: Income Protection Insurance & Salary Continuance
• Work/Life Balance: Generous Bereavement & Compassionate leave
• Your Wellbeing: Private Health Insurance discount, Primary & Secondary Paid Parental leave, Death & TPD Insurance
• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C University
• Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!

What You Will Get To Do:

• Optimize Storage & Backup Performance:
  • Oversee the overall performance of storage and backup solutions, ensuring minimal latency and optimal efficiency across the infrastructure.
  • Conduct cross-platform workload analysis and performance profiling to predict and enhance storage and backup system performance.
• System Design & Maintenance:
  • Design, test, deploy, and maintain complex, parallel-access storage and backup systems.
  • Continuously monitor and analyze system performance, establishing measurement processes and tracking efficiency against application and project requirements.
  • Define and implement proactive threshold alerting mechanisms for early detection of potential performance issues.
• Issue Resolution & Support:      
  • Identify and remediate I/O, throughput, or latency degradation across storage tiers, conducting root cause analysis and implementing solutions.
  • Provide 24/7 on-call support for all storage and backup platforms on a rotational basis, ensuring system reliability and business continuity.
• Collaboration & Project Management:
  • Work closely with engineers and architects to align tactical storage and backup strategies with business objectives, fostering a collaborative development and analysis environment.
  • Manage multiple projects concurrently, setting clear milestones and deadlines in alignment with broader organizational goals.

What You Will Bring:

• Education & Experience:
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or equivalent professional experience.
  • Over six years of progressively responsible, hands-on experience in IT.
  • More than four years of direct experience managing high-performance SAN and NAS environments.
  • Over four years of hands-on experience managing backup solutions, including Cohesity, Commvault, Avamar, and/or Veeam.

• Storage & Backup Expertise:
  • In-depth experience with Parallel and Distributed NAS (CIFS & NFS), Block (FC & iSCSI), and Object (S3) storage technologies.
  • Extensive knowledge of PURE Storage FlashArray and FlashBlade systems.
  • Experience integrating and automating PURE Storage API within production environments.
  • Familiarity with storage systems such as EMC, NetApp, HDS, IBM, HPE, or similar next-generation technologies (preferred).
  • Expertise in Cohesity data protection, including physical and virtual clusters, replication, and cloud archiving.