Vice President, Global Infrastructure Engineering Storage Hardware Site

Our Company

Oaktree is a leader among global investment managers specializing in alternative investments, with about $200 billion in assets under management. The firm emphasizes an opportunistic, value-oriented and risk-controlled approach to investments in credit, private equity, real assets and listed equities.  The firm has over 1,200 employees and offices in 24 cities worldwide.

We are committed to cultivating an environment that is collaborative, curious, inclusive and honors diversity of thought. Providing training and career development opportunities and emphasizing strong support for our local communities through philanthropic initiatives are essential to our culture.

For additional information please visit our website at www.oaktreecapital.com

Role Summary

Vice President, Global Infrastructure Engineering lead is a hands-on engineering leader that oversee the global management of data center storage systems, enterprise backup solutions, and infrastructure patching and remediation programs. This role is accountable for ensuring the integrity, recoverability, and availability of data across global sites, as well as coordinating patch compliance, disaster recovery testing, and support for critical trading and operational platforms.

As a senior technical leader and escalation point, this position collaborates with teams across infrastructure, security, applications, and global site support to ensure consistent service delivery, audit readiness, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

Enterprise Storage Operations

• Administer global storage systems including NetApp, Dell Unity, and Dell PowerStore across data centers: (colo) Equinix, (self-hosted) Stamford, LA, London, and Singapore.
• Manage network-based file share infrastructure (SMB, DFS, NFS) including HR-restricted shares, departmental drives, Geneva application shares, and MDM dependencies.
• Oversee configuration, capacity planning, access provisioning, and lifecycle upgrades of storage hardware at global sites.
• Coordinate local storage deployments for critical office locations such as Stamford and London.

Backup and Archival Management

• Lead enterprise backup strategy using Avamar (software) and Dell IDPA/Data Domain (hardware) and legacy Veritas systems.
• Ensure reliable backup of mission-critical systems (e.g., fund accounting system Geneva, order-management-system Everest, SQL databases, SharePoint, MDM) and retention compliance for 1-year and 10-year data sets.
• Manage backup restore workflows, offsite replication to Virginia, and S3 archival for monthly and annual snapshots.
• Coordinate audits and reporting in support of regulatory and internal reviews.

Cyber Vault & Air-Gap Recovery Infrastructure

• Oversee cyber vault (Dell Cyber Recovery) architecture, including scan intervals, retention, and infection alert workflows.
• Manage the LA cyber vault and clean room architecture, including physical access and remote session troubleshooting.
• Work with partners to implement remote access and storage expansion for air-gap replication scalability.

Disaster Recovery and Testing

• Collaborate with business continuity teams to perform semi-annual DR tests for mission-critical applications (e.g., Geneva, MDM, data warehouse).
• Maintain and enhance DR runbooks; ensure infrastructure-level failover scenarios are documented and executable.
• Execute non-disruptive, bubble-based failover environments for DR validation using VMware and Veeam Live Recovery.

Patching and Vulnerability Remediation

• Lead monthly and quarterly patch cycles for storage, virtualization, and backup appliances (ESXi, IDPA, NetApp).
• Remediate vulnerabilities based on CVE and SSCM scans provided by the security team; track status in Jira.
• Ensure patch testing is successful, and systems remain operational post-remediation.

Infrastructure Support and Escalations

• Act as L3 escalation for application and infrastructure teams when backup, storage, or server performance issues arise and require hands on the keyboard and in-person expertise.
• Support Geneva’s infrastructure environment including NFS shares, unit servers, SQL backend, and job scheduling errors.
• Assist in troubleshooting interface workflows, API-based data feeds, and nightly reconciliation failures.

Hardware Lifecycle and Vendor Coordination

• Lead hardware decommissioning projects, including secure wiping