We are looking for a Senior AWS Storage & NetApp ONTAP Engineer to optimize and manage a large-scale AWS FSx for NetApp ONTAP environment supporting EDA workloads.
The role covers storage consolidation and right-sizing, hybrid-cloud DR, directory-integrated NFS/SMB access, Terraform automation, and storage foundation for an acquisition programme.
Key Responsibilities
- Consolidate and right-size AWS FSx for NetApp ONTAP to reduce cost while maintaining EDA workload performance.
- Migrate and decommission the us-west-1 footprint after validating data and access paths.
- Optimize capacity, throughput, tiering, and performance based on workload patterns.
- Manage FlexClone refresh and volume provisioning through Terraform.
- Integrate AWS FSx ONTAP with on-premises NetApp ONTAP for DR.
- Configure ONTAP/SVM peering and SnapMirror replication.
- Align SVM, export policies, LDAP, and storage configurations with enterprise standards.
- Support large-scale data migration and archive transfers.
- Extend directory-based automount across Linux and other compute platforms.
- Validate NFS/SMB access and consistent POSIX UID/GID and Windows SID mapping.
- Provision FSx ONTAP using Terraform and support build, integration testing, and hypercare.
Must-Have Skills
- Strong hands-on AWS FSx for NetApp ONTAP experience.
- Strong NetApp ONTAP administration and troubleshooting.
- SnapMirror and enterprise DR experience.
- Terraform / Infrastructure-as-Code expertise.
- Strong NFS and SMB knowledge.
- Linux/RHEL storage administration.
- LDAP / Active Directory integration.
- POSIX UID/GID and Windows SID mapping.
- Storage performance optimization and migration experience.
Good to Have
- EDA / HPC workload experience.
- AWS networking and hybrid-cloud experience.
- FlexClone and storage automation.
- Large-scale data migration experience.
- Enterprise storage transformation experience.
Experience
8+ years in enterprise storage engineering, with solid hands-on experience in NetApp ONTAP and AWS FSx for NetApp ONTAP.