Siemens Digital Industries Software · 3 weeks ago
Principal Storage Strategy and Operations Architect
Wilsonville, OR
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
10+ years expSiemens Digital Industries Software is a leading provider of solutions for the design, simulation, and manufacture of products across many different industries. The Principal Storage Strategy and Operations Architect will drive transformation of enterprise storage across multiple global data centers, operationalizing the storage ecosystem and addressing complex challenges related to data management and compliance.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Operationalize the Global Storage Ecosystem
Define the management plane: Architect and implement centralized tooling, monitoring, and orchestration that provides global visibility and control across all storage platforms
Build the foundation: Develop comprehensive runbooks, automation, operational procedures, and escalation frameworks that evolve our storage assets into a unified, operationally excellent ecosystem
Establish operational excellence: Partner with the Services Team's Center of Excellence to define storage-specific KPIs, monitoring standards, alert strategies, and SLA frameworks
Clarify roles & responsibilities: Work across Physical and Services teams to define clear RACI models, escalation paths, and support boundaries for storage operations
Drive Strategic Storage Modernization
Champion adoption of next-generation storage technologies
Design and implement scalable, cost-optimized hybrid cloud storage operations (on-premises NetApp/Pure + AWS/Azure)
Maintain awareness of storage market landscape; assess vendors and provide strategic recommendations
Define self-service capabilities and consumption-based storage-as-a-service models
Lead Cross-Functional Coordination & Influence
Operate as technical and operational leader across storage, network, server, security, and Services teams—influencing through expertise
Actively manage vendor relationships (NetApp, Pure Storage); negotiate technical requirements and ensure optimal support
Serve as storage operations liaison to global engineering teams, translating requirements into infrastructure capabilities
Elevate team capabilities through coaching, documentation, and promoting continuous learning
Ensure Global Compliance & Data Resilience
Architect storage operations and backup strategies complying with regional data residency, GDPR, and regulatory frameworks
Define operational geo-replication, multi-site redundancy, and DR capabilities ensuring business continuity
Establish regular testing protocols for backups, snapshots, replication, and recovery procedures
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience)
10+ years enterprise storage architecture and operations with demonstrated leadership in complex, global environments
NetApp mastery: Extensive hands-on with ONTAP (cDot), advanced features, performance tuning, OnCommand/Active IQ
Pure Storage expertise: In-depth experience with FlashArray/FlashBlade, management, replication, optimization
Proven track record managing and operationalizing storage across multiple global data centers at petabyte scale
Demonstrated success with storage solutions spanning on-premises and public cloud (AWS, Azure)
Exceptional ability operationalizing complex environments: runbooks, automation, orchestration, SLAs, escalation procedures, HA/DR testing
Strong track record building centralized management, monitoring, orchestration for geographically distributed infrastructure
Experience defining roles, responsibilities, governance models across multiple technical teams
Proven success in matrix leadership—influencing and coordinating without direct authority
Ability to develop and execute multi-year technology roadmaps and modernization initiatives
Exceptional communication presenting complex concepts to audiences from engineers to C-level executives
Strong vendor management: relationship building, technical negotiations, market landscape analysis
Collaborative mindset, comfortable with ambiguity and dynamic environments, bias for action
Strong working knowledge of storage networking (NFS, SMB, iSCSI, FC, NVMe-oF) and network architecture tradeoffs
Understanding of automation/IaC tools (Ansible, Terraform), scripting (PowerShell, Python), REST APIs
Expert-level storage performance analysis, tuning, and capacity planning
Experience with application and storage monitoring and observability platforms
Solid understanding of ITIL processes (Incident, Problem, Change Management)
Familiarity with Linux, Windows, and virtualized environments
Preferred
Master's degree
Parallel file system (PFS) experience with high-performance systems
Experience leading storage initiatives involving GDPR, data residency, or multi-region regulatory compliance
Track record building self-service storage platforms, consumption-based models, or internal cloud services
Certifications: NetApp NCIE, Pure Certified Architect, ITIL, AWS/Azure storage
Deep experience with SnapMirror/SnapVault, Pure ActiveCluster/ActiveDR, or equivalent technologies
Benefits
Flexibility - Choosing between working at home and the office at other times is the norm here.
Great benefits and rewards, as you'd expect from a world leader in industrial software.
Company
Siemens Digital Industries Software
We help organizations of all sizes digitally transform using software, hardware and services from the Siemens Xcelerator business platform.
5001-10000 employees
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Late StageLeadership Team
Aleksandar Bradic
Chief Technology Officer, Supplyframe
Kirk Gutmann
Senior VP Technology & Innovation — CTO
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