Cloud Storage Platform Engineer

Commitment to continuous learning and improve

Location

• Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Qualifications

• Combined minimum of 8 years’ higher education and/or work experience in systems design, management and/or architecture
• 3+ years of experience in infrastructure, storage, or cloud engineering.
• Hands-on experience with AWS storage and data protection services, such as S3, EBS, EFS, FSx, AWS Backup, and Glacier.
• Proficiency with IaC tools such as Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Scripting or programming experience in Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Understanding of backup and recovery concepts, including RPO/RTO, retention, replication, and disaster recovery.
• Familiarity with security controls such as IAM, KMS encryption, and least-privilege access.
• Experience with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS certifications, such as Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, or DevOps Engineer.
• Experience with enterprise backup platforms, such as Commvault, Rubrik, Cohesity, or Veeam, in hybrid or cloud environments.
• Knowledge of cyber resiliency practices, such as air-gapped and immutable backups and ransomware recovery.
• Experience with compliance frameworks, such as SOX, PCI-DSS, NIST, or FFIEC.
• Familiarity with configuration management tools, such as Ansible, and policy-as-code tools, such as AWS Config, Service Control Policies (SCPs), or OPA.
• Experience with monitoring and reporting tools, such as CloudWatch, Splunk, or Grafana.
• Key Competencies
• Strong automation-first mindset
• Analytical, structured problem-solving
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Ability to work across teams in a regulated enterprise environment
• Commitment to continuous learning and improve
• M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $116,400.00 - $194,000.00 Annual (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.
• Location
• Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise storage and data protection services in AWS, including S3, EBS, EFS, FSx, and AWS Backup.
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code with tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK to automate backup, recovery, storage provisioning, and cyber resiliency workflows.
• Build repeatable automation for provisioning, configuration management, monitoring, reporting, and policy enforcement.
• Align cloud storage platforms with enterprise standards, operational procedures, security controls, and regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Strengthen cyber resiliency with immutable backups, vault lock, cross-account and cross-region replication, and tested recovery procedures.
• Implement monitoring and reporting for backup success, capacity, cost, and compliance posture.
• Create and maintain documentation, including runbooks, architecture diagrams, and standard operating procedures.
• Collaborate with cloud, security, application, and operations teams to deliver secure and scalable storage solutions.
• Take part in continuous improvement efforts, incident response, root cause analysis, and patching and maintenance cycles.