Principal Storage Architect – Dell Hyper-Converged & Dell/NetApp Advisory- Bangalore
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Principal Storage Architect – Dell Hyper-Converged & Dell/NetApp Advisory
Role Summary
The Principal Architect (Storage Consultant) will have deep expertise in Dell Hyper-Converged (VxRail-centric) environments, Dell primary storage platforms and NetApp ecosystems, combined with strong enterprise advisory and roadmap definition capabilities.
This role will be client-facing and strategic in nature.
The architect will engage with senior customer stakeholders to assess current storage maturity, define future-state architecture and develop a multi-year storage modernization roadmap aligned to performance, resiliency, regulatory, cyber-resilience and cost objectives.
This is not an operations role.
It is a strategy-led architecture and advisory position.
Key Responsibilities
- 1️⃣ Storage Strategy & Roadmap Definition (Primary Mandate)
- Lead enterprise storage assessments across Dell HC, Dell Storage, and NetApp platforms.
- Hel the customer in defining a 3 to 5 year storage roadmap including -
- Platform rationalization
- Technology standardization
- HCI adoption strategy
- Data lifecycle and tiering models
- Cyber-resilience posture
- Conduct maturity assessments and gap analysis.
- Align storage strategy with -
- Regulatory and compliance requirements
- Business continuity & DR strategy (RPO/RTO alignment)
- Cloud and hybrid integration roadmap
- Present recommendations to senior IT and infrastructure leadership.
2️⃣ Dell Hyper-Converged Architecture (Core Requirement)
- Architect and optimize Dell VxRail / Dell HC environments.
- Define -
- Cluster sizing strategy
- Workload placement models
- Performance and scalability planning
- Lifecycle and expansion approach
- Provide guidance on modernization from legacy SAN/NAS to HCI where appropriate.
- Advise on integration with VMware and enterprise data protection frameworks.
3️⃣ Dell & NetApp Enterprise Storage Architecture
- Lead design discussions around -
- Dell PowerStore, PowerMax, Unity, PowerScale (as applicable)
- NetApp ONTAP, AFF/FAS/ASA ecosystems
- Evaluate multi-vendor coexistence strategy (Dell + NetApp).
- Define replication, multi-site, and data mobility models.
- Drive storage consolidation and optimization initiatives.
- Provide advisory on NVMe, software-defined storage, and cloud-adjacent architectures.
4️⃣ Data Protection, Backup & Cyber-Resilience
- Define enterprise backup and recovery architecture integrating -
- Commvault (primary)
• Dell Data Domain / PowerProtect
- Snapshot & replication-based strategies
- Establish -
- Retention policies
- Deduplication strategies
- DR orchestration models
- Immutable and air-gapped recovery architectures
- Align backup modernization with cyber-recovery objectives.
5️⃣ Advisory & Consulting Leadership
- Lead discovery workshops and architecture forums.
- Develop -
• HLDs / Solution Blueprints
- Roadmap decks
- Executive-level architecture summaries
- Support presales shaping, RFP responses, and proposal development.
- Act as technical authority in multi-vendor environments.
- Influence architectural decisions at enterprise scale.
Required Experience
- 15 to 18 (or more) years in enterprise storage architecture.
- Proven architect-level experience in -
- Dell Hyper-Converged (VxRail mandatory)
- Dell primary storage platforms
- NetApp ONTAP environments
- Strong advisory experience defining storage strategies for large enterprises (BFSI preferred).
- Experience designing hybrid and cloud-integrated storage solutions.
- Deep understanding of -
- SAN / NAS / Object storage
- Replication and multi-site DR
- Cyber-resilience and ransomware protection
- Capacity modeling and cost optimization
- Experience producing executive-ready architecture documentation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Dell Technologies Proven Professional (Expert / Master preferred)
• NetApp NCIE / NCDA
- Commvault certification
• VMware VCP / VCAP
- Exposure to automation (PowerShell / Ansible)
- Experience in regulated environments (Banking / Financial Services strongly preferred)
Critical Soft Skills
- Executive presence and stakeholder management capability.
- Strong consultative mindset.
- Ability to translate technical complexity into business outcomes.
- Comfortable operating in politically complex, multi-vendor enterprise environments.
- Clear, structured communicator with strong documentation rigor.
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