Storage Platform Engineer
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Not listed
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 1+ years
- Category
- Devops
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience
- 2 years of experience in storage, infrastructure, systems administration, cloud operations, or a related IT discipline
- 1 year experience with cloud technologies, enterprise storage, SAN/NAS, systems infrastructure, or comparable technologies
- AWS Certified Data Engineer or Azure Data Engineer or equivalent cloud platform certification
Nice to have
- Experience with one or more enterprise storage technologies such as Dell, IBM, NetApp, Pure Storage, Hitachi Vantara, or comparable platforms.
- Working knowledge of block/file storage, capacity, performance, availability, and data protection concepts
- Demonstrated troubleshooting and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Experience with SAN fabric technologies such as Cisco MDS.
- Exposure to AWS or Azure storage services.
- Experience with storage monitoring, performance analysis, replication, data protection, migrations, or capacity planning.
- Familiarity with Terraform, PowerShell, Python, REST APIs, or other infrastructure automation technologies.
- Familiarity with CI/CD and tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.
- Knowledge of operating systems, virtualization, databases, containers, or backup technologies.
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.
- Exposure to AIOps, AI/ML infrastructure, or predictive monitoring is a plus.
Full description
Requisition ID # 174345
Job Category: Engineering / Science
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Business Unit: Technology & Security
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: Oakland
Department Overview
Technology & Security delivers secure, resilient, and scalable enterprise platforms that support critical business applications, infrastructure services, cloud operations, automation, and emerging technology enablement.**
Position Summary**
The Storage Platform Engineer (SPE) supports enterprise storage infrastructure across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. This role provides reliable, secure, and high-performing block, file, SAN, NAS, and cloud storage services supporting business-critical applications, databases, virtual infrastructure, analytics, and emerging workloads.
The SPE works with technologies such as Dell PowerMax, PowerFlex, PowerStore, PowerScale/Isilon, IBM FlashSystem/SVC, Cisco MDS, and AWS and Azure storage services. Candidates are not expected to have experience with every technology listed; experience with comparable enterprise storage platforms is valued.
The role focuses on storage provisioning, performance, capacity management, data protection, troubleshooting, lifecycle management, migrations, and automation while partnering with application, database, compute, network, cybersecurity, cloud, and vendor teams.
PG&E is providing the hourly rate range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual hourly rate paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.
The hourly rate for this position ranges from $49.04 to $77.88.
This position is hybrid, working remotely and 1–2 days per week at the Oakland Headquarters based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory.
Job Responsibilities**
- Administer and support enterprise block, file, SAN, NAS, object, and cloud storage environments.
- Provision, expand, reclaim, and optimize storage for applications, databases, virtual infrastructure, and file services.
- Monitor storage capacity, performance, availability, replication, and SAN connectivity.