Cloud Storage Engineer

Post Date

Jun 12, 2026

Location

Irving,
Texas

ZIP/Postal Code

75063
US
Aug 12, 2026 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract-to-perm

Category

Network Engineer

Req #

DAL-dc42fc71-f713-4a72-a96f-3d505657af23

Pay Rate

$52 - $65 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

Insight Global is looking for a Storage Platform Engineer that is responsible for designing, engineering, and operating enterprise storage platforms across a hybrid environment spanning on-prem data centers and cloud environments. This role focuses on SAN, NAS, and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) storage solutions including NetApp, Dell Isilon, Dell Unity, and HPE Alletra.
The ideal candidate is a hands-on storage engineer with deep expertise in storage protocols, connectivity models, and provisioning who can translate architectural designs into reliable, scalable, and high-performing storage solutions supporting enterprise workloads.

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Design, build, and support enterprise storage platforms across SAN, NAS, and HCI environments.
• Engineer and manage storage solutions including NetApp (ONTAP), Dell Isilon (PowerScale), Dell Unity, and HPE Alletra.
• Provision and manage storage resources including volumes, LUNs, shares, and file systems across multi-tenant environments.
• Configure and manage SAN environments including zoning, masking, and WWPN-based connectivity.
• Design and support storage connectivity models including Fibre Channel (FC), iSCSI, Direct Attached Storage (DAS), and NVMe-based storage architectures.
• Manage and optimize storage performance, capacity, and availability across platforms.
• Lead storage-related activities for system migrations, data center moves, and workload transitions.
• Work closely with server, virtualization, and application teams to align storage solutions with compute and workload requirements.
• Implement and maintain backup, replication, and disaster recovery strategies across storage platforms.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis (RCA) for storage and performance-related issues.
• Monitor storage systems and proactively address capacity, performance, and reliability risks.
• Maintain storage documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise standards, data protection requirements, and configuration baselines.
• Drive automation and standardization of storage provisioning and management tasks where applicable.
• Participate in 24×7 on-call rotation, providing escalation support for storage and infrastructure incidents.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.To learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5 to 8+ years of experience in storage engineering or infrastructure engineering.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise SAN/NAS storage platforms including NetApp, Dell Isilon (PowerScale), Unity, and HPE Alletra.
• Strong experience with storage provisioning, zoning, performance management and networking concepts
• Hands on experience with storage protocols and connectivity models including Fibre Channel (FC), iSCSI, Direct Attached Storage (DAS), and NVMe / NVMe-over-Fabrics
• Experience supporting enterprise data center environments.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Experience with HCI storage platforms and converged infrastructure stacks.
• Experience working alongside VMware and virtualization environments.
• Exposure to cloud-based storage services and hybrid storage architectures.
• Experience with automation and Infrastructure as Code concepts.
• Exposure to backup platforms and data protection tools (Cohesity, Data Domain, etc.).
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.