Storage Engineer

at Cognizant in Boise, Idaho, United States

Job Title: Storage Engineer

Job Location: Remote, USA

• Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future****

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Storage Engineer (L3) to provide end-to-end engineering ownership of enterprise storage platforms. This role is responsible for ensuring stability, performance, capacity optimization, and compliance for archival and object storage workloads.

The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in Dell EMC ECS storage environments , coupled with strong troubleshooting, governance, and operational leadership skills in large-scale enterprise environments.

Salary and Other Compensation:

The annual salary for this position is between $90,000 to $103,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizants discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizants applicable plans.

In this role, you will

Provide end-to-end L3 ownership of the enterprise Storage environment, ensuring availability, reliability, performance, and operational health.

Drive capacity planning, performance tuning, and optimization for Dell EMC ECS storage platforms, ensuring scalability and efficiency.

Plan, execute, and validate firmware upgrades, storage expansions, and platform changes through formal change management processes.

Lead complex troubleshooting, incident resolution, and root cause analysis ( RCA ) using ECS logs, diagnostics, and monitoring tools.

Act as the primary escalation point and coordinate with Dell OEM /vendor support for hardware/software issues and critical escalations.

Govern and manage ECS replication, archival strategies, retention policies, and disaster recovery (DR) configurations.

Support LDAP /Active Directory integration , ECS node/pool configurations, and enforce platform-level security controls .

Generate and validate compliance reports , including retention, access audits, legal hold requirements, and regulatory evidence.

Develop and maintain L3 SOPs, runbooks, and operational standards to drive consistency and enable L2 shift-left capabilities.

What youll need to succeed (required skills)

8+ years of experience in enterprise Storage Engineering / Administration roles.

Strong expertise in **Dell E