Job responsibilities
- Manage
- Possess Storage Solutions Expertise: Proficient in IP Block, FC Block, File, and Object storage solutions, with hands-on experience in products like PowerFlex, SolidFire, PowerMax, CDOT, Isilon, StorageGRID, VMAX, Cisco, Brocade, and 3PAR.
- ManageIncident and Crisis Management: Skilled in managing critical incidents and crisis situations, with effective communication across regional leadership and global storage/management teams.
- Provide Audit Support and Triage: Single point of contact for audit requests for information (triage requests and route to correct team); Support the regional technology audits related to storage and effectively communicate with auditors.
- Align with Business: Ability to understand local business needs and implement cost-effective, performance-efficient storage solutions in line with global standards. Understand and provide support for significant global technology projects in APAC from storage perspective.
- Manage Data Center Operations: Experienced in managing major data center activities such as power downs/ups, migrations, and resizing, while adhering to global engineering standards and understanding regional requirements.
- Oversee Lifecycle Management: Deep understanding of the storage technology lifecycle, from deployment to decommissioning, including build processes, maintaining patching cycles, capacity management, and modernization/refresh.
- Provide Local Support and Partnership: Provide comprehensive support for local data centers, collaborating with global teams including Compute and Network as well as APAC storage vendors (ex. DELL, NetApp, Cisco, and Brocade).
- Oversee Vendor and Contract Management: Manage purchase orders, maintenance, service, and support contracts for new and existing products/hardware/capacity deployments in APAC data centers, working closely with local business teams.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science related disciplines
- Demonstrated experience at Senior level with at least 15 years in storage management and data infrastructure.
- Proficiency in the specified storage technologies and products.
- Strong skills in data management and protection practices.
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to thrive in a multicultural, geographically dispersed team environment.
- Project management experience
- Relevant certifications (e.g., SNIA, AWS Certified Solutions Architect)
- Flexibility to work across different time zones is essential.