Senior NetApp Infrastructure & Storage Architect

Location: Bangalore

Budget: 35 LPA

Senior NetApp Infrastructure & Storage Architect - MetroCluster / Enterprise Resiliency

Overview

We are seeking an experienced NetApp Infrastructure & Storage Architect to lead the design implementation and operational readiness of a highly available enterprise storage platform deployed across two physically separated fire zones/sites.

The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in NetApp ONTAP MetroCluster architecture enterprise storage networking disaster recovery and resilient infrastructure design within mission-critical environments.

The role requires close collaboration with infrastructure networking virtualization security and operations teams to deliver a scalable secure and operationally mature storage platform.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Design

• Design and validate NetApp ONTAP and MetroCluster-based storage architectures across multiple fire zones/sites.
• Define network segregation models for:
  • Management traffic
  • Cluster communication
  • Replication traffic
  • Client/application access
  • Backup and DR traffic
• Develop resilient and scalable storage design patterns.
• Create High-Level Designs (HLDs) and Low-Level Designs (LLDs).
• Define redundancy failover and disaster recovery strategies.

NetApp Storage Implementation

• Deploy and configure NetApp storage platforms.
• Implement and validate MetroCluster synchronous replication.
• Configure and manage:
  • Aggregates
  • Storage Virtual Machines (SVMs)
  • Logical Interfaces (LIFs)
  • NFS SMB iSCSI and NVMe/TCP services
  • Snapshot SnapMirror and SnapVault policies
• Support storage provisioning migration and lifecycle management activities.
• Validate performance resiliency and operational readiness.

Networking & Infrastructure Integration

• Work closely with network teams to:
  • Define VLANs and traffic segregation
  • Validate replication network connectivity
  • Implement redundancy and QoS policies
  • Ensure low-latency MetroCluster communication
• Support integration with:
  • Virtualization platforms
  • Container platforms
  • Backup and DR solutions
  • Monitoring and observability tools

Monitoring & Operations

• Integrate NetApp platforms with enterprise monitoring solutions.
• Configure:
  • SNMP monitoring
  • Event forwarding
  • Capacity and performance monitoring
  • Alerting and reporting
• Support operational documentation runbooks and knowledge transfer activities.
• Participate in incident troubleshooting and root cause analysis.

Disaster Recovery & Resiliency

• Conduct MetroCluster switchover and failback testing.
• Validate Zero RPO replication functionality.
• Support disaster recovery planning and operational readiness exercises.
• Ensure platform resiliency and business continuity objectives are met.

Required Skills:

NetAppONTAPNetApp ONTAPMetroClusterCluster communicationReplication trafficHLDLLDNetApp StorageStorage Virtual MachinesSVMLogical InterfacesNFSSMBiSCSINVMeTCP