Principal Storage Strategy and Operations Architect
Siemens
Principal Storage Strategy and Operations Architect
Job Description
Siemens Digital Industries Software is a leading provider of solutions for the design, simulation, and manufacture of products across many different industries. Formula 1 cars, skyscrapers, ships, space exploration vehicles, and many of the objects we see in our daily lives are being conceived and manufactured using our Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software.
Position Overview:
GTI (Global Technology and Infrastructure) is the backbone of innovation at Siemens Digital Industries Software, providing mission-critical infrastructure that enables thousands of engineers globally to design the future. Our Physical Team operates multiple global major data centers and remote sites worldwide, managing 65PB+ of storage, networks, private cloud, virtualization and facilities. Our Services Team delivers applications, compute grids, VDI, and operational excellence through our Center of Excellence. Together, we support the world's most demanding engineering workloads- from CAD/CAM and simulation to HPC and digital twin development.
As our Principal Storage Strategy and Operations Architect, you'll be the senior storage operations architect driving transformation of 65PB+ of enterprise storage across multiple global data centers and sites. Working in a dynamic matrix environment within our Physical Team, you'll operationalize our storage ecosystem and shape how Siemens DISW engineers access, protect, and leverage data on a global scale. You'll solve complex problems few storage professionals encounter: multi-region compliance and data sovereignty, parallel file system modernization, hybrid cloud integration, and evolving a management plane that treats our global infrastructure as one cohesive ecosystem. Up to 15-25% travel to data centers and remote sites may be required.
In this role, you will have:
- Global Impact- Enable thousands of engineers worldwide to innovate and create products shaping industries
- Technical Challenge- Solve storage problems at scale and complexity few organizations match
- Strategic Influence- Shape multi-year storage technology operations strategy and investment decisions
- Collaborative Culture- Work with world-class engineers valuing collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning
- Flexibility- Open to global candidates; US-based preferred for senior leadership coordination
Key Responsibilities:
- Operationalize the Global Storage Ecosystem
- Define the management plane: Architect and implement centralized tooling, monitoring, and orchestration that provides global visibility and control across all storage platforms
- Build the foundation: Develop comprehensive runbooks, automation, operational procedures, and escalation frameworks that evolve our storage assets into a unified, operationally excellent ecosystem
- Establish operational excellence: Partner with the Services Team's Center of Excellence to define storage-specific KPIs, monitoring standards, alert strategies, and SLA frameworks
- Clarify roles & responsibilities: Work across Physical and Services teams to define clear RACI models, escalation paths, and support boundaries for storage operations
- Drive Strategic Storage Modernization
- Champion adoption of next-generation storage technologies
- Design and implement scalable, cost-optimized hybrid cloud storage operations (on-premises NetApp/Pure + AWS/Azure)
- Maintain awareness of storage market landscape; assess vendors and provide strategic recommendations
- Define self-service capabilities and consumption-based storage-as-a-service models
- Lead Cross-Functional Coordination & Influence
- Operate as technical and operational leader across storage, network, server, security, and Services teams—influencing through expertise
- Actively manage vendor relationships (NetApp, Pure Storage); negotiate technical requirements and ensure optimal support
- Serve as storage operations liaison to global engineering teams, translating requirements into infrastructure capabilities
- Elevate team capabilities through coaching, documentation, and promoting continuous learning
- Ensure Global Compliance & Data Resilience
- Architect storage operations and backup strategies complying with regional data residency, GDPR, and regulatory frameworks
- Define operational geo-replication, multi-site redundancy, and DR capabilities ensuring business continuity
- Establish regular testing protocols for backups, snapshots, replication, and recovery procedures
Required Qualifications:
- Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 10+ years enterprise storage architecture and operations with demonstrated leadership in complex, global environments
- Deep Storage Expertise
- NetApp mastery: Extensive hands-on with ONTAP (cDot), advanced features, performance tuning, OnCommand/Active IQ
- Pure Storage expertise: In-depth experience with FlashArray/FlashBlade, management, replication, optimization
- Global scale operations: Proven track record managing and operationalizing storage across multiple global data centers at petabyte scale
- Hybrid cloud experience: Demonstrated success with storage solutions spanning on-premises and public cloud (AWS, Azure)
- Operational Leadership
- Exceptional ability operationalizing complex environments: runbooks, automation, orchestration, SLAs, escalation procedures, HA/DR testing
- Strong track record building centralized management, monitoring, orchestration for geographically distributed infrastructure
- Experience defining roles, responsibilities, governance models across multiple technical teams
- Proven success in matrix leadership—influencing and coordinating without direct authority
- Strategic & Communication Skills
- Ability to develop and execute multi-year technology roadmaps and modernization initiatives
- Exceptional communication presenting complex concepts to audiences from engineers to C-level executives
- Strong vendor management: relationship building, technical negotiations, market landscape analysis
- Collaborative mindset, comfortable with ambiguity and dynamic environments, bias for action
- Technical Foundations
- Strong working knowledge of storage networking (NFS, SMB, iSCSI, FC, NVMe-oF) and network architecture tradeoffs
- Understanding of automation/IaC tools (Ansible, Terraform), scripting (PowerShell, Python), REST APIs
- Expert-level storage performance analysis, tuning, and capacity planning
- Experience with application and storage monitoring and observability platforms
- Solid understanding of ITIL processes (Incident, Problem, Change Management)
- Familiarity with Linux, Windows, and virtualized environments
- Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree
- Parallel file system (PFS) experience with high-performance systems
- Experience leading storage initiatives involving GDPR, data residency, or multi-region regulatory compliance
- Track record building self-service storage platforms, consumption-based models, or internal cloud services
- Certifications: NetApp NCIE, Pure Certified Architect, ITIL, AWS/Azure storage
- Deep experience with SnapMirror/SnapVault, Pure ActiveCluster/ActiveDR, or equivalent technologies
A collection of over 377,000 minds building the future one day at a time in over 200 countries. We're dedicated to equality, and we welcome applications that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. All employment decisions at Siemens are based on qualifications, merit, and business need. Bring your curiosity and creativity and help us shape tomorrow!
Siemens Software. Transform the Everyday with Us
#LI-PLM
#LI-REMOTE
#SWSaaS
Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to our employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html
The pay range for this position is $129,600 - $233,300 annually with a target incentive of 5-10% of the base salary. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, and premium geographic location.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Siemens is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law.
EEO is the Law
Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any characteristic protected by Federal or other applicable law.
Reasonable Accommodations
If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing a job application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please fill out the accommodations form by clicking on this link Accommodation
for disability form. If you’re unable to complete the form, you can reach out to our AskHR team for support at 1-866-743-6367. Please note our AskHR representatives do not have visibility of application or interview status.
Pay Transparency
Siemens follows Pay Transparency laws.
California Privacy Notice
California residents have the right to receive additional notices about their
personal information. To learn more, click here.
Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable local and state laws.
Locations
- United States of America
Salary
70,000 - 120,000 USD / yearly
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Storage Architectureintermediate
- Global Infrastructure Managementintermediate
- Automation and Orchestrationintermediate
- Monitoring and KPIsintermediate
- Operational Excellenceintermediate
- Cloud Integrationintermediate
Responsibilities
- Operationalize global storage ecosystem (65PB+)
- Define management plane with centralized tooling
- Develop runbooks, automation, procedures, and escalation frameworks
- Establish storage-specific KPIs and monitoring
- Drive storage transformation across data centers
- Solve complex problems like data sovereignty and file system modernization
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Principal Storage Strategy and Operations Architect
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Principal Storage Strategy and Operations Architect
Job Description
Siemens Digital Industries Software is a leading provider of solutions for the design, simulation, and manufacture of products across many different industries. Formula 1 cars, skyscrapers, ships, space exploration vehicles, and many of the objects we see in our daily lives are being conceived and manufactured using our Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software.
Position Overview:
GTI (Global Technology and Infrastructure) is the backbone of innovation at Siemens Digital Industries Software, providing mission-critical infrastructure that enables thousands of engineers globally to design the future. Our Physical Team operates multiple global major data centers and remote sites worldwide, managing 65PB+ of storage, networks, private cloud, virtualization and facilities. Our Services Team delivers applications, compute grids, VDI, and operational excellence through our Center of Excellence. Together, we support the world's most demanding engineering workloads- from CAD/CAM and simulation to HPC and digital twin development.
As our Principal Storage Strategy and Operations Architect, you'll be the senior storage operations architect driving transformation of 65PB+ of enterprise storage across multiple global data centers and sites. Working in a dynamic matrix environment within our Physical Team, you'll operationalize our storage ecosystem and shape how Siemens DISW engineers access, protect, and leverage data on a global scale. You'll solve complex problems few storage professionals encounter: multi-region compliance and data sovereignty, parallel file system modernization, hybrid cloud integration, and evolving a management plane that treats our global infrastructure as one cohesive ecosystem. Up to 15-25% travel to data centers and remote sites may be required.
In this role, you will have:
- Global Impact- Enable thousands of engineers worldwide to innovate and create products shaping industries
- Technical Challenge- Solve storage problems at scale and complexity few organizations match
- Strategic Influence- Shape multi-year storage technology operations strategy and investment decisions
- Collaborative Culture- Work with world-class engineers valuing collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning
- Flexibility- Open to global candidates; US-based preferred for senior leadership coordination
Key Responsibilities:
- Operationalize the Global Storage Ecosystem
- Define the management plane: Architect and implement centralized tooling, monitoring, and orchestration that provides global visibility and control across all storage platforms
- Build the foundation: Develop comprehensive runbooks, automation, operational procedures, and escalation frameworks that evolve our storage assets into a unified, operationally excellent ecosystem
- Establish operational excellence: Partner with the Services Team's Center of Excellence to define storage-specific KPIs, monitoring standards, alert strategies, and SLA frameworks
- Clarify roles & responsibilities: Work across Physical and Services teams to define clear RACI models, escalation paths, and support boundaries for storage operations
- Drive Strategic Storage Modernization
- Champion adoption of next-generation storage technologies
- Design and implement scalable, cost-optimized hybrid cloud storage operations (on-premises NetApp/Pure + AWS/Azure)
- Maintain awareness of storage market landscape; assess vendors and provide strategic recommendations
- Define self-service capabilities and consumption-based storage-as-a-service models
- Lead Cross-Functional Coordination & Influence
- Operate as technical and operational leader across storage, network, server, security, and Services teams—influencing through expertise
- Actively manage vendor relationships (NetApp, Pure Storage); negotiate technical requirements and ensure optimal support
- Serve as storage operations liaison to global engineering teams, translating requirements into infrastructure capabilities
- Elevate team capabilities through coaching, documentation, and promoting continuous learning
- Ensure Global Compliance & Data Resilience
- Architect storage operations and backup strategies complying with regional data residency, GDPR, and regulatory frameworks
- Define operational geo-replication, multi-site redundancy, and DR capabilities ensuring business continuity
- Establish regular testing protocols for backups, snapshots, replication, and recovery procedures
Required Qualifications:
- Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 10+ years enterprise storage architecture and operations with demonstrated leadership in complex, global environments
- Deep Storage Expertise
- NetApp mastery: Extensive hands-on with ONTAP (cDot), advanced features, performance tuning, OnCommand/Active IQ
- Pure Storage expertise: In-depth experience with FlashArray/FlashBlade, management, replication, optimization
- Global scale operations: Proven track record managing and operationalizing storage across multiple global data centers at petabyte scale
- Hybrid cloud experience: Demonstrated success with storage solutions spanning on-premises and public cloud (AWS, Azure)
- Operational Leadership
- Exceptional ability operationalizing complex environments: runbooks, automation, orchestration, SLAs, escalation procedures, HA/DR testing
- Strong track record building centralized management, monitoring, orchestration for geographically distributed infrastructure
- Experience defining roles, responsibilities, governance models across multiple technical teams
- Proven success in matrix leadership—influencing and coordinating without direct authority
- Strategic & Communication Skills
- Ability to develop and execute multi-year technology roadmaps and modernization initiatives
- Exceptional communication presenting complex concepts to audiences from engineers to C-level executives
- Strong vendor management: relationship building, technical negotiations, market landscape analysis
- Collaborative mindset, comfortable with ambiguity and dynamic environments, bias for action
- Technical Foundations
- Strong working knowledge of storage networking (NFS, SMB, iSCSI, FC, NVMe-oF) and network architecture tradeoffs
- Understanding of automation/IaC tools (Ansible, Terraform), scripting (PowerShell, Python), REST APIs
- Expert-level storage performance analysis, tuning, and capacity planning
- Experience with application and storage monitoring and observability platforms
- Solid understanding of ITIL processes (Incident, Problem, Change Management)
- Familiarity with Linux, Windows, and virtualized environments
- Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree
- Parallel file system (PFS) experience with high-performance systems
- Experience leading storage initiatives involving GDPR, data residency, or multi-region regulatory compliance
- Track record building self-service storage platforms, consumption-based models, or internal cloud services
- Certifications: NetApp NCIE, Pure Certified Architect, ITIL, AWS/Azure storage
- Deep experience with SnapMirror/SnapVault, Pure ActiveCluster/ActiveDR, or equivalent technologies
A collection of over 377,000 minds building the future one day at a time in over 200 countries. We're dedicated to equality, and we welcome applications that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. All employment decisions at Siemens are based on qualifications, merit, and business need. Bring your curiosity and creativity and help us shape tomorrow!
Siemens Software. Transform the Everyday with Us
#LI-PLM
#LI-REMOTE
#SWSaaS
Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to our employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html
The pay range for this position is $129,600 - $233,300 annually with a target incentive of 5-10% of the base salary. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, and premium geographic location.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Siemens is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law.
EEO is the Law
Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any characteristic protected by Federal or other applicable law.
Reasonable Accommodations
If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing a job application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please fill out the accommodations form by clicking on this link Accommodation
for disability form. If you’re unable to complete the form, you can reach out to our AskHR team for support at 1-866-743-6367. Please note our AskHR representatives do not have visibility of application or interview status.
Pay Transparency
Siemens follows Pay Transparency laws.
California Privacy Notice
California residents have the right to receive additional notices about their
personal information. To learn more, click here.
Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable local and state laws.
Locations
- United States of America
Salary
70,000 - 120,000 USD / yearly
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Storage Architectureintermediate
- Global Infrastructure Managementintermediate
- Automation and Orchestrationintermediate
- Monitoring and KPIsintermediate
- Operational Excellenceintermediate
- Cloud Integrationintermediate
Responsibilities
- Operationalize global storage ecosystem (65PB+)
- Define management plane with centralized tooling
- Develop runbooks, automation, procedures, and escalation frameworks
- Establish storage-specific KPIs and monitoring
- Drive storage transformation across data centers
- Solve complex problems like data sovereignty and file system modernization
Answer 10 quick questions to check your fit for Principal Storage Strategy and Operations Architect @ Siemens.
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