GrowthArc
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Job Overview
Notice: Immediate Joiner to 20 days
Location: Anywhere in India
We are looking for a Senior Storage Migration Engineer to lead the migration of petabyte-scale enterprise storage from on-premises infrastructure to AWS. The role involves migrating approximately 1 PB of NetApp storage to Amazon S3 and Amazon EFS, provisioning and administering Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, and managing post-migration storage operations. You will be responsible for ensuring data integrity, security, cross-region replication, lifecycle management, and storage performance throughout the migration lifecycle.
Required Qualifications & SkillsLarge-Scale Storage Migration (7+ Years)- Proven experience migrating 500 TB–1 PB+ of enterprise storage from NetApp/NAS/SAN to AWS.
- Hands-on experience with AWS DataSync, S3 Transfer Acceleration, or similar high-volume migration tools.
- Expertise in checksum-based validation, incremental synchronization, cutover planning, and data reconciliation.
Amazon S3 & EFS- Strong knowledge of Amazon S3 including:
- Bucket architecture
- Multipart uploads
- Versioning
- Lifecycle policies
- Cross-Region Replication (CRR)
- Object Lock
- SSE-S3 / SSE-KMS encryption
- Pre-signed URLs
- Experience provisioning and managing Amazon EFS, including Access Points, POSIX permissions, throughput modes, and cross-region replication.
FSx for NetApp ONTAP- Provisioning and administration of FSx for NetApp ONTAP
- Storage Virtual Machines (SVMs), volumes, qtrees, junction paths, FlexClone, and capacity planning
- SnapMirror configuration, snapshot management, backup, restore, and disaster recovery
- NFSv4 and SMB share management
- Experience with FlexCache is a plus
Security & Automation- Experience implementing encryption using AWS KMS and managing storage access with IAM.
- Knowledge of ISO 27001 and enterprise data retention policies.
- Strong scripting skills using Python and Bash for migration automation and validation.
- Experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning.
- Familiarity with Amazon CloudWatch for monitoring storage performance and operational health.
Key ResponsibilitiesStorage Migration- Lead migration of approximately 1 PB of enterprise data from NetApp to Amazon S3 and Amazon EFS.
- Execute migration using AWS DataSync and checksum-based validation.
- Design and implement storage migration strategies with minimal downtime.
- Perform validation, reconciliation, and post-migration verification.
Storage Architecture- Design and implement S3 bucket architecture, lifecycle policies, Object Lock, encryption, and Cross-Region Replication.
- Configure Amazon EFS for shared processing workloads and implement cleanup automation.
- Migrate and validate file systems and search indexes where applicable.
Storage Administration- Deploy and administer Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP.
- Configure SVMs, volumes, qtrees, NFS/SMB shares, and storage capacity.
- Implement SnapMirror replication, snapshots, backup, retention, and disaster recovery.
- Manage NFSv4 ACLs and storage access controls.
Operations & Governance- Implement automated retention and deletion policies.
- Configure encryption, monitoring, logging, and audit controls.
- Support disaster recovery planning, testing, and documentation.
- Develop migration runbooks, operational procedures, and knowledge transfer documentation.
Preferred Qualifications- Experience migrating petabyte-scale NetApp storage to AWS.
- Hands-on experience administering Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP in production.
- Experience designing Cross-Region Replication for Amazon S3, EFS, and FSx ONTAP.
- Experience with GitLab/GitHub CI/CD and container platforms.
- AWS certifications such as AWS Storage Specialty or AWS Solutions Architect – Professional.
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