Storage Solutions Architect

2 weeks ago


Issaquah, Washington, United States Costco Full time


Costco IT is at the forefront of the technological evolution of Costco Wholesale, a leading global retailer with operations spanning multiple countries.

Our expansive growth does not compromise our commitment to a supportive, employee-focused environment where individuals can flourish and excel.

As a testament to our workplace culture, Costco has been recognized as eighth in Forbes' "World's Best Employers".

We offer a unique atmosphere distinct from typical high-tech environments, where the essence of Costco's success lies in its strong culture.

The emphasis Costco places on its workforce is well documented by various reputable sources including Bloomberg and Forbes.

Our priority is always our employees and members. Costco is renowned for its charitable initiatives and has received numerous accolades for its community engagement.

We actively encourage our employees to participate in volunteer opportunities, reflecting our commitment to giving back.


Join the Costco Wholesale IT team. Our IT department is a vibrant, fast-paced setting, engaged in transformative projects. We are creating the next generation of retail technology, surrounded by dedicated and highly skilled professionals.

Storage Solutions Architects play a crucial role in delivering a robust, adaptable, secure, and efficient IT infrastructure to fulfill both current and future organizational demands. They possess extensive knowledge and practical experience across enterprise-level platforms, adeptly resolving technical challenges while spearheading technology initiatives. Storage Solutions Architects exhibit strong architectural, leadership, and technical capabilities. They guarantee the delivery of high-quality outputs, establish standards, and configurations for the IT infrastructure, ensuring compliance with these benchmarks. Storage Solutions Architects engage effectively with team members and management, fostering innovation and enhancing delivery and performance.

Costco Wholesale is seeking a Storage Solutions Architect to design and implement scalable storage systems within a large enterprise framework and lead Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) projects.

The Storage Solutions Architect will oversee the design, technical management, support, and maintenance of an enterprise Storage Area Network infrastructure.

This role involves strategic planning and execution, capacity management, daily monitoring, auditing, and collaborating with other departments to address issues and propose system enhancements.

Responsibilities include installing, configuring, upgrading, and supporting SAN and NAS environments, with a primary focus on SAN engineering.

To be part of one of the world's top companies to work for, consider this opportunity to reshape your career.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Implement practices and procedures aligned with Costco's information security policies and IT standards.
  • Automate, document, share, educate, delegate, and enhance processes.
  • Utilize APIs to automate tasks and activities.
  • Leverage DevOps skills to automate application deployment and changes through CI/CD pipelines.
  • Develop infrastructure automation using tools such as Ansible, Chef, Puppet, and SaltStack.
  • Design and implement solutions to address business requirements while establishing and enforcing system and security standards.
  • Create prototypes for potential features.
  • Produce conceptual and detailed technical design documents and standards.
  • Enhance system automation and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
  • Collaborate with architects to plan, design, implement, and refine new capabilities and solutions.
  • Work with project managers and stakeholders to estimate infrastructure components for projects.
  • Contribute to and communicate enterprise and operational strategies to the team.
  • Ensure alignment of proposed and existing systems with organizational standards and objectives.
  • Direct activities that align short-term goals with long-term initiatives while providing accurate work estimates.
  • Collaborate with teams and stakeholders to conceptualize, design, build, test, and release products.
  • Analyze user and project requirements for effective solutions.
  • Design storage solutions based on best practices for scalability.
  • Engage with vendors to understand application strategies and roadmaps for current and emerging technologies.
  • Drive automation initiatives for storage provisioning and configuration.
  • Develop business cases to justify strategic investments in systems architecture, including future growth and cost reduction analyses.
  • Provide technical engineering and design reviews for new storage platforms and infrastructure.
  • Identify and report Key Performance Indicators, focusing on capacity planning and performance analysis.
  • Provision, maintain, and support Storage Area Network operations across diverse platforms (Windows, Linux, VMware, AIX, i5/OS).
  • Manage storage allocation, data replication, monitoring, performance, and capacity analysis.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to storage devices and host connectivity.
  • Test and implement new tools for improved storage infrastructure management.
  • Document storage administration processes to ensure optimal support levels.
  • Research and recommend changes for system growth using industry-standard monitoring tools.
  • Implement policies and procedures while adhering to established security standards.
  • Collaborate across functions to ensure the availability and reliability of corporate storage.
  • Provide 24/7 on-call support as necessary.
QUALIFICATIONS

  • EMC and/or Netapp Proven Professional certification preferred.
  • Experience with Cisco SAN technologies.
  • Familiarity with EMC Symmetrix VMAX, IBM SVC, and EMC VPLEX storage virtualization.
  • Proficient in configuring and managing PowerPath, Unisphere, and SRDF.
  • Experience with enterprise-level server virtualization technologies such as VMware.

Required Documents

  • Cover Letter
  • Resume
Costco is dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer.

Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

If you require assistance or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruitment process, please reach out for support.
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