Residency Engineer (Server & Storage)
Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced Residency Engineer (Storage) to provide operational support within a Dell Technologies environment. This is a customer-facing role focused on ensuring the stability, performance, and continuous improvement of storage infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
Administration
- Monitor, review, and manage storage infrastructure within a Dell environment
- Handle user requests and service tickets
- Manage and review system and storage logs
- Generate regular operational and performance reports
Problem Management
- Isolate, troubleshoot, and resolve incidents
- Coordinate service incidents and act as a point of escalation
- Open and manage support tickets on behalf of the customer (including vendor coordination)
- Participate in root cause analysis (RCA) and problem reviews
Change Management
- Support software and firmware upgrades across storage platforms
- Implement approved change requests
- Assist in documentation of policies, procedures, and compliance requirements
- Support and monitor migration activities
Continual Service Improvement
- Recommend process and operational improvements
- Share industry and cross-engagement best practices
- Provide performance tuning and optimization recommendations
Key Requirements
- 3–5 years of experience in IT infrastructure or storage support roles
- Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience in storage or enterprise infrastructure environments
- Experience with Dell EMC storage platforms (e.g., PowerStore, Unity, PowerMax, or PowerScale/Isilon) OR equivalent enterprise storage technologies (e.g., NetApp, HPE, Hitachi)
- Ability and willingness to work within a Dell Technologies environment
- Experience handling incident, problem, and change management (ITIL knowledge preferred)
- Proven troubleshooting skills with the ability to perform root cause analysis
- Experience supporting firmware upgrades, patching, and system maintenance
- Familiarity with monitoring tools and log analysis