## Technical Engineer – Storage EngineeringApplyremote type: Hybrid Positionlocations: Buffalo, NYtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R86966## **Overview**## Serves as a senior specialist within Enterprise Storage Engineering, responsible for the design, implementation, optimization, and operational integrity of storage platforms supporting critical M&T workloads. This role focuses on ensuring highly available, secure, and performant storage solutions across SAN, NAS, and object storage environments.## ## **Primary Responsibilities*** ## Work closely with Technology management, senior engineers, and platform teams to design, implement, and operate scalable enterprise storage solutions that meet current and future demands.* ## Provision, configure, and maintain enterprise storage platforms including block (SAN), file (NAS), and object (S3-compatible) storage systems in highly available, redundant environments.* ## Monitor, analyze, and tune storage system performance to ensure consistent delivery of high throughput and low latency data access for critical applications.* ## Design and implement storage architectures supporting resilience, disaster recovery, and data protection requirements (e.g., replication, backup, recovery, immutability).* ## Enforce and implement security controls across storage platforms including encryption, access controls, zoning, and authentication mechanisms aligned with enterprise standards.* ## Support infrastructure lifecycle activities adhering to SDLC standards.* ## Perform capacity planning and optimization to ensure efficient utilization of storage resources and proactive scaling aligned to business growth.* ## Develop and maintain automation solutions to streamline storage provisioning, monitoring, and operational processes, reducing manual effort and improving reliability.* ## Diagnose and resolve complex storage-related incidents; lead root cause analysis and implement corrective actions in accordance with incident management procedures.* ## Ensure all storage changes follow established change management processes, with appropriate approvals, documentation, and audit traceability.* ## Coordinate with infrastructure, application, and vendor teams on integrations, upgrades, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management activities.* ## Regularly engage with business partners and application teams to understand data storage requirements, performance expectations, and recovery objectives (RPO/RTO).* ## Mentor and coach junior engineers; review designs, changes, and operational procedures to ensure adherence to standards and best practices.* ## Maintain deep knowledge of enterprise storage technologies including SAN fabrics, all-flash arrays, replication technologies, and NAS platforms used within M&T environments.* ## Support audit and regulatory activities by providing technical documentation, logs, and evidence for storage configurations and operations.* ## Understand and adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, identifying and escalating risks where appropriate.* ## Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.* ## Complete other related duties as assigned.## ## **Education and Experience Required*** ## Combined minimum of 8 years' higher education and/or work experience in systems design, management and/or architecture* ## Hands-on experience with enterprise storage platforms (e.g., NetApp, Dell EMC, Pure FlashArray and FlashBlade Storage), SAN fabrics (Cisco/Brocade), and NAS solutions.* ## Experience with virtualization platforms (VMware) and hybrid cloud storage integrations## ## **Education an Experience Preferred*** ## Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field preferred.* ## Minimum of 8 years of experience in infrastructure engineering with a focus on storage and data protection technologies## ## ## **Competencies / Technical Skills*** ## Advanced knowledge of: + ## SAN/NAS/Object storage architectures + ## Fibre Channel and IP-based storage networking + ## Snapshot, Backup, recovery, and disaster recovery methodologies + ## Storage performance tuning and capacity management + ## Kubernetes containers* ## Experience with automation (e.g., scripting, API-driven workflows, Infrastructure as Code, Ansible, Terraform)* ## Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills* ## Knowledge of security and compliance requirements for enterprise data storage* ## Ability to translate business requirements into technical storage solutions* ## Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment* ## Process-oriented mindset with strong attention to detail* ## Continuous learning mindset aligned to financial services and infrastructure trends## ## ## **We support our team members with generous benefits.*** ## Competitive compensation* ## Health, welfare, and retirement benefits* ## 401(k) match at 5%* ## Work-life balance and flexible work arrangements* ## Banking Officers start with 25 days PTO plus 12 paid holidays* ## 40 hours paid volunteer hours per year* ## Much more. For details, see: M&T Benefits OverviewM&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $116,400.00 - $194,000.00 Annual (USD). The successful candidate's particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.#J-18808-Ljbffr