Senior Storage Engineer

Pacific Life

Actively hiring
Newport Beach, CA Posted 18 days ago $137,610–$168,190 / year
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TL;DR

As a Senior Storage Engineer at Pacific Life’s Data Center Services Team in Newport Beach, CA, you will design and implement scalable storage solutions using technologies like PURE and NetApp in VMware environments across multiple regions. Your daily tasks include managing complex storage issues, defining security best practices, monitoring performance, ensuring compliance, and integrating backup/recovery strategies. You’ll collaborate closely with operations teams to maintain high availability and integrity of server and storage infrastructure. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of experience in IT infrastructure engineering, deep expertise in SAN/NAS architectures, VMware storage integration, and cloud platforms like AWS or Azure. Advanced knowledge of PURE and NetApp solutions, Hyper Converged Infrastructure, and automation tools is a plus.

Skills

PURE NetApp VMware Brocade SAN fabric switches AWS Azure Google Cloud Hyper Converged Infrastructure CI/CD Linux Windows SAN/NAS architectures Docker Kubernetes

What you'll do

  • Design and deploy scalable storage solutions using PURE and NetApp in VMware environments.
  • Resolve complex storage issues by providing escalation support and collaborating with operations teams.
  • Define and enforce security best practices, hardening guidelines, and compliance standards for storage systems.
  • Monitor storage performance and capacity to ensure SLAs are met and systems are optimized.
  • Implement backup/recovery strategies and disaster recovery plans to ensure data integrity and availability.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience in IT infrastructure engineering with expertise in PURE and NetApp storage solutions.
  • Deep knowledge of SAN/NAS architectures, VMware storage integration, and Brocade SAN fabric switches.
  • Experience managing multi-site, high-availability infrastructure environments and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work under pressure while providing escalation support for complex issues.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to enforce storage standards and compliance across teams.

Market check

Salary context

This $137,610–$168,190 range sits above 47% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$117,000–$198,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$137,250–$175,937

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Pacific Life

Pacific Life is a life insurance company offering a wide range of life insurance, annuity, and investment products and services to individuals, businesses, and pension plans. Industry: Life Insurance & Annuities

Pacific Life currently has 26 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $137,610–$168,190 across 26 roles with salary data.

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