Senior Storage Architect, VP

Job Title: Senior Storage Architect, VP

Location: Bangalore, India

Role Description

• We are seeking a highly experienced, strategic, and technically accomplished VP Senior Storage Architect to lead the architecture, design, governance, and evolution of enterprise storage platforms across a global, mission-critical environment.
• The successful candidate will serve as the architectural authority for storage, data management, disaster recovery, cyber resilience, and cloud storage services. This role requires deep expertise across SAN, NAS, Object Storage, Mainframe Storage, Cloud Storage, Backup, and Data Protection technologies, combined with strong leadership, product ownership, vendor management, and executive stakeholder engagement capabilities.
• The VP Senior Storage Architect will define enterprise storage strategy, establish technology standards, drive modernization initiatives, ensure regulatory compliance, and provide technical leadership for large-scale transformation programs.
• This role is particularly suited for candidates with experience supporting complex financial services, regulated industries, or other highly available environments where resilience, security, and compliance are paramount.

What we’ll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy

• Best in class leave policy
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

Enterprise Storage Strategy & Architecture

• Define and own the long-term enterprise storage architecture strategy and roadmap.
• Develop strategic technology standards covering:
  • Block Storage
  • File Storage
  • Object Storage
  • Backup & Recovery
  • Cyber Recovery
• Create target-state architectures aligned to business, regulatory, and technology objectives.
• Drive modernization initiatives including:
  • Storage consolidation
  • Cloud adoption
  • Automation
  • AI-enabled operations
  • Platform simplification
• Lead architecture reviews and provide governance across infrastructure programs.

Architecture Leadership

• Act as the highest-level technical authority for enterprise storage services.
• Review and approve solution architectures for major business initiatives.
• Establish design principles, reference architectures, and engineering standards.
• Provide technical leadership across global engineering, operations, security, and application teams.
• Conduct architecture assessments and provide recommendations for optimization and modernization.

Storage & Data Platform Ownership

Provide strategic ownership for:

Enterprise SAN Platforms

• Dell PowerMax
• Pure Storage FlashArray
• HPE Storage

NAS and File Services

• NetApp ONTAP
• NetApp CVO

Object Storage Platforms

• NetApp StorageGRID
• Dell ECS
• Google Cloud Storage

SAN Fabrics

• Cisco MDS
• Brocade Fibre Channel

• Lead architecture for cyber recovery and cyber resilience services.
• Define enterprise recovery strategies aligning to:
  • DORA
  • Operational Resilience
  • Regulatory compliance frameworks
• Architect solutions involving:
  • Immutable storage
  • Cyber vaults
  • Ransomware recovery
• Collaborate with security teams on cyber recovery exercises and resilience testing.

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

• Define storage replication standards.
• Design enterprise recovery architectures supporting:
  • High availability
  • Cross-region recovery
  • Active-active architectures
  • Regional failover
• Establish RPO/RTO standards for critical applications.
• Ensure alignment between storage architecture and enterprise continuity strategies.

Product Ownership & Service Governance

• Act as Product Owner for enterprise storage services.
• Manage service strategy, roadmap, lifecycle, and investment planning.
• Define KPIs and service maturity metrics.
• Lead product governance forums and technical steering committees.
• Ensure operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Vendor & Commercial Management

• Manage relationships with strategic vendors including:
  • Dell Technologies
  • NetApp
  • Pure Storage
  • IBM
  • Cisco
  • Broadcom
  • HPE
• Evaluate emerging technologies and vendor roadmaps.
• Lead RFPs, technology evaluations, and strategic sourcing initiatives.
• Support commercial negotiations and technology investment decisions.

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Provide technical leadership across global teams.
• Mentor senior architects and engineering teams.
• Translate technical strategy into business outcomes and executive-level communications.

Your skills and experience

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline.

Experience- Mandatory

• 15+ years of infrastructure experience.
• 10+ years focused on enterprise storage technologies.
• 5+ years operating as Senior Architect, Lead Architect, Product Owner, or equivalent leadership role.
• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise environments with global operations.
• Experience within banking, financial services, insurance, healthcare, or other highly regulated industries.

Technical Skills - Storage Architecture

Strong expertise in:

• Enterprise SAN
• NAS
• Object Storage
• Cloud Storage
• Data Protection
• Disaster Recovery
• Storage Automation

Storage Platforms

Deep hands-on architecture expertise in:

• Dell PowerMax
• Dell PowerStore
• Pure FlashArray
• NetApp ONTAP
• HPE Greenlake
• StorageGRID
• ECS

SAN Technologies

• Cisco MDS
• Brocade Directors
• Fibre Channel
• NVMe/FC

Cloud Platforms

• Azure
• AWS
• Google Cloud Platform

Disaster Recovery

• SRDF
• MetroCluster
• SnapMirror
• ActiveCluster
• Cyber Vault Solutions

Automation

• Ansible
• Python
• Terraform
• PowerShell
• REST API Integration

Leadership Competencies

The successful candidate must demonstrate:

• Strategic Thinking
• Technology Vision
• Executive Presence
• Strong Decision Making
• Accountability
• Vendor Management
• Financial Acumen
• Risk Awareness
• Influencing Skills
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Coaching & Mentoring
• Innovation Leadership

Preferred Certifications

Cloud

• Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• AWS Solutions Architect Professional
• Google Cloud Professional Architect

Storage

• NetApp NCDA / NCTA
• Dell Proven Professional
• IBM Storage Certification
• Cisco Data Center Certifications

Agile/Product

• SAFe
• CSPO
• PMP

Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

About us and our teams

Please visit our company website for further information:

https://www.db.com/company/company.html

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.