Storage Systems Administrator - United States
$70,000 - $80,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 6 October 2026 by the employer.
Administer and maintain NetApp ONTAP and Pure Storage arrays.
About the role
This role involves managing and maintaining Semtech's global storage estate, including on-premises NetApp and Pure Storage arrays, AWS cloud storage services, and the Druva backup/DR platform. This position supports approximately 2,100 users across 30+ global sites.
What you'll do
- Administer and maintain NetApp (ONTAP) and Pure Storage arrays, including provisioning, capacity planning, performance tuning, and firmware/OS upgrades.
- Manage and monitor Druva backup jobs, retention policies, and restore operations.
- Support AWS storage services (FSx ONTAP, FSx Lustre, S3, EBS) for multi-region EDA infrastructure.
- Participate in storage migrations, hardware refreshes, and datacenter/colocation transitions.
- Collaborate with systems, network, and security teams on cross-functional issues.
What you'll need
- BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject.
- Minimum of 3 years of storage architecture, deployment, administration, performance monitoring/tuning, security hardening, troubleshooting, and production operations.
- Hands-on experience with NetApp and Pure storage arrays.
- Hands-on experience on server OSs (GNU/Linux, Microsoft Windows).
- Deep understanding of storage protocols (NFS, CIFS/SMB, iSCSI, FC).
- Working knowledge with AWS storage services (S3, EBS, FSx).
Nice to have
- AWS certification (Architect).
- Experience with virtualization and containerization (e.g., VMware, KVM).
- Experience of deployments in AWS.
- NetApp and Pure certifications.
Skills: NetApp ONTAP, Pure Storage, AWS storage services, NFS, CIFS/SMB, iSCSI, FC, GNU/Linux
This role has been open 9 days — well below the 49-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Storage Systems
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Open roles in category
31
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Median days open
49 d
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Median salary
$248k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Semtech | All employers we track in this specialty (31 roles · 11 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 31 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 9 | 6156 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 9 d | 49 d (−40 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $248k |
Skills observed across this category: NetApp ONTAP, Pure Storage, AWS storage services, NFS, CIFS/SMB, iSCSI, FC, GNU/Linux
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 21 open roles · median 49 d
- Broadcom · 1 open role · median 148 d
- Graphcore · 1 open role · median 8 d
- KIOXIA America · 1 open role · median 2 d
- KLA Corporation · 1 open role · median 181 d
- Marvell Technology · 1 open role · median 12 d
How we counted: 31 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Storage Systems) roles from 11 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 16 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.