Senior Storage, Backup & Automation Engineer

Location: Mumbai, India

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

ISS STOXX is seeking a highly skilled Senior Storage, Backup & Automation Engineer to join our Infrastructure Engineering team based out in Mumbai - Goregaon (E).

Overview:

This role is focused on the design, administration, automation, monitoring, and optimization of enterprise storage and backup platforms. The ideal candidate will have a strong Linux engineering background, hands-on experience managing large-scale storage and backup environments, and a passion for automation, scripting, analytics, and operational excellence. You will be responsible for developing automated solutions, leveraging open-source tools, building predictive capacity models, analyzing performance trends, and improving operational efficiency across storage, NAS, S3 object storage, and backup infrastructures.

This role requires a hands-on engineer who enjoys troubleshooting complex infrastructure challenges, writing automation scripts, developing dashboards and reports, and driving continuous improvement through technology.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and support enterprise storage, NAS, S3 object storage, and backup solutions.

• Develop automation using Python, Bash, PowerShell, APIs, and configuration management tools.

• Build monitoring, reporting, and analytics solutions using open-source and commercial tools.

• Perform storage and backup capacity forecasting, trend analysis, and lifecycle planning.

• Analyze performance, troubleshoot complex issues, and optimize infrastructure reliability and efficiency.

• Create dashboards, executive reports, documentation, and operational standards.

• Participate in project implementation, incident response, and on-call support.

• Availability to work occasional nights and weekends to deal with outages and maintenance windows.

Technologies:

• Pure Storage, Pure Flashablde, Nimble, MinIO, Cisco MDS and Dell PowerScale (Isilon).

• Rubrik Backup, RSC, Data Threat Analytics, Microsoft 365 and Cloud Backup.

• Linux (RHEL), Windows Server, VMware, AWS S3 and GCP.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of enterprise infrastructure engineering experience.

• 5+ years focused on storage, backup, or data protection technologies.

• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.

• Advanced scripting and automation experience using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.

• Experience building monitoring, reporting, and analytics solutions.

• Strong understanding of SAN, NAS, NFS, SMB, iSCSI, S3, and Fibre Channel technologies.

• Experience with capacity planning, forecasting, and infrastructure lifecycle management.

• Proven ability to analyze and optimize storage and backup performance.

• Experience integrating infrastructure platforms through APIs and automation frameworks.

• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

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What You Can Expect from Us

Our people are the moving force behind our work. We are committed to building a culture that values diverse skills, perspectives, and experiences. If you have the skills, passion, and drive to help us bring clarity and transparency to capital markets, we want to work with you.

Together, we can grow your career in an environment that fuels creativity, drives innovation, and has real impact.

About ISS STOXX

ISS STOXX delivers world-class research, data, and technology solutions that empower capital market participants to pursue their visions with confidence. Our expertise spans indices, corporate governance, sustainability, cyber risk, and fund intelligence, giving clients the tools they need to uncover opportunities, manage risks, and navigate evolving regulations. We are made up of 4,000 professionals operating across 20 countries and serving approximately 5,000 clients, including many of the world’s leading institutional investors. Our scale and reach give us deep market knowledge, while our innovative methodologies allow us to offer our clients tailored insights that drive impact and success.

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ISS STOXX is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, color, ethnicity, creed, religion, sex, age, height, weight, citizenship status, national origin, social origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, pregnancy status, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, veteran status, military service or status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as “protected status”). All activities including, but not limited to, recruiting and hiring, recruitment advertising, promotions, performance appraisals, training, job assignments, compensation, demotions, transfers, terminations (including layoffs), benefits, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment, are and will be administered on a non-discriminatory basis, consistent with all applicable federal, state, and local requirements.