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Join Our Team as a Storage Engineer!
We are seeking a skilled Storage Engineer to join our dynamic IT infrastructure team. The ideal candidate will bring experience managing large-scale backup ecosystems, including hands-on expertise with the Commvault data protection platform, along with knowledge of IBM storage technologies and Brocade SAN environments.
Key Responsibilities:

• Administer, optimize, and troubleshoot Commvault backup environments, including Commvault HyperScale (HSX) appliance to ensure data integrity, availability, and recoverability
• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise storage solutions across Brocade and IBM SAN platforms supporting business-critical systems
• Support business continuity and disaster recovery strategies, including replication, failover testing, and recovery runbooks
• Architect and execute storage refreshes, migrations, and lifecycle upgrades, ensuring zero or minimal downtime
• Perform advanced troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for complex storage and SAN issues
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Server, Database, Cloud, and Security Engineering
• Evaluate technologies, manage vendors, and contribute to cost optimization initiatives
• Ensure adherence to security, compliance, and resilience best practices

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Commvault configuration, policy design, troubleshooting, restores, cloud integration, leveraging Commvault HSX technology
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with IBM storage systems and Fibre Channel SAN (switching, zoning, fabric management)
• Solid understanding of enterprise backup concepts, replication technologies, and DR strategies
• Experience supporting storage in VMware, Linux, AIX, and Windows environments
• Strong analytical, diagnostic, and performance-tuning skills

Preferred Skills:

• Relevant certifications (e.g., Commvault, Brocade, IBM Storage)
• Experience with automation and scripting for storage management
• Experience with storage-based cybersecurity controls, immutable snapshots, and secure backup features
• Familiarity with cloud storage integrations

Soft Skills:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills; able to explain complex concepts to leadership, peers, and non-technical stakeholders
• Ownership and accountability - takes initiative, resolves issues, and follows through on commitments
• Excellent time management - able to prioritize, manage multiple tasks, and meet deadlines
• Calm and effective during incidents or outages; able to communicate clearly under pressure
• Problem-solving ability - approaches complex issues methodically and drives them to resolution
• Vendor-management and negotiation skills

If you are passionate about storage and backup technologies and ready to take on a challenging role, we encourage you to apply and help drive our infrastructure to the next level.
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Compensation Details:
$88400 - $110700 per year
Why should you join our team?
We live our values - W.E.L.I.G.H.T (Winning, Excellence, Love, Integrity, Gratitude, Humility, and Teamwork). Gratitude. Humility. Love. You don't often see values like these in most corporate statements, but Ace is different. These things are important to us. They represent our commitment to the company, our employees, to Ace retailers and to the Ace brand.
In addition to providing our employees a great culture, Ace also offers competitive benefits* that address life's necessities and perks, many of which expand and improve year after year, including:

• Incentive opportunities, based on role/grade level (company growth over the past 5 years resulted in incentives being paid out at an average of 122% of your target opportunity!)
• Generous 401(k) retirement savings plan with a fully vested matching contribution the first year in addition to quarterly contributions and annual discretionary contribution (once eligibility requirements have been met). Over the past 5 years, company contributions (matching, quarterly & discretionary) for fully eligible employees have averaged 10% of total eligible compensation
• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision and disability - up to 26 weeks short-term disability and long-term disability) & life insurance benefits for you and your dependents
• 21 days of vacation immediately available (prorated in the first year) and up to 6 paid holidays depending on the month of hire
• Company Car, phone and fuel card are provided for field-based positions
• Your career at Ace is more than just a job. It's a chance to be part of something meaningful. We help locally-owned businesses thrive and make an impact in their communities - and we support our employees in doing the same by offering an annual Ace Cares Week, 20 hours off work per year to volunteer at an organization of your choice, opportunities to help Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and the Ace Helpful Fund through the Ace Foundation
• Ace invests in every employee we hire, with a key focus on development and coaching. We offer on-site classes, facilitator-led courses, and a generous tuition assistance program, plus a performance management approach that goes beyond the typical annual review
• We know the work environment matters. That's why Ace holds frequent campus events like Employee Appreciation Week, vendor demos, cookouts, and merchandise sales
• We bring them to you! Services such as mobile spas, auto maintenance, car wash and detailing, dry cleaning, dentists, eye doctors, flu shots, recycling and more!
• Employee discounts on Ace merchandise (including top brands like Weber, Traeger, Yeti, Craftsman, DeWalt and more), travel, fitness, computers and thousands more

• Birth/Adoption bonding paid time off
• Adoption cost reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - access to free visits to therapists and lawyers, guidance on financial matters, elder and childcare, and assistance with tickets to entertainment events
• Identity theft protection

* Benefits are provided in compliance with applicable policies.
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