Sr. Storage Engineer
Posted Sep 25, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Describe a storage array migration you led. How did you avoid downtime for applications?
What they are checking: Whether they can plan and execute high-risk data moves with careful testing and rollback.
How do you document storage standards so other engineers follow them?
What they are checking: Whether they keep global standards clear and current, which the posting lists as a duty.
Tell me about a storage outage you were part of. What did you learn from it?
What they are checking: Whether they reflect honestly on failures and turn them into lasting improvements.
What would you do
A vendor engineer is scheduled to replace a controller during a change window. What do you do to prepare?
What they are checking: Whether they plan vendor work carefully, verify redundancy and stay in control of the change.
About the work
Walk me through how you would use RAIDCOM or CM-REST to provision storage on a Hitachi array.
What they are checking: Whether they have hands-on Hitachi experience beyond the GUI, which the posting asks for directly.
A RHEL host shows some paths down in multipath. How do you troubleshoot it?
What they are checking: Whether they can work from the host through the fabric to the array to isolate a path failure.
How do you set up zoning on Cisco MDS Fibre Channel switches, and what practices do you follow?
What they are checking: Whether they know clean zoning practice, such as single-initiator zones, that prevents outages and confusion.
An application team complains about slow disk performance. How do you find out whether storage is really the cause?
What they are checking: Whether they use tools like Analyzer and host metrics to find the real bottleneck instead of assuming.
How would you compare Hitachi and Pure Storage for different workloads in our environment?
What they are checking: Whether they understand the strengths of each platform and can match them to needs.
How would you plan storage capacity for the next year?
What they are checking: Whether they forecast based on growth trends and leave room for procurement lead time.
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