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Job Category: Data Center Practice Job Type: Full Time Job Location: Bengaluru Experience: 10-16 Yrs Experience : 15+ Years Location : Bengaluru Job Description The Principal Architect (Storage Consultant) will have deep expertise in Dell Hyper-Converged (VxRail-centric) environments, Dell primary storage platforms and NetApp ecosystems, combined with strong enterprise advisory and roadmap definition capabilities. This role will be client-facing and strategic in nature. The architect will engage with senior customer stakeholders to assess current storage maturity, define future-state architecture and develop a multi-year storage modernization roadmap aligned to performance, resiliency, regulatory, cyber-resilience and cost objectives. This is not an operations role. It is a strategy-led architecture and advisory position. Key Responsibilities Storage Strategy & Roadmap Definition (Primary Mandate) Lead enterprise storage assessments across Dell HC, Dell Storage, and NetApp platforms. Hel the customer in defining a 3 to 5 year storage roadmap including o Platform rationalization o Technology standardization o HCI adoption strategy o Data lifecycle and tiering models o Cyber-resilience posture Conduct maturity assessments and gap analysis. Align storage strategy with o Regulatory and compliance requirements o Business continuity & DR strategy (RPO/RTO alignment) o Cloud and hybrid integration roadmap Present recommendations to senior IT and infrastructure leadership. Dell Hyper-Converged Architecture (Core Requirement) Architect and optimize Dell VxRail / Dell HC environments. Define o Cluster sizing strategy o Workload placement models o Performance and scalability planning o Lifecycle and expansion approach Provide guidance on modernization from legacy SAN/NAS to HCI where appropriate. Advise on integration with VMware and enterprise data protection frameworks. .