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Semtech · Onsite · USA - Colorado Springs - Elkton

Job Summary:


This role combines hands-on technical expertise with contributions to long-term infrastructure strategy in a fast-moving semiconductor environment. As part of the global IT Engineering team, the Storage Systems Administrator manages and maintains the company’s global storage estate, including on-premises NetApp and Pure Storage arrays, AWS cloud storage services, and the Druva backup/DR platform. This net-new role supports approximately 2,100 users across 30+ sites in North America, EMEA, and APAC, including mainland China.

The ideal candidate has deep hands-on experience with storage arrays, storage protocols, and cloud storage services. Working closely with IT Infrastructure, Security, and Cloud teams, this role helps ensure data resilience, performance, and security for a growing global semiconductor company.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Administer and maintain NetApp (ONTAP) and Pure Storage arrays across multiple global sites provisioning, capacity planning, performance tuning, firmware/OS upgrades.(30%)
  • Manage and monitor Druva backup jobs, retention policies, and restore operations; troubleshoot backup failures and validate recovery point/time objectives (20%)
  • Support AWS storage services (FSx ONTAP, FSx Lustre, S3, EBS) used in multi-region EDA infrastructure, including SnapMirror-based replication from on-prem to cloud (20%)
  • Participate in storage migrations, hardware refreshes, and datacenter/colocation transitions. (5%)
  • Collaborate with systems, network and security teams on cross-functional issues (25%)

Minimum Qualifications:

  • 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).

Desired Qualifications:

  • AWS certification (Architect)
  • Experience with virtualization and containerization (e.g., VMware, KVM)
  • Experience of deployments in AWS
  • NetApp and Pure certifications would be a plus

#LI-Hybrid


The intent of this job description is to describe the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. Incumbents may be required to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically included in this description.

 

All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

 

A reasonable estimate of the pay range for this position is $70,000 - $80,000.  There are several factors taken into consideration in determining base salary, including but not limited to: job-related qualifications, skills, education and experience, as well as job location and the value of other elements of an employee’s total compensation package.




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How this System Administrator salary compares

This role pays $75,000/yr — below the typical range for System Administrator roles.

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About Semtech

Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC) is a high-performance semiconductor, IoT systems and Cloud connectivity service provider dedicated to delivering high quality technology solutions that enable a smarter, more connected and sustainable planet. Our global teams are dedicated to empowering solution architects and application developers to develop breakthrough products for the infrastructure, industrial and consumer markets. To learn more about Semtech technology, visit us at Semtech.com or follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter .

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