Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is an academic health system focused on patient care, biomedical research, and medical education. Its network of hospitals and clinics provides primary, specialty, and subspecialty services across the Mid-South, while its research and training programs support advances in healthcare and the development of future medical professionals. The center also serves as a major referral institution, bringing clinical expertise and innovation together in one organization.

Principal Storage Administrator (Hybrid) - Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Lead enterprise storage, backup, and recovery services for Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Design resilient platforms, resolve complex infrastructure incidents, and guide cross-functional technology teams.

Description

  • Lead complex SAN, NAS, object, and cloud storage environments as the primary technical authority
  • Design and deploy storage, backup, replication, and recovery solutions
  • Direct storage lifecycle work, including upgrades, migrations, consolidations, refreshes, and modernization
  • Create operating standards, configuration baselines, automation, and support procedures
  • Assess platform performance and improve availability, scalability, and service quality
  • Diagnose and resolve complex storage, performance, replication, backup, and recovery incidents
  • Conduct root-cause analysis and deliver lasting corrective actions
  • Define monitoring strategies, alert thresholds, and proactive response practices
  • Oversee replication, backup, recovery, retention, and disaster recovery operations
  • Lead remediation of storage-related security, compliance, and audit issues
  • Act as the storage and backup subject matter expert for infrastructure, security, research computing, application, database, and cloud teams
  • Mentor colleagues through technical coaching and knowledge transfer
  • Maintain operational documentation, standards, troubleshooting guidance, and knowledge resources
  • Review capacity, utilization, performance, and growth trends
  • Create operational reports and performance metrics
  • Manage vendor troubleshooting, critical-incident escalations, and platform optimization
  • Coordinate migration, consolidation, and decommissioning initiatives
  • Report administratively and functionally to the Director of Open Systems and Storage

Requirements

  • A bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience is required
  • Eight to ten years of progressively responsible experience administering enterprise storage, backup, and data protection platforms in complex environments is required
  • Advanced knowledge of SAN, NAS, object storage, replication, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery technologies is required
  • Advanced capability to diagnose and resolve complex storage, performance, availability, and data protection issues across infrastructure domains is required
  • Experience architecting and deploying enterprise storage and data protection solutions within established architectural frameworks is required
  • A record of developing operational standards, automation, support practices, and service improvements that strengthen reliability and maintainability is required
  • Excellent communication, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration skills, including the ability to influence technical decisions without formal authority, are required
  • Commitment to VUIT’s Guiding Principles is required
  • A bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related discipline is preferred
  • Advanced certifications in storage, backup, cloud, or infrastructure are preferred
  • Availability for rotating after-hours on-call responsibilities is required
  • Ability to work on campus at least one day each week and attend activities requiring in-person participation is required

Benefits

  • Hybrid work combining on-campus and remote work
  • Remote work privileges subject to departmental needs and institutional policy
  • Rotating after-hours on-call responsibilities for incident response and service requests
  • Access to professional mentorship, technical coaching, and knowledge-sharing opportunities
  • Employment with Vanderbilt University, an equal-opportunity employer

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