Storage Architect

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Ubisoft IT is seeking a Storage Architect to join the Infrastructure & Platform Architecture Team. As part of the architecture team, you will be tasked to design technical solutions in line with technical strategy and the enterprise needs, while supporting engineering teams.

Responsibilities:

• Develop long-term storage strategies and landscape aligned with organizational goals and industry best practices,
• Conduct technical research, labs, publish results and deliver opportunity studies,
• Build and maintain designs and produce associated documentation, presentation and prototypes
• Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders,
• Assist and mentor engineering team and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

• Deep understanding of software defined storage technologies: Block, object, and file storage protocols (NFS, SMB, S3, Ceph, etc.), their use cases, and performance characteristics.
• Storage architecture design: Ability to design complex storage architectures, including data center and cloud-based solutions.
• Data protection and disaster recovery: Expertise in data protection strategies, including backup, replication, and disaster recovery planning.
• Automation and management at scale: Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code deployment and its related tools (Git, Ansible, Chef, etc.).
• Security: Understanding storage security best practices, including encryption, access controls, and data privacy.
• Strong communication skills: Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaboration skills: Ability to work effectively with teams across different functions, including infrastructure, applications, and security.
• Business acumen: Understanding of business requirements and how storage solutions can support them.

Ubisoft's perks

• 💰Profit Sharing, yearly company saving plan. 25 paid time off + 12 additional paid days off. 50% of

  your transportation pass is paid by the company, lunch vouchers (9€/day), healthcare for you and

  your family, Maternity leaves of 20 weeks, paternity/co-parental leaves of 7 weeks, and lots of Ubisoft additional perks.

• 📍Our office is located in Saint Mandé, (Metro line 1, Saint Mandé station). Gym available in the

  building. Ability to work with a hybrid work arrangement according to the Ubisoft Work From Home

  policy.

Additional Information

Ubisoft offers the same job opportunities to all, without any distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion,

sexual orientation, social status, disability, or age. Ubisoft ensures the development of an inclusive

work environment which mirrors the diversity of our gamers’ community

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