Senior Technical Consultant - Storage

AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation. At AHEAD , we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD . We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived. We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD . AHEAD is seeking a Senior Technical Consultant to join the Storage Delivery team. This is a customer-facing, delivery-focused role responsible for leading the design, implementation, migration, and optimization of enterprise storage solutions across data center and cloud environments. The candidate for this role must have extensive experience leading, designing, deploying, and testing modern data center, Cloud, and hybrid storage infrastructure. The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on experience across block, file, object, and unstructured data storage; strong SAN and data mobility skills; and the ability to lead complex delivery workstreams from discovery through execution. This role is well suited for a senior consultant who can translate business and technical requirements into practical solutions, execute with quality, and serve as a trusted advisor to both customers and internal teams. This position is remote and expected to support project-based delivery, maintenance windows, and occasional after-hours work tied to migrations, cutovers, and escalations. Key Responsibilities: - Lead the design and implementation of enterprise storage solutions for performance, scalability, recoverability, and operational simplicity across on-premises and cloud environments. - Plan and execute file, object, and unstructured data migrations, technology refreshes, and data mobility initiatives with minimal business disruption. - Lead block storage migrations including interoperability analysis, LUN mapping, zoning, masking, multipathing validation, replication planning, cutover execution, rollback preparation, and post-migration validation. - Design and deploy data center and cloud storage platforms including Dell PowerMax/VMAX, PowerScale/Isilon, PowerStore, NetApp ONTAP and StorageGRID, Pure FlashArray and FlashBlade, Nasuni, Cloudian, and related technologies. - Design, configure, and deploy SAN infrastructure including Cisco and Brocade Fibre Channel switching. - Support and troubleshoot replication and business continuity technologies such as SRDF, SyncIQ, Pure replication, SnapMirror, and other array-based data protection tools. - Serve as the primary technical lead during delivery engagements, customer meetings, cutovers, and escalation events. - Collaborate with project managers, architects, sales teams, and customer stakeholders to align scope, timelines, risks, and technical outcomes. - Develop high-quality technical documentation including solution designs, implementation plans, migration runbooks, as-built documentation, and knowledge transfer materials. - Mentor junior consultants and promote delivery consistency, technical quality, and customer satisfaction across the team. - Contribute to continuous improvement of delivery methods through automation, reusable tooling, documentation standards, and practical use of AI-enabled productivity tools. Skills Required - 10+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise storage infrastructure delivery, professional services, or complex customer-facing consulting enviro