Design , Scale & Configuration
Architect, deploy, and manage enterprise-grade ZFS storage clusters (OpenZFS / TrueNAS Enterprise / custom FreeBSD/Linux deployments) to support demanding production workloads.
Storage Optimization
Configure, tune, and maintain storage pools (zpools), vdev layouts, datasets, ZIL/SLOG, and L2ARC to optimize for high-IOPS and bandwidth requirements.
Capacity Planning
Monitor storage utilization, growth trends, and lifecycle management to proactively scale compute and capacity ahead of business demand.
Performance Tuning
Conduct deep performance analysis and benchmarking; troubleshoot complex I/O bottlenecks across ZFS, kernel, network, and hardware layers.
Data Integrity & Protection
Implement robust backup, disaster recovery, and data retention strategies using native ZFS replication, snapshot schedules, send/receive pipelines, and scrub routines.
High Availability
Design and maintain multi-controller HA storage configurations and multipath I/O (MPIO) architectures.
Data Recovery
Experience with ZFS pool recovery techniques, repairing degraded arrays, and managing hardware failures without data loss.
Storage Protocols: Expertise in enterprise protocols including NFS, SMB/CIFS, iSCSI, and NVMe-oF.
Hardware & Interconnects
Extensive experience with storage server hardware, SAS/SATA/NVMe topologies, HBAs, JBODs, and high-speed networking (10GbE–100GbE, InfiniBand, RDMA).
Core Expertise
Deep, hands-on expertise with ZFS / OpenZFS in production environments. Expert understanding of ZFS internals (vdev topologies, ARC management, ZIL/SLOG selection, dataset properties, record sizes, compression, deduplication, and snapshot lifecycle)
Experience level
8+ Hands-on experience in enterprise storage engineering and systems administration with core expertise in ZFS