Storage Administrator

Description

This individual will be responsible for the deployment and day to day administration of the storage & backup infrastructure, meeting the day to day operational goals of the group, as well, as expanding and enhancing the technical capabilities and service offerings. This includes handling requests and incidents, problem resolution, and lifecycle management. The Storage and Backup Operations Administrator is also responsible for contributing to defining and creating our future state backup and storage technology and services while providing stable, predictable, and scalable enterprise storage and backup solutions. Responsibilities The overall objectives of this position include, but are not limited to, the following Maintaining an understanding of deployed solutions, potential issues, requirements, and service gaps Assuring solutions are aligned with business objectives for resiliency, disaster recovery, and regulatory compliance Creating standard operational procedures and knowledge base for the solutions Managing standard service requests within SLAs Provide coverage for incidents and troubleshooting of problems Testing and implementing upgrades Assessing current operational processes and technology Learning new processes, policies, procedures and technologies Enhancing service capability through optimization and expansion Participating in strategic planning and working closely with the Engineering team to implement and continuously improve storage services Establishing and maintaining vendor relationships with leading technology and solution providers Design, development, documentation, analysis, creation, testing or modification of computer systems or programs, including prototypes, based on and related to user or system design specifications Qualifications At least 3 years of experience in relevant technologies, including experience managing enterprise storage environments Experience implementing storage solutions with deep knowledge of fiber attached (FC) storage, SAN fabrics, and network attached storage (NAS). (Considerable experience with EMC VMAX, Pure, Netapp, Netbackup and supporting technologies is required) Basic understanding of dependent server, application, and networking technologies including Cisco UCS, Cisco Nexus, MS Windows, MS SQL, Linux, and VMware Experience with technologies such as diskbased backup, replication, FCoE, flashbased storage, and clustered file systems is desired Experience and Knowledge of NetBackup 7.x and 8.x Experience with NetBackup Appliances Experience Backing up from NetApp\Storage\NAS Knowledge of Data Domain Knowledge of NBU Standard Client\Agent (install\upgrades\updates\patching) Experience with VMWare policy based backups of VMs. Must be able to work well in an ambiguous and changing environment Open to giving and receiving direct feedback in an environment where people are encouraged to challenge peers and management of all levels Excellent communication skills Communicate in a positive upbeat manner both verbally and in writing Ability to work with multiple teams Fluent in English Pluses Familiarity with cloud and hybrid cloud technologies is a plus Experience with automation of manual processes using Python, Perl, PowerShell Experience with NetBackup Cloud Catalyst Appliance is a plus Understanding of Microsoft SQL backups Experience working in a dynamic, fastpaced environment Experience supporting technology in a large scale enterprise environment