Description
Storage Specialist
Initial 12 Month Contract
Dublin 2
Commencing 1st of Feb. 2018
Level Required: Intermediate 4-6 years' experience
Main elements of the role will include:
- Maintain the CommVault environment ensuring effective backups are run and making performance improvements where necessary.
- Rapidly develop solutions to problems as required, to include timely restoration of data.
- Monitor and respond to helpdesk calls.
- Carry out Level 3 helpdesk tasks as required
- Liaise with other technical authorities in both Departments to provide an integrated approach to their technologies.
- Provide skills transfer to staff through regular review meetings and coaching.
- Be able to work in all aspects of a project life cycle from business analysis to implementation and testing.
- Provide accurate documentation as required.
- Work mainly on their own initiative
CommVault Elements of role
- ComVault Administration
- Maintains and monitors tape libraries.
- Performs backup environment system tuning including monitoring, troubleshooting and optimizing performance.
- Oversee security of CommVault environment.
- Performs daily routine maintenance,
- Perform storage pool maintenance, and on-site and off-site tape management
- Assists in determining workload balancing if necessary.
- Proactively oversees resolution of backup/recovery service disruptions and implementation of preventative measures.
- Analyzes and solves complex problems
- Performs continuous research and audits to ensure continuous and high levels of performance, security and availability of network and operating systems and peripheral devices.
- Remains up-to-date with the latest innovations and industry best practices
Storage (3PAR) Elements of role
Perform provisioning, management and monitoring of storage (3PAR)
Other elements of role
- Perform routine tasks using VMWare vSphere
- Ensures regular reporting to management regarding performance and service levels in order to inform responsible management about major deviations and/or corrective actions.
- Provides guidance and advice to other team members
- Maintains close relations with local management staff to ensure the local business processes are continuously and adequately being supported and developed by IT.
- Assist other team members with basic infrastructure support tasks
- Liaise with other technical authorities to provide an integrated approach to their technologies.
- Report to the management/staff, including the IMT team lead as required and attend meetings at sites as requested.
- A function of this role will involve working with members of other IT Support teams to provide day-to-day administration of the strategic projects and the formulation of standards/procedures associated with this work. There may also be a requirement to liaise with other teams in the central areas in resolving issues relating to infrastructure. The areas of responsibility associated with the Other Support Teams includes:
- Support, maintain and build the technical infrastructure for the IT infrastructure.
- Maximise availability of IT services to all users
- Improve IT Infrastructure in line with emerging technologies.
- Maintain and deliver high quality stable and secure infrastructure support and core business.
Required Qualifications:
- Candidates must have a minimum of a CommVault Certified Professional certification.
- The candidate must have a minimum of a MSCE certification (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer).