Description
Position: Storage Area Network Engineer
Duration: 12months +
Location: Columbia, SC
REQUIRED TECHNICAL BACKGROUND:
- Storage Area Network (SAN) or related experience.
- Hands-on skills with IBM storage arrays and respective storage management systems. (Required)
- Hands-on skills AND experience with Cisco fabric Switches. (Required)
- Experience in enterprise-class data centres is preferred. (Highly Desired)
JOB DESCRIPTION:
- Administers use, capacity and performance of SAN systems.
- Focuses on multiple aspects of SAN operations across multiple platforms.
- Works with end users and vendors to resolve server issues.
- Upgrades and configures SAN devices from multiple vendors.
- Maintains effective relationships with customers to ensure appropriate levels of support.
- Schedules, plans, and performs system health checks across environments.
- Confers with users to resolve problems affecting server performance.
- Validates and adjusts server configuration as needed.
- Generates SAN utilisation/trending/error reports as requested.
- Observes and controls the status and performance of all components of SAN/system facilities.
- Maintains control of SAN devices.
- Control access to, and authorisation level of devices.
- Maintains effective security/backup and disaster recovery processes and systems.
- Performs data backups and disaster recovery operations as needed.
- Address vulnerabilities within audit-mandated time frames.
- Ensure server compliance with audit requirements.
- Participates in continuous review and remediation to ensure that processes meet changing business unit conditions.
- Creates and maintains process and procedure documentation.
- Provides feedback on commonly encountered problems and misunderstandings to enhance user documentation and/or training programs etc.
- Works with others to establish and improve processes and procedures.
- Updates knowledge and skills to keep up with rapid advancements in server administration technology