Description
System Administrator: Expert/Lead
6 months
SAN, Backup, Veritas
Job Description
This Sr. Backup Administrator position is responsible for supporting the enterprise backup environment and NAS/SAN storage in a global environment. The primary responsibility of this position will be overseeing critical backup operations involving thousands of Servers in multiple locations.
Functions (duties/accountabilities) include the following:
Serves as a technical consultant in the area of IT Backup.
Review and ensure Backup policies support the company Records and Retention policies.
Manage relationship with off-site data media storage provider.
Provide direction for installation, configuration and support of storage, backup and Disaster Recovery environments.
Lead data migration projects.
Generate Operations Reports related to system capacity and utilization. Provide trending information and root cause analysis.
Conduct Performance tuning and capacity planning related to the storage and backup environments.
Troubleshoot problems and provides 24x7 on-call escalation for support of production storage and backup systems.
Ensure proper alerting for the backup environment, backup jobs, and data replication are in place.
Update documentation of Storage, Backup and Disaster Recovery environments.
Interact closely with management, engineers, application resources, Database Administrators, Windows and UNIX Administrators, and Architects to plan and support the environments and underlying strategy.
Plan, recommend and implement strategies around upgrades for backup and/or storage environments.
Participate in project meetings; develop specifications based on project requirements.
Govern backup and/or storage request process and ensure appropriate use of computing resources.
Schedule and oversee regular systems maintenance.
Serve as interface for vendor relationship management with respect to equipment and contracts.
Oversee storage provisioning, monitor system, forecast future storage demands, conduct performance tuning, system controls, and documentation; install, configure, upgrade and troubleshoot issues
Improve Disaster Recovery methods and procedures.
Manage and keep Disaster Recovery environment in sync with primary on a specified periodic basis so in the event of disaster, operations can be restored in approved timeframes.
Bachelors degree or advanced degree plus 5 years or more of directly related experience.
One or more storage, backup and/or DR vendor certifications (EMC, NetApp, HP, NetBackup).
5+ years or more as a backup and storage engineer (planning, designing, configuring and supporting large enterprise storage/backup environments).
Extensive domain knowledge and/or experience with Veritas NetBackup Administration, NetBackup Command Line, ADIC Tape Libraries, Bocada Enterprise Reporting, NetApp VTL devices, Data Domain De-Duplication Appliances, Iron Mountain Connected Backup (CDP), UNIX System Administration, Bare Metal Restores, BladeLogic and Systems Analysis/Design.
Strong technical and analytical skills.
Able to organize and schedule tasks, develop realistic action plans, and incorporate time constraints and task priorities.
Ability to take initiative and work with minimum direction in a high demand environment.
Please email your resume to (see below) referencing the appropriate Job ID J-. Phone calls are also welcome: .
Must have proof of eligibility to work in the United States.
Must be eligible to work in the United States.
Referrals are welcome!