Description
My client based in Dublin, Ireland is looking for a Storage Engineer (EMC) for a 6-9 month daily rate contract.Overview:
The role comprises of storage administration support for SAN, Backup and the Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) function.
Job Description: The individual will be working in a storage focused team primarily responsible for storage provisioning, SAN management and systems backup provisioning for many diverse application systems and operating systems. The individual will be engaged in an EMC, Brocade, Symantec and Sun/Storage Tek environment. The individual will be involved in daily administration functions such as incident management, change management and problem resolution. This will encompass implementation of operational practices around administration, reporting and monitoring of the hardware/software in this environment. Some basic support of the ILM function will also be required in terms of the Archiving products supported by the team.
The Storage Services team provide infrastructure support to the my client's business community, and in doing so, maintain relationships with many other IT teams in providing a high quality overall solution.
Key skills for the Storage Engineer (EMC) role:
Possess 5 years + of progressive experience in computer operations, data processing, management information systems, or systems administration.
Possess 3 years + experience of working in complex SAN environments with multiple Unix/Windows hosts and DMX/Clariion/Centera/EVA arrays.
Familiarity with system backup strategies utilizing tape or magnetic disk technologies.
Demonstrate excellent judgment skills in order to make successful decisions in dealing with sometimes complex situations.
Demonstrate well developed troubleshooting skills for incident & problem management.
Provide technical leadership and influencing by clearly and effectively communicating with peers and customers.
Demonstrate strong initiative and willingness to achieve results through change.
Ability to develop and manage system documentation including standard operating procedures, and routine status reports; and script development, testing and implementation.
Have an ability to support multiple/concurrent projects and initiatives.
Written and oral communication skills should be to a high standard.
Additional Skill Set:
Familiarity with various high availability and Disaster Recovery techniques. Assist in processes involving change management, vendor management, problem escalation and project management.
Ability to provide training to less experienced staff.
Network: TCP/IP, troubleshooting. Cluster technology awareness.
NetBackup Enterprise Server 7.x
Unix or Windows OS + Scripting skills an advantage
For further information please forward your CV to the above email address.