Description
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Storage Administrator
Position Summary
This position is for a Storage administrator. Advanced knowledge of enterprise storage systems and concepts is required. The appropriate candidate will become part of an experienced team dedicated to the support of storage systems in our environment. Off hours and weekend support are required along with less than 10% travel. Participation in a rotating 24 hour/7 day on-call rotation is required.
Position Characteristics- Provides routine technical support with full responsibility and accountability.
- Operates autonomously detecting and anticipating problems.
- Must work closely with vendor resources on remote/local projects as required.
- Designs, deploys, configures, and maintains storage solutions in an NetApp/EMC/Hitachi/SVC SAN storage environment. Focus is on Hitachi storage solutions.
- Research and make recommendations on storage products, services, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts.
- Ability to work in large global IT support organization
- Must have excellent written, verbal, presentation and project management skills
- Must have experience working in accordance with a tightly controlled change management environment.
- Team player and ability to build relationships with supporting teams.
- Desire to learn new technologies and ability to quickly apply.
- Ability to make sound decisions independently that support team strategy.
- Demonstrates pro-active approach toward technical and process improvements.
- Keen attention to detail
- Assumes leadership in team projects and activities
- Practical Knowledge & Experience
- 3 - 5 years of experience working on NetApp, EMC, Hitachi, IBM SVC, Cisco
Technology Qualifications
EMC - Clariion CX-4, Centera, DMX4, VMAX, Solutions Enabler, SYMCLI, PowerPath, SRDF, SMC
NetApp - FAS3000, FAS6000, OnCommand System Mgr, Ops Mgr, Snapmirror, Multistore, OnTap upgrades
Hitachi - VSP, Command Suite, TrueCopy, Tuning Manager
IBM SVC - Mgmt software, MetroMirror, Flashcopy
Cisco 9506, 9509, 9513, zoning, vsan management
- Unix administrator level skills for AIX, HPUX, Red Hat Linux
- Ad-hoc Scripting skills for storage administration ( korn, bash, or Perl )
- Hands-on SAN/NAS/DAS troubleshooting experience.
- Data Migration Methodologies
- NetApp, EMC, Hitachi or Cisco certifications preferred .
Bachelors Degree in field and 5+ years of experience or industry equivalence gained via prior work assignments.
Thanks and Regards,Vijay Sekhar Chetti
Senioit IT Recruiter - Software Specialists, Inc.