Storage Engineer

Experience and Qualification:

•            Evaluate, design, implement, and deploy SAN, NAS & DAS hardware and software, to include Dell PowerMax, Unity, PURE, Cisco and Brocade fabric architectures in tiered multi-protocol storage models.

•            Create designs and documentation of backup/restore strategies.

•            Provide support for all Storage Infrastructure (to include installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, and monitoring).

•            Designing and implementing storage for one or more enterprise services such as, MS SQL, Active Directory, Windows Server, Oracle, Linux, Fileshare, BLOB file repos.

•            Managing storage in a On-Prem VMware, Cloud VMware (VMC-A), containers, and client Metal virtualization environment.

•            Managing and providing near real time storage usage statistics, storage management and capacity management and providing future projected growth estimates.

•            Following Enterprise Architecture Procedures.

•            Recommending, implementing, and deliver technology solutions based on analysis and business requirements aligned with IT Strategy.

•            Managing storage provisioning process and documentation (including, but not limited to, Windows, Linux, and virtualized servers).

•            Managing fiber channel network; must be well versed in fiber channel, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS.

•            Monitoring, report and correct storage performance issues.

•            Responsible for capacity planning and performance analysis.

•            Aiding cross-functionally in support of Windows, Linux, and ESXi disk performance troubleshooting and optimization.

•            Partner with vendors to review new technology offering and troubleshoot problems as needed.

Required Skills

•            10 years of experience in the plan, design, configuring, optimizing and supporting large and diverse enterprise storage systems. Including creating dashboard, reporting and capacity planning.

•            7+ years of hands-on experience Designing, Configuring and Supporting Dell PowerMax and Unity storage systems.

•            7+ years of hands-on experience Designing, Configuring and Supporting NetApp and PURE, storage systems.

•            7+ years of hands-on experience Designing, Configuring and Supporting Cisco and Brocade SAN Fabric systems.

•            7+ years hands-on experience with enterprise hierarchical storage system management

•            5+ years of knowledge and support of storage systems in a VMware ESX environment, others hypervisors is a plus.

•            4+ years hands-on experience with Cisco MDS backbone switches.

•            Strong understanding of Oracle Linux, Windows, Ununtu operating systems and how they relate to storage infrastructure.

•            Knowledge and experience with current compute/ network/ storage modeling.

•            Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Key Skills: Storage, Cisco MDS ,PowerMax ,NetApp and PURE