*STORAGE ENGINEER - F2F REQUIRED* *Location: Plano, TX*
*6 Months Contract* The Storage Engineer is a member of Infrastructure team & is responsible for supporting the Plano Migrations Program. Candidate should be experienced & highly skilled in multi-terabyte scale, heterogeneous storage environments including storage area networks (SAN), network attached storage (NAS) & associated backup/ management software that underlies mission-critical product suites. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: *Establishes procedures for user requests for storage according to business needs and in alignment with project schedules *Supervises and assists incident response on storage hardware *Creates and implements storage systems configuration designs of high complexity *Establishes procedures for and performs storage systems maintenance; accepts input from management and customers in design *Develops capacity planning models to be used as input to strategic decision making *Provides primary storage administrator functions for storage environment; duties encompass a full range of disk space and infrastructure optimization (I/O) management architecture, support, and troubleshooting areas *Creates complex target storage layout-emphasis on reliability, scalability and serviceability *Designs and implements client host configuration and maintains best practices *Develops policy and process for scheduled backup and recovery strategy; restores and recovers data where necessary *Provides training / materials for storage-recovery related products & policies *Participates in triage and root cause analysis; can be available during specified hours of program work *Performs support of production/development SAN and NAS systems, including diagnosis/response to capacity, availability/performance related issues *Provides root cause problem analysis, along with recommendations to prevent *Provides problem resolution by making full use of resources, including vendors *Creates design documents, RAID group assignments, LUN assignments, host configurations and performs switch zoning *Selects, implements, schedules and supports backup systems *Creates/implements data replication and DR plans, methods, techniques & testing *Creates processes for storage mgmt related software installation and configurations *Maintains appropriate records of licensing and capacity of all equipment *Develops and implements monitoring solutions to assist in the availability of storage services *Proactively monitors and manages SAN, NAS and server disk space and I/O utilization *Supports and/or performs the installation, extension and configuration of Storage infrastructure, including switches, fiber, disks, shelves, enclosures, controllers and data replication hardware *Schedules and selects firmware and security-related upgrades to SAN switches, controllers, disks, etc. during maintenance windows *Analyzes storage, recovery, and monitoring technologies in order to provide input for strategic direction setting *Identifies storage assets, discusses projected growth rates with management, and reviews and enhances current storage change control procedures *Analyses storage consumption and I/O performance on an application, host, LUN, volume or group level and provides accurate trend analysis Qualifications: *6+ years of equivalent previous Storage and Backup administration experience; 6+ years of directly related work experience is required for individuals holding a Bachelor's degree *Senior Level Storage Engineer with 6+ years of direct experience in designing, implementing,managing, and supporting mid to large Enterprise Storage environments *Experience with EMC, Data Domain, NetApp, and Comm Vault products DC Migration experience preferred *Demonstrate strong experience with the design, engineering, and implementation of complex storage environment Thanks & Regards BALA *Advent Global Solutions, Inc. * Direct: 847-416-6809 ALT: 847 737 4370 | eFax: 832 565 1418 3601 Algonquin Rd, Suite # 702 Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 Email: [email protected] | Web Site: http://www.adventglobal.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GTA DBA" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gtadba. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
