Storage Engineer

**Job Title**:Storage Engineer

**Job Overview**:
The Storage Engineer will be responsible for managing, administering, and troubleshooting storage systems and enterprise backup solutions in a 24x7 operational environment. The role focuses on working with storage technologies like **HP Nimble **and **Dell Storage **to ensure high availability, performance, and data protection for critical business systems.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**1. Storage Management**:

- Install, configure, and maintain **Storage Area Networks (SAN) **and enterprise backup solutions.
- Perform health checks, monitoring, and troubleshooting for **HP Nimble **and **Dell Storage **devices to ensure optimal availability and performance.
- Integrate storage solutions (including **HP Nimble **and **Dell storage arrays **) into customer IT infrastructures, ensuring seamless interoperability.
- Perform firmware updates and necessary system upgrades for storage devices.
- Maintain detailed documentation for storage configurations, maintenance tasks, and troubleshooting procedures.
- Manage disk partitioning and **Logical Unit Number (LUN) **assignments (create, modify, or delete LUNs).
- Actively monitor and manage multiple storage subsystems for optimal performance and reliability.
- Conduct capacity planning and performance tuning for **HP Nimble **and **Dell Storage **arrays.
- Troubleshoot zones and switch-related issues for SAN environments.
- Administer and manage security configurations within the storage subsystems.

**2. Backup Solutions Management**:

- Administer **Symantec Backup **environments and manage enterprise backup solutions.
- Schedule and configure backup jobs, ensuring data protection and integrity.
- Optimize backup server performance and provide troubleshooting support as needed.
- Quickly resolve backup-related issues to minimize potential data loss.
- Perform capacity planning for tape libraries and backup servers to support growing data needs.

**3. Disaster Recovery (DR)**:

- Plan and execute **Disaster Recovery (DR) **strategies for critical systems, ensuring quick and reliable recovery.
- Verify successful recovery of production or DR servers after DR exercises.

**4. Storage Solution Implementation**:

- Collaborate with customers to integrate **HP Nimble **and **Dell Storage **solutions into their infrastructure.
- Prepare test plans and perform functional checks to validate that storage systems meet customer requirements.

**5. Additional Duties**:

- Provide second
- and third-level support for advanced storage issues, particularly with **HP Nimble **and **Dell Storage **solutions.
- Assist with data center shutdown activities and recovery operations as needed.

**Requirements**:
**Education**:

- Recognized **Diploma **or **Degree **in Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business IT, or related fields.

**Experience**:

- Minimum **5 years **of experience in managing **Enterprise Backup Solutions **and **Storage Area Networks (SAN) **.
- Hands-on experience with**:HP Nimble Storage**: Administration, troubleshooting, and configuration.
**Dell Storage**: Working with arrays, SAN systems, etc.
- Additional experience with**:IBM V3700 **and **V7000**
**EMC Unity/VNX**
**NETAPP Storage**
**Hitachi Storage**
**EMC Isilon/NAS Products**
**Cisco/Brocade SAN switches**
**NETBACKUP **or **Veeam**
**IBM Tape Libraries**
- Experience with storage replication, backup configurations, and conducting DR exercises.
- Proficiency in power cycling storage devices and upgrading SAN switches.

**Skills & Abilities**:

- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills to resolve storage issues efficiently.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work independently with mínimal supervision.
- Collaborative team player with strong customer service orientation.

**Desirable**:

- Prior experience working in the **government sector **or within a **services business **in a high-tech environment.