Netapp Storage Admin Jobs in Florida (NOW HIRING)

Job Description:

• Administering the multiple backup Management and CLI exposure for EMC Backup tool, VTL, Netgear                
• Experience in handling DELL EMC, Synology, Tintri, Netapp and backup products & its features as for the latest release                              
• Should be able to understand and explain the backup internal architecture and working of various inbuilt components                            
• Should have hands on knowledge and experience in Implementing, upgrading, migrating and configuring backup servers across heterogeneous platforms                                       
• Should have worked on multiple vendor products and hyperscale appliances for backup                 

• Should have configured the Monitoring tools for alerting and reporting backup, hardware, operational reports highlighting issues and the status of the environment (ops manager, BMC)
• Experienced to provide analysis and implementation support for data protection solutions initial implementations.
• Experienced on customization and integration with the intent of optimizing the operational environment as well as day to day and long-term management.       
• Experienced in handling and managing multiple backup agent backups (Oracle RMAN, NDMP, SQL, Exchange, Virtual servers etc.)
• Experienced, knowledge or hands on handling heterogeneous environment (Solaris, HPUX, AIX, Microsoft Windows, and Linux platforms) as it relates to backup and recovery
• Experience in integration with Hyper-V, VMWARE virtual environments
• Knowledge of Backup related tools, storage appliances (EMC,NetApp,etc), storage library (quantum, IBM, HP) media (LTO, ultrium, DLT)                                 
• Should be able to see logs and error messages, Analyze, resolve, guide and take preventive action for the escalated issues related to product and devices hardware problems
• Should have expert level experience in handling Data migrations, backup catalog import/export, recovery, DR (Disaster Recovery) and Ransomware protection
• Provide storage infrastructure system management and proactively address potential issues
• Provision and configure storage volumes, disk pools, raid groups, over various storage systems (EMC, Hitachi, NetApp, Dell, Pure)                         
• Design, implement, and optimize storage solutions for high availability and performance.          
• Configure, manage and troubleshoot the SAN fabric like Brocade or Cisco switches                 
• Implement zoning, masking, and host connectivity changes as per best practices                                         
• Configure, manage the block storage (iSCSI, FC, NVMe-oF) and file storage (SMB, NFS, S3) and decommissioning                                 
• Optimize storage pools, deduplication, compression, and QoS settings                            
• Managing capacity planning, performance monitoring and tuning, security management etc           
• Perform capacity forecasting and ensure efficient utilization of storage resources.                       
• Manage snapshot-based backups, SafeMode snapshots, and immutable storage for ransomware protection                               
• Storage Automation & Scripting (Optional / Preferred)                 
• Able to integrate monitoring tools like CloudIQ, ActiveIQ, etc
• Sound knowledge on Dell equallogic                    
• Manage and optimize storage provisioning via REST API/SNMP integrations.                                  
• Maintain detailed documentation & compliance with storage configurations and changes.      
• Ensure compliance with IT security policies and industry best practices.                            
• Participate in audits and provide necessary storage-related information.                                  
• Work on storage backup and disaster recovery (DR) strategies    

Synology:

• Good knowledge on synology products like RS1221RP+/RS1221+
• Worked on ActiveProtect Appliance and able to configure the primary site and off-ste
• Knowledge of C2 backup storage
• Manage the Synlogy server and administer the daily jobs and perform health checks.
• Worked on ActiceProtect Vault and Hyper Backup Vault

Tintri:

• Understand the architecture of VMStore T7000 series and other products
• Perform upgradation of Tintri operating system and manage its services
• Initiate and administrate the VM, DB, application-level backup and replication jobs.
• Monitor the performance on Tintri Analytics
• Knowledge of Cloud-Based Predictive Analytics
• Sound knowledge on Hitachi VTL like configuration, troubleshooting any tape issues.

NetApp:

• Sound knowledge on NetApp array archictectures and Hardware
• Good knowledge on Netapp products like FAS, AFF, E-Series, SANtricity, StorageGRID, FlexPod.
• Capable to support Netapp Unified arrays both NAS & SAN environment
• In-depth knowledge of Netapp Snap suite of products (Snapmirror, snapshot, system manager, Snapdrive for winodws, etc.), ISCSI, NFS, CIFS
• Solid hands-on experience on Data ONTAP cDOT and 7-MODE administration.
• Provisioning NFS, CIFS and multi-protocol shares
• Configuration and support of NDMP backups between a Netapp and third-party backup products
• Manage the vserver administration and Object storage and buckets
• Experience of vservers, Namespace, NDO, snapshots, snapmirrors and snapvault replications
• Experience in NetApp storage provisioning, LUN masking, and zoning.
• Experience in NetApp storage capacity planning, performance analysis, monitoring, and reporting.
• Sound knowledge on NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager, OnCommand Insights, Cloud Insight and other NetApp tools.
• Strong knowledge of backup and recovery management solutions related to NetApp like NDMP.
• Managing and monitoring StorageGRID object storage, including tenant management, ILM policies, S3 bucket management, and integration with other NetApp solutions
• Good knowledge of SANtricity software, including SANtricity System Manager (web-based) and SANtricity Storage Manager (desktop thick-client UI), for managing E-Series systems
• Experience on Cloud Volumes ONTAP integrates with NetApp BlueXP for storage management, backup, and recovery
• Deep understanding of cloud services, industry standards, and technical acumen to guide product strategy, with hands-on experience with one of the hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP). 

Pure Storage:

• Manage the Pure Storage replication (ActiveDR, Snap-to-NFS, Snap-to-Cloud)
• Monitor, manage and maintain Pure Storage FlashArray, FlashBlade, and Pure Cloud Block Store
• Sound knowledge on FlashBlade and FlashArray hardware and its architecture,software and logistic dependencies
• Apply best practices for array management to ensure optimal performance and reliability.
• Provide best practices for configuring and managing security and authentication protocols, including zoning recommendations.
• Develop strategies to maximize storage efficiency through effective use of data reduction technologies
• Knowledge of troubleshooting performance issues using latency and performance analytics.
• Should be able to plan and design considerations for ActiveCluster and other replication technologies.
• Experience in configure, manage, and troubleshoot snapshots to ensure data protection.
• Knowledge on the various replication technologies supported by Pure Storage, including ActiveDR and asynchronous replication.
• Configure and troubleshoot these technologies to ensure data availability and disaster recovery.
• Configure FA File services in Pure Storage arrays.
• Knowledge of generating API tokens and securing access to the Pure Storage array.
• Knowledge of Pure Array sizer, Ramsomware Solutions center, Portworx Solution center, Pure1Manage

Soft Skills:                        

• Good working knowledge on MS Office (excel, PowerPoint, word, OneNote)                                       
• Should have Enterprise customer handling skills                             
• Able to handle unforeseen situations & high level of acceptance                             
• Can drive HCL’s value and its methodology

Other Skills:

• Should be worked on Production systems                                        
• Understanding datacenter environment and Infrastructure components                                  
• Working knowledge on any ticket tools like Remedy / ServiceNow                                          
• Capable of training team members and colleagues                                      
• Should be familiar with ITIL processes