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Job Summary:
Georgia IT, Inc. is seeking a SAN Engineering professional to provide technical support and administration of IT storage infrastructure. The role involves engineering, implementing, and managing enterprise-class storage solutions, with a focus on Storage Area Network (SAN) and Network-Attached Storage (NAS) technology.
Responsibilities:
• Provides technical support and administration of the IT storage infrastructure, including (but not limited to) Storage Area Networks, storage hardware, storage-related software and interconnectivity between storage and server platforms.
• Engineer, implement and manage enterprise-class storage solutions, including Storage Area Network (SAN) and Network-Attached Storage (NAS) technology.
• Implementation and administration includes using management tools for Brocade switches (SwitchExplorer), Hitachi storage (Storage Navigator, HiTrack, HiCommand, Tuning Manager), EMC storage (Navisphere) and NetApp filers (FilerView).
• This responsibility includes working with Unix and Windows system administrators to connect and configure Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) on servers, as well as design, configure and provision storage for servers.
• Perform day-to-day storage system administration, hardware installation, performance monitoring and client problem resolution.
• This includes working with Unix and Windows system administrators on a daily basis to configure and provision storage for servers, analyze performance from both the server and the storage perspectives using all available tools (including Windows and Unix performance measurement utilities).
• Troubleshooting and potentially correcting issues pertaining to storage connectivity, capacity or performance is also required.
• Perform periodic and emergency system maintenance, minimizing business impact to the greatest extent possible; Troubleshoot and resolve storage-related hardware and software problems.
• Work with Unix and Windows engineers to isolate problems and provide corrective action.
• This may require after-hours and on-call work schedules in the event of unplanned events.
• Contribute to technology and information systems planning and budgeting (including written technology related proposals).
• This is accomplished by working with Windows and Unix engineers, as well as IT management, to determine requirements.
• Available tools are then used to evaluate performance and capacity of existing infrastructure (storage, servers and inter-connectivity) to refine or substantiate those requirements.
• Prepares system documentation and operational guides and project plans.
• This includes using Microsoft Word and Excel to produce documentation that defines processes, procedures and configurations that pertain to the Storage Area Network (Hitachi, EMC and Brocade equipment) and Network-Attached Storage (NetApp equipment) environments.
• Project plans are communicated amongst peers, including Windows and Unix engineers, using Word and e-mail.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Expert level knowledge with two or more of the following: HDS SAN storage arrays including VSP, VSP 800
• Expert level knowledge with two or more of the following: EMC SAN storage arr including VNX and VMAX.
• Expert level knowledge with two or more of the following: Network Appliance 3xxx and 8xxx series NAS filers and associated concepts (e.g. vfilers). OnCommand and clustering preferred.
• Overall, at least 8 years' experience in designing, installing, and supporting SAN/NAS arrays, and associated functions (e.g. zoning switches).
• Extensive experience with infrastructure and storage theories, principles and concepts
• Strong experience in the design of enterprise, high-volume, secure systems and data center strategies
• Four-year degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering, or equivalent work experience
• Excellent Analytical skills are required.
• Experience with an environment of structured life-cycle management
• Minimum Experience Level: 8+ years of similar work experience
Preferred:
• ITIL or other best practice methodology preferred
• Familiarity with DR and high-availability architectures
• Applicable professional certifications preferred (e.g. HCS, HCE, NCDA, NCIE, EMCSA)
• Experience with VMware
• Thorough working knowledge of UNIX server/storage hardware, operating systems and supporting tools Sun Certified Systems Administrator (SCSA), or MIS preferred
• Project management experience Preferred
• Must have the ability to lead and mentor more junior level engineers.
Company:
Georgia IT, Inc. provides IT Consulting for a wide range of IT services and custom build turn-key enterprise solutions. Founded in 2007, the company is headquartered in Alpharetta, USA, with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.