Virtual Netapp Storage Engineer Jobs in Texas (NOW HIRING)

Job Title:             Storage Engineer

Location:             Spring, TX(onsite)

Mode :                 Contract (6-12+ Months Possible extension)

Storage Job Description

·         Good Knowledge on components and architectures.

·         In depth understanding of the HPE Alletra, HP 3PAR, Nimble.

·         Hands on experience with storage array migrations.

·         Experience in SAN storage backup and recovery and exposure to SAN Data replication tools.

·         Experience on Cisco and Brocade fabric switch/Directors. Configuring new switch, upgrades, zoning, VSAN and troubleshooting.

·         Experience of SAN allocation, deallocation.

·         Good Knowledge on RAID concepts, inline data deduplication, inline data compression.

·         Dynamic LUN Provisioning, Zoning, storage firmware upgrades

·         Allocating Boot luns in VMware environment

·         Troubleshooting storage related and compatibility related issues.

·         Allocating LUNs to different operating systems like MS Windows, VMWare ESX/ESXi, Linux and Solaris/AIX/HPUX.

·         Exposure to performance tuning techniques for SAN and NAS

·         Experience in handling major incident bridges, critical issues.

·         Good in scripting and automating the standard storage procedures.

·         Should be familiar with ITIL processes.

Roles & Responsibilities – Storage (HPE 3PAR / Alletra)

·         Design, architect, and deploy HPE 3PAR and Alletra storage solutions based on customer business, performance, and availability requirements.

·         Lead technical discussions with customers and internal stakeholders to understand workload needs and propose optimal storage designs.

·         Manage 3PAR/Alletra arrays including CPGs, virtual volumes, VLUNs, host sets, and port configurations.

·         Perform advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis (RCA) for complex storage, SAN, and performance issues.

·         Plan and execute storage migrations using Peer Motion, Online Import, and host-based migration tools with minimal downtime.

·         Administer and troubleshoot SAN fabrics (Brocade/Cisco) including zoning, ISLs, firmware upgrades, and fabric resiliency.

·         Optimize storage performance and efficiency through RAID selection, tiering, chunklet layout, and adaptive optimization.

·         Implement and manage replication and DR solutions such as Remote Copy, Peer Persistence, and metro cluster configurations.

·         Integrate storage with virtualization and OS platforms (VMware, Hyper-V, Linux, Windows) and resolve multipathing issues.

·         Manage firmware, OS, and controller upgrades ensuring non-disruptive operations and rollback readiness.

·         Leverage HPE InfoSight and SSMC for proactive monitoring, capacity forecasting, and health analysis.

·         Coordinate with backup teams and customers to integrate storage with Commvault / NetBackup for application-consistent backups.

·         Prepare and deliver technical presentations to customers on storage architecture, performance analysis, and solution proposals.

·         Provide regular operational and executive-level reports covering capacity utilization, performance trends, risks, and recommendations.

·         Act as escalation point for critical production incidents and major outages.

·         Collaborate with application, database, network, and virtualization teams to align storage design with end-to-end solutions.

·         Ensure security, compliance, and governance through encryption, RBAC, audit logging, and best-practice controls.

·         Automate and standardize storage operations using CLI, REST APIs, and scripting to improve efficiency and reliability.

·         Mentor L1/L2 engineers and review change requests, SOPs, and implementation plans.

·         Participate in CAB meetings, customer reviews, and vendor engagements (HPE) while supporting 24×7 mission-critical environments.