Senior Storage Engineer (NetApp)

Full time position
Financial client in downtown Boston


Overview
Our client is seeking a Senior Storage Engineer to join the System Engineering team who are responsible for design, maintenance, security, recovery, and support of the Storage Infrastructure. The person in the role will design, architect, and implement storage and backup solution in the mixed environment of Unix/Windows operating systems. Responsibilities Include: Develop and integrate disk storage based snapshots to provide mechanism for immediate snapback if a system needs to be restored rapidly due to application or operating system corruption of data. Develop and document standards/procedures/strategies/scripts that maximize the functionality and reliability while minimizing downtime. Provide technical assistance for applications installs, backup/recovery strategies, to address applications performance issues and general platform problem analysis.

Requirements:
• Deploy storage solutions into new and existing environments.
• Diagnose and resolve problems in multiple storage environments, coordinating with coworkers and vendors as necessary to facilitate maximum availability of client applications in financial and other mission critical environments.
• Work with clients and sales team to determine data storage requirements in business development opportunities.
• Perform storage workload modeling and prediction for sizing and troubleshooting.
• Perform capacity planning and reporting to ensure efficient use of storage.
• Closely monitor server storage performance and utilization, identify problems and recommend/implement solutions.
• Maintain replication relationships and recovery environments.
• Implement and document recovery procedures.
• Support recovery in the event of systems failure or disaster.
• Provide post-installation training and technical support to clients and coworkers.

Qualifications:
• 8-10 years of Storage Experience
• Must have a thorough understanding of Network Appliance (NetApp) products and architectures specifically 3xxx series and 6xxx series
• Experience with site to site and DR replication (ie SnapMirror and SnanVault)
• In-depth knowledge of general storage technologies: iSCSI, FC, SAN, NAS, DAS.
• Cisco MDS 9000 series switches knowledge.
• Compellent Storage Knowledge is a Plus.
• Prior experience or familiarity with alternative storage products is desirable.
• Solid understanding of networking and distributed computing concepts, including principles of network-routing client/server applications.
• Solid understanding of NFS and CIFS administration in a NetApp Environment.
• Knowledge of Distributed File Systems (DFS) beneficial.
• Comprehensive Experience in deploying and managing MS Active Directory, MS Exchange, and MS SQL Server.
• Understanding and Implementing ILM Policy with Tiered Storage.
• Prior experience deploying NetApp solutions in the field.
• Experience deploying and maintaining FibreChannel and layer 2/3 Ethernet networks.
• At least five years of experience in a technical support role in one or more computing environments.
• *NIX administration, and scripting knowledge desirable.
• Experience Virtualization Technologies a plus.
• Strong client focus and management of client expectations.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent teamwork skills.
• Ability to present and explain technical information to diverse audiences
• Ability to write clear proposals and technical documents.
• Strong interpersonal skills at all levels of management and ability to motivate team members to apply skills and techniques to solve dynamic problems.
• Solid project management skills.
• Ability to weigh various suggested technical solutions against the original business needs and choose the most cost-effective solution.


Please contact Albert Barsoumian with qualified resumes via email at albert@collabstaff.com or via phone at 508-872-7402.