Storage administrator @ Newport Beach, CA - Diverse Lynx
Newport Beach, CA
About the Job
Role: Storage administrator
Location: Newport Beach, CA
Type: Contract
What are the top 3 skills required for this role?
- NETAPP ADMIN AND PURE STROAGE ADMIN L3 / L4
- BROCADE AND SAN SWITCHES SKILLS
- EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS (WRITTEN AND VERBAL)
Must Haves:
- Level 3 / Level 4 skilled Storage Engineer to lead the Storage space under the Data Center Operations tower
- Design and implement a new solution in the Storage environment
- 5 to 8 years of Storage experience in NetApp, Pure Storage and SAN Switches
- Candidate should have a strong knowledge on Storage Architecture who can provide best solutions to the customer.
- Hands-on experience on Storage migration, upgrades, and replications etc.,
- Ability to suggest and implement Automation, Industry best practices and standards.
- Strong knowledge of monitoring and alerting solutions for proactive issue identification
- Strong skills in NetApp, Pure, SAN, NAS, and Brocade switches
- Hands-on experience in Storage zoning and SAN port provisioning
- Troubleshooting experience with Storage, SAN, NAS Connectivity, and performance issues
- Administration experience in the storage of multiprotocol environments like CIFS and NFS with NetApp
- Experience with disaster recovery and data replication technologies
- Planning and performing maintenance activities, upgrades, migration, etc. Could Haves:
- Basic VMware vSphere 5.0 and higher skills
- Basic Networking skills Nice to Have:
- NetApp / Pure Certifications
- Knowledge of Linux Operating systems
- PowerShell, Ansible, or Python Scripting Communication and Collaboration:
- Serve as a subject matter expert and escalation point for storage technologies
- Work with vendors to resolve storage issues
- Excellent verbal/written communication, collaboration, and analytical skills
- Communicate with customers and internal team with transparency
- Work across technical teams to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues
- Provide enterprise-level operational support for incident, problem, and change management activities
- Assess customer environments for performance and design issues and propose resolutions Documentation and Training:
- Create and maintain detailed documentation, SOPs, and Runbooks
- Completion of training and certification as assigned to further skills and knowledge On-call and Offshore Support:
- Participate in on-call rotation and co-ordinate with Offshore support.
Additional Information:
- Candidate should demonstrate his architect, automation and implement best practices that are being following the industry
- Meeting the deadline is key factor to success
- Communicate all the stakeholders proactively for technical and process related activities
Diverse Lynx LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive due consideration for employment without any discrimination. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence and their proven capability to perform the functions outlined in the corresponding role. We promote and support a diverse workforce across all levels in the company.
Source : Diverse Lynx
