Senior Storage Engineer

We have 4 positions with one of our client looking for L3 Storage & NetBackup L3 candidates. We will accept candidates who have genuine 9+ years of experience. Remote OK but preferred location - Princeton, NJ

Position - 1 Role : L3 StorageLocation : Princeton ,NJ – preferred (Remote also OK)

Skill Requirements & ResponsibilitiesBlock: Hitachi G series/VSP, Dell PowerMax/VMAX, Dell PowerStore/Unity, HPE 3PAR, Dell PowerFlex, Brocade SAN storage operational management and advanced troubleshootingFile: Dell PowerScale/Isilon, NetApp (7mode/cmode & FSxN) storage operational management and advanced troubleshootingContent Storage: Dell Centera and ECS for archives operational management and advanced troubleshootingObject Storage: IBM cloud object storage operational management and advanced troubleshootingHands on experience with SAN, NAS and Object storage for multi-OEM environmentsCreating, configuring, managing and troubleshooting LUNs, volumes, shares and exportsCreating, configuring, managing and troubleshooting ACLs and permissions for NAS resourcesConfiguration and management of Brocade SAN. Tasks include creation of device alias, zones, adding zones to zone set and activating zone set.Resolve severity issues and perform RCAs for recurring problemsPerforms storage product upgrades, patching, capacity/performance monitoring, system health checksProvide proactive suggestions and remediations based upon capacity and performance monitoringFine tune the performance parameters based upon the workload requirements.Analyze, optimize, install, configure and troubleshoot.Data/client migration to new/existing infrastructureDisaster Recovery (DR) and/or Business Continuity Planning (BCP) documentationDocumentation for runbooks/KBs for Storage/Data Protection servicesStorage replication, snapshot, and snapshot replication configuration and managementSAN switch port/performance issues monitoring and troubleshootingGather and share security vulnerability informationHands on experience on storage management tools like Dell OpsManager, Unisphere, Netapp OCI, SanNav etcHands on experience on handling hardware issues with third party vendors/OEM partnersService management tools know-how, specifically, Service-Now, IM (Incident Management), CM (Change Management), PM (Problem Management)License management on devices in SAN /NAS environmentGood understanding on Recovery Time Objective (RTO) & Recovery Point Objective (RPO).Good understanding of OS (Windows and Linux) and interoperatibilities/multipath.Hands-on exposure to any of the available public clouds.Must have professional level certification with any of the 2 listed vendor technologies.

Position - 2 Role : L3 Storage EngineerLocation : Princeton ,NJ – preferred (Remote also OK)

Skill Requirements & ResponsibilitiesBlock: Hitachi G series/VSP, Dell PowerMax/VMAX, Dell PowerStore/Unity, HPE 3PAR, Dell PowerFlex, Brocade SAN storage operational management and expert troubleshootingFile: Dell PowerScale/Isilon, NetApp (7mode/cmode & FSxN) storage operational management and expert troubleshootingCAS: Dell Centera and ECS for archives operational management and expert troubleshootingCOS: IBM cloud object storage operational management and expert troubleshootingHands on experience with SAN, NAS and Object storage for multi-OEM environmentsAnalyze and decide the operating environments/software/firmwares and suggest for upgrades/patching.Work closely with customer engineering teams to standardize the existing infrastructure and strategize improvementsPlan, test, develop and provide directions for execution of the technical solutionsSound understanding of storage virtualization, software defined storage and connected platforms and applications.Devise Disaster Recovery (DR) and/or Business Continuity Planning (BCP) solutionsDesign and architect storage solutions based upon the workload requirements while closely working with the platform architects considering interdependencies.Analyze vulnerabilities, register risks and develop strategies to mitigateSound understanding of the interconnected technologiesService management tools know-how, specifically, Service-Now, IM (Incident Management), CM (Change Management), PM (Problem Management)Must have good understanding of any of the public cloud offerings

Position - 3 Role : L3 Storage LCMLocation : Princeton ,NJ – preferred (Remote also OK)

Skill Requirements & ResponsibilitiesBlock: Hitachi G series/VSP, Dell PowerMax/VMAX, Dell PowerStore/Unity, HPE 3PAR, Dell PowerFlex, Brocade SAN storage operational management and advanced troubleshootingFile: Dell PowerScale/Isilon, NetApp (7mode/cmode & FSxN) storage operational management and advanced troubleshootingContent Storage: Dell Centera and ECS for archives operational management and advanced troubleshootingObject Storage: IBM cloud object storage operational management and advanced troubleshootingHands on experience with SAN & NAS for multi-OEM environmentsCreating, configuring, managing and troubleshooting LUNs, volumes, shares and exportsCreating, configuring, managing and troubleshooting ACLs and permissions for NAS resourcesConfiguration and management of Brocade SAN. Tasks include creation of device alias, zones, adding zones to zone set and activating zone set.Performs storage product upgrades, patching, capacity/performance monitoring, system health checksDevelop and implement storage lifecyle management strategies, evaluate and select as per organizational/client needsMust have good understanding with cross functional technologies (applications, platforms and infrastructure) for storage lifecyle requirementsDesign and architect storage solutions based upon the business/workload requirementsEnsure scalability, reliability, and security of the storage infrastructureInstall, build, implement, configure, migrate, enhance, operate and troubleshoot storage infrastructureSuggest continuous improvements and identify opportunities for process/product optimizationsDisaster Recovery (DR) and/or Business Continuity Planning (BCP) documentationDocumentation for runbooks/KBs for Storage/Data Protection servicesStorage replication, snapshot, and snapshot replication configuration and managementSAN switch port/performance issues monitoring and troubleshootingData/Client migration/transfer to new infrastructureHands on experience on storage management tools like Dell OpsManager, Unisphere, Netapp OCI, SanNav etcWork with third party vendors/OEM partners for new products PoCs for enhancing customer experienceEffective handover know-how to operations upon project completionService management tools know-how, specifically, Service-Now, IM (Incident Management), CM (Change Management), PM (Problem Management)License management on devices in SAN /NAS environmentGood understanding on Recovery Time Objective (RTO) & Recovery Point Objective (RPO).Must have professional/advanced level certifications with any of the 2 listed OEM technologies

Position - 4 Role : NetBackup L3Location : Princeton ,NJ – preferred (Remote also OK)

• Candidate should have in depth knowledge of· Minimum 7-10 years of strong experience in Symantec NetBackup and Networker.· Multiple Software Versions- hands on experience Advantages of new over previous, Difference with previous release etc.· Backup Architecture, Master server, Media server, Client, Tape Library and Disks storage units.· Should be able to define backup standard and mentor his/her team members.· Understanding the daemon flow, working knowledge of Netbackup GUI/CLI on multiple OS flavors like WINTE, UNIX, and Linux etc.· Must have solid understanding of Backup DR drills and procedures and able to define new process and build landscape if required.· Concepts and solid knowledge of configuration and troubleshooting of Oracle, SQL, DB2, Exchange, SharePoint backups etc.· An understanding of enterprise applications that utilize the aforementioned database technologies at an SME/architect level, including real-world experience with protection, recovery, and design of large-scale deployments for high availability, fault tolerance, and performance.· Solid understanding and working experience on NDMP configuration and troubleshooting.· VMWare/Hyper-V backup configuration and troubleshooting.· Installation and Configuration of Master/Media servers and clients· Experience in handling and managing DataDomain· Good understanding of Duplication, De-duplication, Replication of backed-up data· Good knowledge of disk staging, high water and low water marks.· Good understanding of Operating system like UNIX, Linux and Windows Operating SystemsNon-Technical Skills: · Able to demonstrate & experienced in solving complex business or technical issues.· Should have exposure to ITIL framework, preferable ITSM tool is Remedy (Incident, Problem and Change Management)· Demonstrable results in a business customer facing role, with a track record of delivering services to defined service levels.