SAN Admin

Information Technology Dallas, Texas


Description

This is primarily a storage administrator role. To be considered, candidates must demonstrate a passion for supporting and maintaining mission-critical systems and the infrastructure that hosts them, and be capable of maintaining a calm and cooperative demeanor in high-pressure situations. Candidate must also possess excellent relationship building and communication skills. WHAT EXACTLY THIS INDIVIDUAL WILL BE WORKING ON: Performs daily task of researching alerts and system events Storage provisioning to the business groups Performs backups and restores as requested by the customer Works with customer to tune and optimize the storage performance Serves as first point of escalation for data access related problems Facilitates change management and security Ensures compliance with Service Level Agreements as well as with standards, policies and procedures Authors and maintains technical documentation, standards and procedures, and architectural diagrams Creates presentations and writes business justifications to support technical recommendations Manage the DFS environment by creating and administering files shares Storage Administration supporting the various application teams attached to the SAN in different locations. The storage environment currently includes 3Par, Hitachi and EMC technologies. The individual will be responsible for provisioning, upgrading/patching different versions of storage related drivers and firmware, troubleshooting performance issues, backup/recovery, and automating daily activities around the storage environment.
Qualifications:
SPECIFIC SKILL SETS DESIRED, BUT NOT NECESSARILY REQUIRED: Experience with Hitachi VSP/USP/AMS storage systems and their software suites Experience with 3Par E/F/T storage systems and their software suites Experience with NetApp storage/filer systems and their software suites Experience with EMC storage systems and their software suites Experience with Veritas Netbackup Installation, configuration and support of Microsoft Clusters (2003/2008) DFS (Windows) deployment and administration Experience as a Windows Systems Administrator (2003/2008) Experience with UNIX/Linux Experience coordinating the technical tasks required to accomplish a major software upgrade, hardware replacement, or disaster recovery exercise for mission critical systems Quality Assurance testing, change management
EEO Statement:
With more than 100 locations in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia, Robert Half Technology is a leading provider of IT professionals on a project and full-time basis for initiatives ranging from Internet development and multiplatform systems integration to network security and technical support. A division of Robert Half International, we were ranked number one in our industry by Fortune magazine's America's Most Admired Companies, and included in BusinessWeek's 50 Best Performing Companies. To learn more about this job opportunity, contact us today at 1.800.793.5533. Robert Half Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Apply for this job now or contact our branch office for additional information: