Sr. Systems Engineer (Storage & Backup)

Location: San Jose, CA — 4 Days Onsite / 1 Day WFH
Duration: 6–12 Months+ Contract 

Job Overview

We are seeking a Sr. Systems Engineer – Storage & Backup with strong hands-on experience supporting enterprise storage and backup environments in production. The ideal candidate will have experience with large-scale SAN/storage systems, NetApp, EMC, HPE, IBM, Cisco, Rubrik, Brocade, and production support operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, manage, and maintain enterprise storage solutions.
• Lead and participate in the installation and configuration of storage and backup systems.
• Provision and decommission storage following documented procedures.
• Manage and troubleshoot NFS exports and CIFS shares.
• Provide production support and resolve storage/backup-related incidents.
• Troubleshoot issues across development, test, and production environments.
• Monitor systems and resources within the storage and backup domain.
• Perform system resource optimization and capacity management activities.
• Support system management, security compliance, access control, and configuration management.
• Understand application/database architecture and integration with storage systems.
• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive operational tasks.
• Research and recommend automation, monitoring, and storage management tools.
• Develop and maintain storage procedures, operational documentation, and Knowledge Base articles.
• Document platform design, operations, troubleshooting procedures, and best practices.
• Automate repeatable tasks using scripting and Ansible.
• Research and evaluate new storage technologies and processes.
• Participate in an on-call rotation.

Must-Have Requirements

• Currently working in a production environment with hands-on operational responsibilities.
• Strong production support experience in Storage & Backup Administration.
• Solid understanding of large-scale Storage Area Networks (SAN) and enterprise storage systems.
• Hands-on experience with one or more of the following technologies:
  • NetApp / NetApp Grid
  • EMC
  • HPE
  • IBM
  • Cisco
  • Rubrik
  • Brocade
• Strong knowledge of operating systems and virtualization environments such as:
  • AIX
  • Linux
  • Windows
  • VMware
• Experience troubleshooting storage-related production incidents.
• Bachelor''s or Master''s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

Nice-to-Have

• SAN / Storage Administration certification.
• Experience with automation using Ansible and scripting.
• Experience with monitoring and storage management tools.
• Strong documentation and Knowledge Base development experience.