Storage & Backup Engineer - ONLY W2

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Candidates who reside in Illinois and marylnd are eleigible to apply this job.

Title: Storage & Backup Engineer

Location: Chicago, IL or Baltimore, MD

Duration: 6 Months Contract + Extension

Job Description:

Terms of Employment

• W2 Contract, 6 months (Likely Extension)
• This position is hybrid with Tuesday-Thursday onsite.
• The office is located in Owings Mills, MD or Joliet, IL.

Overview

• Our client is seeking a Systems Engineer (Storage and Backup Ops) to provide hands-on support for the delivery and maintenance of IT solutions, specifically focusing on storage and backup technologies. This role involves analyzing complex hardware and software issues, maintaining storage platforms, and ensuring the performance and reliability of server solutions. The Systems Engineer will also be involved in customer engagement, project management services, and automating processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands on support for delivery and maintenance of IT solutions.
• Analyze complex hardware and software issues associated with storage related technologies, including Netapp, Dell/EMC SAN, Azure Netapp Files and Fiber Channel Switch management.
• Analyze complex hardware and software issues associated with complex storage platforms including EMC, NetApp, and others.
• Configure and maintain Dell EMC Data domain and Veritas Netbackup.
• Maintain and monitor Wintel, Linux and VMware platform health and performance from a storage perspective.
• Maintain storage inventory information to ensure accuracy of configuration management DB.
• Support the production release management system for documenting, planning, and implementing IT changes.
• Plan, coordinate, communicate and implement security patching activities for Linux server platforms.
• Refine and automate regular processes, track issues, and document changes.
• Assist in racking and stacking of storage devices in Exelon s datacenters.
• Provide 24x7 support and participate in on call rotation for critical production systems.
• Perform scheduled maintenance and support release deployment activities after hours.
• Provide technical expertise and/or solution delivery support for maintaining performance and reliability of server solutions.
• Maintain and enhance engagement with business and IT partners to sustain service levels and high availability of server computer services.
• Build and maintain knowledge of new technologies or technology opportunities for on-prem and cloud-based services.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor s degree in computer science or a related field and 5-7 years relevant experience (IT infrastructure support, application support, cloud computing, disaster/recovery) or 6-9 years of relevant work experience.
• 8-10 years of experience preferred.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Storage operational domain.
• Experience with cloud services and cloud experience.
• Ability to lift to 25lbs to rack servers with assistance and use of server lifts as needed.
• Ability to travel domestically.
• Available for 24/7 on-call rotational duties.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience administrating servers and storage on-prem (physical and virtual) and in Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
• Experience with Windows Server 2016-2022, HPE ProLiant Hardware, Oracle Enterprise Linux, Solaris, Exadata hardware.
• Experience with scripting language such as Python, Shell.
• Zerto experience.
• Certifications such as Azure Administrator, Oracle Cloud Administrator, VMware, EMC, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server.
• Demonstrated ability with knowledge in current versions of VMware hypervisor technology.
• Excellent communication skills - Able to effectively communicate highly technical information in non-technical terminology (written and verbal).
• Understanding of change management principles associated with sustaining high availability of systems and preventing change related incidents due to human performance factors.

Sincerely,

Preetam Raj

Lead Technical Recruiter

nTech Workforce Inc.

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