Sr. Storage Engineer / Consultant

Sr. Storage Engineer 1 Week Contract in Catawba, SC! 2 days onsite, 2 days remote.

Our client is looking for a Sr. Storage Engineer for a short-term project. The project would be onsite April 1 & 2, then remote on April 6 & 7. The Sr. Storage Engineer would be responsible for the following duties.

Responsibility Model

• Onsite Professional Services are contracted to perform :
  • Physical racking and cabling of PowerMax 2500 storage systems
  • Installation of rails, trays, internal cabling, and hardware components
  • Base array installation, configuration, and verification
  • Delivery of asdeployed configuration documentation
• Sr. Storage engineer responsibilities are limited to review, validation, oversight, and integration support , not primary physical deployment or base configuration execute

Storage Deployment Oversight

• Review and validate storage system placement and deployment performed by onsite Professional Services.
• Validate that installation aligns with vendor standards and approved architecture.
• Provide oversight and validation of integration between storage, compute, and network components.

SAN Connectivity & Protocols

• Support review and validation of storage connectivity and integration, including SAN zoning.
• Validate host connectivity using the following protocols as defined by the approved design:
  • iSCSI
  • NVMe
• Validate endtoend SAN connectivity between hosts and storage arrays.
• Confirm host access and array visibility.

Storage Provisioning

• Provision storage for initial hosts (up to four hosts for PowerMax 2500).
• Create and configure:
  • Storage groups
  • Volumes
  • Snapshot policies
  • Associated protection settings
• Validate that array configuration aligns with approved design assumptions and licensed capabilities.

5. Local Data Protection

• Implement local data protection using TimeFinder SnapVX.
• Review and validate snapshot configuration and protection settings.

SRDF Replication (Including Metro)

• Review and validate SRDF replication configurations where applicable , including:
  • SRDF/S
  • SRDF/A
  • SRDF/Metro
• Validate replication pair visibility and health.
• Confirm SRDF configuration aligns with the approved architecture.
• No responsibility for original SRDF architecture design or ownership beyond validation.

Storage Resource Pools

• Review and validate configuration of multiple Storage Resource Pools (SRPs) where included in the approved architecture.

NAS / File Services (If Included)

• Configure NAS/File Services only where included in the solution design, including:
  • SMB
  • NFS
  • File replication
• Review and validate file services configuration.

Storage Management & Monitoring

• Review and validate installation and configuration of:
  • Unisphere
  • Embedded Service Enabler (ESE)
  • Notification and alerting mechanisms
• Install and validate up to two ESRS Virtual Edition appliances, including ESRS Policy Manager.
• Enable and validate CloudIQ monitoring.
• Review and validate management interfaces, including:
  • eMGMT interfaces
  • eVASA IP interfaces
  • External NTP services