Storage & Backup Mgmt Lead

Duration: 6+ months Contract-to-Hire
Location: On-site 3 days/week in Cincinnati, OH
Compensation: $60-$65/hr (converting to $80-105k/yr + Bonus + Benefits)
Relocation Accepted: Yes

***U.S. Citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor or transfer visas at this time.***
***No Vendors/3rd parties.***

Overview:
The Storage & Backup Lead provides Level 3 support for enterprise storage, backup, and SAN environments, ensuring high availability, performance, and data protection across critical systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide L3 support for enterprise storage platforms (EMC Unity, PMAX, VNX; NetApp; IBM; QNAP).
• Administer Fibre Channel SAN fabrics, including zoning, upgrades, and switch maintenance.
• Monitor and optimize storage performance, capacity, and replication.
• Troubleshoot and resolve storage issues to ensure high availability.
• Deploy and maintain backup and recovery solutions (DataDomain, Rubrik, NetBackup, Veeam, Avamar).
• Define and test backup, recovery, and disaster recovery procedures.
• Support VMware NSX and SD-WAN environments.
• Maintain system documentation and produce operational reports.

Must Have Qualifications:

• Strong hands-on experience with EMC (Unity, PMAX, VNX), NetApp, and IBM storage.
• Solid understanding of high availability, disk technologies, RAID, and failover.
• Experience with CIFS, NFS, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel protocols.
• Experience creating host groups, LUN masking, zoning, storage pools, and tiering.
• Hands-on experience with Brocade and Cisco SAN switches.
• Experience installing, configuring, and managing storage arrays and fabrics.
• Familiarity with ITIL-based operational environments.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and time management skills.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with QNAP.
• Relevant storage or infrastructure certifications.

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to support a 24x7 environment, including nights, weekends, and holidays as needed