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JOB DETAILS:
Position:Storage & Backup Infrastructure Engineer
Job Ref #:45042 - JIH5JP00004665
Duration:12+ Months (On-going Contract)
Location:HYBRID - Greensboro, NC 27409
Pay Rate:$74.00 per hour (W2 ONLY)
HYBRID: Must work ONSITE MON-THUR (Onsite interview required)
HIRING REQUIREMENTS:
** NOT accepting any 3rd Party C2C candidates for any reason**
** NOT accepting candidates willing to relocate (LOCAL CANDIDATES Only)**
Senior Data Platform Administrator is accountable for the reliable operation, lifecycle management, security, resilience, and continuous improvement of enterprise storage, data-protection, monitoring, automation, and supporting infrastructure-service platforms for the environment.
DAILY TASKS:
Provide hands-on engineering leadership across Dell Technologies storage and data-protection platforms, Cisco SAN switching and NX-OS, infrastructure monitoring, automation and scripting tools, and storage-related AWS services.
Provides backup and recovery validation, storage capacity and performance, monitoring quality, support of disaster-recovery exercises, and support tooling not assigned to the compute role.
Provides secondary coverage for compute recovery, storage integration, and disaster-recovery exercises within global standards, ITSM controls, vulnerability and patch programs, and governance expectations
RESPONSIBILITES INCLUDE:
Own SAN, NAS, block-storage, backup, monitoring, automation, and infrastructure-service operations, lifecycle, availability, and technical standards, including platform decommissioning.
Lead incident response, troubleshooting, RCA, backup/recovery validation, vulnerability remediation, and service restoration for assigned platforms.
Perform and coordinate hands-on data-center infrastructure work for assigned platforms, including hardware installation and removal, rack/stack, cabling, diagnostics, parts replacement, RMA activity, remote hands, vendor coordination, and
technical decommissioning. Plan and execute storage and backup upgrades, capacity and performance reviews, replication, recovery tests, and corrective actions.
Administer monitoring and event-management capabilities, alert quality, automation, scripting, configuration-management tools, version control, and storage-related AWS services; coordinate storage and backup integrations with operating
systems, database systems, directory services, virtualization platforms, security tools, and applications. Administer and maintain platform-specific access controls for assigned infrastructure in accordance with security and
access-management processes.
Provide technical oversight of vendor/MSP support concerns and project delivery, including case initiation, troubleshooting coordination, escalation, resolution validation, validation of changes and operational deliverables, and communication
of service concerns to management.
Maintain runbooks, architecture documentation, evidence, cross-training, and secondary coverage for compute recovery and DR exercises.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:
10+ years of progressive enterprise infrastructure experience.
5+ years administering enterprise SAN, NAS, or block-storage platforms
5+ years administering enterprise backup/recovery platforms.
Advanced experience with one or more Dell Technologies platforms such as PowerStore, Isilon/OneFS, Avamar, or Data Domain
Advanced Cisco SAN switching/NX-OS experience.
Strong knowledge of zoning, provisioning, replication, storage networking, performance, capacity, lifecycle, and recovery validation.
Experience with infrastructure monitoring and event-management capabilities, such as Icinga, Grafana, or comparable monitoring platforms.
Experience with automation, scripting, or configuration-management tools such as Ansible or comparable infrastructure tooling.
Working knowledge of enterprise operating systems and compute platforms: VMware vSphere, Windows Server, Linux, Cisco UCS, Nutanix, and AWS; VMware vSphere administration experience. Any storage and backup integrations, is strongly
preferred.
Experience with ITSM, 24x7 operations, change control, patching, vulnerability remediation, major incidents, and RCA.
Strong preparation and presentation skills for upper Management Levels as well as stakeholder s status reports
DESIRED SKILLS:
VMware vSphere administration experience, specifically storage and backup integrations
Familiarity with SCM platforms such as GitHub or GitLab.
Works independently on complex storage, backup, monitoring, and recovery issues.
Creates standards, runbooks, technical diagrams, capacity/lifecycle plans, and management-ready risk/status communications.
Leads recovery testing, exception resolution, end-to-end event management, alert tuning, and service-improvement activities.
Mentors others, supports cross-training, and demonstrates secondary coverage for compute recovery and DR exercises.
Preferred training/certifications: Relevant Dell Technologies storage/data -protection, Cisco Data Center/SAN, ITIL Foundation, OS, cloud, or automation training.
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Calance Consultant Benefits Offerings:
* EPO/PPO Medical Plans
* HMO/PPO Dental programs
* Vision - VSP (Vision Plan Summary)
* 401K Retirement vesting program (VOYA)
* Paid Bi-Weekly/Direct Deposit
* Flex Spending Plan
* Voluntary Life, AD&D, STD or LTD plans
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- Dice Id: cxbcsi
- Position Id: Job45053
- Posted 13 hours ago
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