Hi *Position: IBM Storage Administrator* *Location: Richardson, TX* *Duration: 6+ Months Contract*
*Job Summary:* - Provides systems administration support, management for large scale enterprise storage environment (IBM Storage (IBM XIV arrays, IBM v7000) Enterprise disk arrays) - Perform all standard storage administration tasks including the enhancements/upgrades of the existing storage hardware/software solutions - Provisioning of storage, performance analysis of storage arrays as well as performing problem diagnostics and resolution in a very diverse storage infrastructure - Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with both management and other technical resources and work effectively with storage vendors is required. *Primary Activities and Responsibilities:* - Investigate Incidents and Problems that require an in-depth technical understanding. - Provide in-depth analysis of the data storage environment to assist in service Outage investigations and support Availability Management processes, in general. - Identify opportunities for continual improvement, through Knowledge Management and constant skill review. - Educate and train the operational staff in the use of analysis tools and processes where appropriate. - Plan for Changes in Capacity requirements. - Participate in annual disaster recovery tests. - Installation, configuration, and customization of storage management hardware and software infrastructure. - Provision storage resources as required to meet business needs. - Support Enterprise Storage Area Network (SAN) environment including fiber channel directors/switches. - Configuration/customization and support of Network Attached Storage (NAS) environment. - Establish, maintain, and document standards, procedures, and configurations. Conduct routine monitoring audits. Maintain production change control schedule and participate in change controls. Implement enhancements to improve the system reliability and performance. - Troubleshoot issues and provide resolutions. Perform complex systems tasks. Debug complex system, application, and user issues. Dissect complex issues/repairs and direct unsolved issues to be resolved. Advise users on system usage. - Support 24x7 on-call rotation and disaster recovery. Coordinate, schedule, and install various supporting software packages. Assign personnel to various projects, direct activities, and evaluate work performance. - Monitor and maintain continuity with storage systems hardware/software licensing and maintenance agreements. - Manage vendor relationships and provide a technical interface to other managers and vendors. - Provide evaluations of new tools and technologies. - Establish and maintain the alerting mechanisms and monitoring Systems. - Perform testing and benchmarking of new Infrastructure or tools prior to deployment into production. - Create handover documentation, training, diagnostic scripts, and operational procedures for the operations group. - Implement performance and configuration tuning of the storage and backup Infrastructure in conjunction with Capacity Management and Change Management. - Establish System tuning and performance processes where necessary. - Provide appropriate security measures for the storage and backup Infrastructure. - Evaluate vendor proposals for new agreements. Provide hardware and systems software recommendations for planning and budgeting. - Ensure alignment with long term monitoring strategy and systems operation, administration, and overall information systems planning related requirements. *Knowledge and Skills:* - 8-10 year of the Experience as Storage Administrator - Advanced knowledge of IBM Storage (IBM XIV arrays, IBM v7000) Enterprise disk arrays - Mid-tier Storage Management skills including management of Storage Area Network directors and switches. - LUN Management (Logical Unit Name) - Detailed knowledge of Network Attached Storage (NAS) - Knowledge of Unix (linux) and virtualization (VMware) operating systems. - Knowledge of mid-tier disk multipathing software - Knowledge of system networking and security - Knowledge of hardware and ability to perform hardware monitoring/maintenance - Written and oral communication skills - Ability to coordinate with cross-functional teams - Knowledge of SQL Server and Oracle databases - Ability to debug complex issues with hardware and software infrastructure. - Ability to correlate alerts and events into single point of failure - Working knowledge of Domain Name Service (DNS), Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Symantec Netbackup software, Network File System (NFS), Veritas Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC), Transmission Control Protocol - Information Protocol (TCP/IP) networking, virtual memory (including swapping and paging), and Redundant Array Inexpensive Disks (RAID) - Knowledge of Data Access Storage Device (DASD)] If you are interested please send me the resume to sarat.narayanase...@amzur.com -- Thanks & Regards *Sarat Kumar Narayanasetty* Amzur Technologies, Inc. Off: 813-600-4060 X 129 | Fax: 813.774.7819 *sarat.narayanase...@amzur.com <sarat.narayanase...@amzur.com>* http://www.amzur.com *An ISO 9001:2008 Certified Company* *An Inc. 500 | 5000 Company* *A GrowFL Top 50 Company* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Business_Intelligence" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to business_intelligence+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to business_intelligence@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/business_intelligence. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
