Storage Engineer

Job Title:

L2 - Storage Engineer

Location:

Chennai/Bangalore

Job Type:

Full Time

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

- Storage System Design and Implementation
- Develop and maintain the organization's storage strategy, aligning with business requirements and IT objectives.
- Contribute to the development of disaster recovery and business continuity plans related to storage infrastructure.
- Define and enforce storage standards, policies, and best practices.
- Design, implementation, Configuration, and Administration of mission critical Fiber Channel Storage Systems (NetApp, Dell, Pure, Cisco and Brocade San Storage).
- Lead the implementation and configuration of new storage systems and expansions.
- Plan and execute data migrations and storage upgrades with minimal disruption.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for storage configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting.
- Management and Maintenance:
- Proactively monitor storage infrastructure performance, capacity, and availability.
- Perform regular health checks, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex storage-related issues, ensuring timely resolution and minimal downtime.
- Manage storage provisioning, allocation, and reclamation processes.
- Implement and manage data protection strategies, including backups, replication, and archiving.
- Administer and maintain storage management tools and platforms.
- Work closely with virtualization team to recommend and implement best practices around storage deployments .
- Implement and maintain storage security best practices, including access controls, encryption, and vulnerability management.
- Ensure compliance with relevant industry regulations and internal policies related to data storage.
- Participate in security audits and address any identified vulnerabilities.
- Automation and Optimization:
- Identify opportunities for automation of storage-related tasks and implement scripting or tools to improve efficiency.
- Continuously evaluate and optimize storage infrastructure for performance, cost-effectiveness, and resource utilization.
- Create Perl and Bash scripts to automate various storage administration tasks.

Technical Skills and Competencies:

Required:

- Expertise in SAN/NAS technologies (e.g., Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS/SMB).
- Proficiency in storage platforms like NetApp, EMC Unity/PMAX, Pure Storage and IBM Storwize.
- Strong knowledge of backup and recovery technologies.
- Experience with cloud storage (AWS S3/EBS, Azure Blob, etc.).
- Familiarity with virtualization technologies (VMware vSphere, Hyper-V,OpenStack).
- Proficiency with storage area networks (SAN), storage virtualization, data replication, and clustered storage systems such as NetApp ONTAP.
- Strong knowledge of storage networking protocols and integration with virtualization and cloud platforms.
- Design, Implementation, Configuration, and Administration of mission critical platforms OpenStack, OpenShift and cloud-based solutions.
- Proficiency in NetApp's ONTAP storage platform, including its architecture, configuration, management and in-depth troubleshooting knowledge

Troubleshooting and Support:

- Provide support for storage-related issues, including debugging and resolving hardware and software problems. Develop and maintain documentation for troubleshooting procedures and best practices

Exceptional Communicator and Collaborative Team Player:

- Demonstrates mastery of English communication, both written and verbal, alongside exceptional interpersonal skills that facilitate strong working relationships
- Drive effective collaboration and teamwork across diverse engineering teams to achieve shared goals.
- Ability to Thrive in a Dynamic Support Environment:
- Exhibits the flexibility and commitment required to work in a 24/7 support model, including rotational shifts and on-call responsibilities.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Experience (5+) in managing enterprise storage systems, including expertise in NetApp, EMC, PURE Storage, Brocade SAN, Cisco SAN Fabric, or similar technologies.
- Relevant certifications such as NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer (NCIE), NetApp Certified Data Administrator, Dell EMC Proven Professional, CompTIA Storage+, or similar are highly desirable

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