SAN Storage Engineer
boston, ma
Our Boston-based client is seeking a SAN Storage Engineer with experience building new Data Centers.
Duration: 7-month contract (NO EXTENSION) ends 12/31/24
Hybrid: 3x a week onsite
Key skills:
HPE C7000 blade enclosure, virtual connect modules
Cisco or Brocade SAN switches, zoning
HPE MSA or 3PAR storage systems
PureStorage storage systems
NetApp storage systems
Responsibilities: .
Carry out all Infrastructure storage-related configuration activities including storage and host zoning, storage provisioning, copy services and masking, disaster recovery configuration, and replication for the different SAN storage technologies and platforms to provide the bank applications with the required storage with the maximum performance.
Design, Install, and operate the Network Area Storage (NAS) infrastructure and work on continuous improvement for the performance while ensuring a high standard of security and vulnerability remediation.
Review the storage platforms and SAN switches software and firmware life cycles, review vendors' functional and security newsletters and carry out software and firmware upgrades, apply fixes and security patches.
Ensure all storage platforms and SAN switches, storage replication, and continuous data protection are monitored, logging, and alerting. Notifications are enabled/configured along with employing specialized monitoring tools for each storage and SAN connectivity technology which will give deep insights on the storage. San switches performance and healthiness to act proactively on predictive failures or bugs.
Perform large-scale migrations and upgrades during storage technology refreshes and capacity upgrades to provide better storage performance and connectivity along with storage resources availability.
Working knowledge of ISCSI storage configuration and management. SAN network experience with Brocade Fabric Switches
Expertise in Storage & Backup Management Tasks such as monitoring, backup and archival, creation and modifications of LUNs, Snapshots, Data Replication, Reporting, and analysis.
Require prior experience in SAN Fabric Administration including zoning, LUN security, and HBA configuration and troubleshooting
Configuring all (SAN) Storage Attached Network and (NAS) Network Attached Storage infrastructure including the Fiber Channel network. Ensures that all hosts are properly configured to use the storage infrastructure. Ensure host connectivity and configuration to Hybrid and Native Cloud Storage solutions
Management of HPE MSA storage including storage provisioning, replication, copy data management, and monitoring/alerting