Storage Administrator

The incumbent is responsible for the technical administration and support of production storage systems and services. Participates in the development and implementation of high performance, high availability, and enterprise-class storage strategy and data life cycle management processes.
REQUIREMENTS
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
•Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology and 7 years of related experience
•EMC Proven Professional and MCSE Certification preferred
•3 years of experience working with enterprise storage technologies such as storage arrays, Storage Area Networks (SAN) management software, virtualization software, fabric architecture, Fiber Channel (FC) switches, hubs directors, Host Bus Adapters-HBA utilities, Network Attached Storage – NAS and network file serving, and iFCP
•Experience with LAN/WAN/SAN leading edge technology, MS Terminal Services and other means of private wide-area communications for reviewing purposes, security models, automation of system-to-system communication and monitoring
•Experience with networking principles such as IP communication, OSI model, packet structure, load balancing equipment, and troubleshooting
•Excellent knowledge of backup, recover, and disaster recovery schemes, schedules and testing methodologies, storage data replication, snapshot, Redundant Array of Independent Disks – RAID and data movement software, enterprise tape libraries
•Ability to conduct research into storage issues, standards and products
•Ability to use MS Office Software Products such as Vivio, Project, Word, PowerPoint and Excel proficiently
•Strong consultative and negotiation skills
•Excellent verbal and written communication skills
•Excellent organizational/planning/project management skills
•Ability to work under stress, manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
•Must be able to establish and maintain a high level of credibility with all levels of internal and external customers
•Ability to provide after hours/on-call support. 24/7 pager coverage for production down issues