Storage Administrator Radford, VA - Virginia, United States - Vesi1

Description

Job Title:
Storage Administrator


Location:
Radford, VA

Clearance:
Fully adjudicated DOD Secret, as a minimum

Contract Labor Category, Education, & Experience:

Systems Engineer – Senior :
Masters +10yrs, or Bachelors +12rs

Systems Engineer – Intermediate :
Bachelors +5yrs or Associates +7yrs

Required Certifications:
CompTIA Security+
Computing Environment (CE) Certification – can be waived for 3 months after project join date.

Position Requirements:

This position is for a Storage Administrator for a mixed environment of storage networks, consisting of NetApp, Hitachi HNAS and Tintri network attached storage and HPE 3Par, IBM SVC and Hitachi Vantara fiber channel storage and Brocade fiber channel switches.

To be successful in this role, the candidate will be required to manage, maintain, deploy, troubleshoot and support customers accessing ALTESS' storage services.

Key Responsibilities:
Responsible for design of new and existing installations, the configuration, security and maintenance of highly available enterprise data storage systems
Skilled at proactive monitoring of the ongoing operation of storage systems and providing utilization reports to identify problems and corrective actions as needed
Observing performance on FC network and NAS attached storage systems, troubleshoot any performance problems and apply near term fixes that result in long term solutions
Refresh data from one environment to another at the request of the application or service owner customers
Provide input for, and develop documentation/standard operating procedures (SOP) that result in repeatable processes for installation and setup and all artifacts that support the rational; -the how and why we did it this way-Develop and publish team vetted storage standards and policies as needed
Follow ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) practices for Change Management
Required


Interpersonal Traits:
A team mindset
Strong communication skills, written and oral
Solid desire to learn the ALTESS storage environment

Required skills:
Five or more years of experience with enterprise level IT environments
Two or more years of experience with network attached storage administration
Two or more years of experience with block storage and FC network administration
Two or more years of experience with Linux and Windows Server 2012 R2 & 2016, to include installation configuration and troubleshooting
Experience with scripting, using PowerShell 2.0 (or higher), bash, and simple scripting
Participate in 7×24 on-call support rotation and expected to work during mission critical situations
Ability to be onsite to perform physical tasks and/or meet and greet with teams and leadership

Desired Skills:
Working knowledge of DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), Security Readiness Review (SRR) scripts, and Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)
Experience with DCX Brocade FC switches and Brocade Network Advisor
Experience with HPE 3PAR, Hitachi Vantara, and IBM FC storage
Experience with NetApp and Tintri network attached storage
Experience with FC, CIFS, NFS and iSCSI storage protocols

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