Senior Storage Engineer - Oregon, United States - Children's National Health System

Description

Job Description
Description
The Sr.

Storage Engineer will be responsible for leading engineering services for server hardware and software, planning system maintenance and support, and developing system management strategies for a variety of software and hardware platforms.

They will be tasked with planning and implementing necessary hardware and software upgrades proactively.

Additionally, they will be directly responsible for monitoring and maintaining server clusters and ensuring the operation of various specialized client/server environments.

The role requires the ability to maintain and configure DNS services and to provide support and management for multiple data storage systems.

The engineer will also be responsible for providing precise, detailed documentation regarding the various server environments for the change control process and the technical documentation repository.

Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree

a computer science, math, engineering, or another relevant discipline


OR
Relevant experience beyond the minimum required work experience may substitute for the educational requirement on a 1-1 ration i.e. one year of relevant work experience equals one year of required education.

Minimum Work Experience
7 years

Comprehensive Systems Engineering Experience:

Hands-on expertise in SAN and storage technologies, including migrations to EMC Arrays and Cisco MDS SAN, with a strong preference for experience in the healthcare industry.

Required Licenses and Certifications
One or more of:

Microsoft, VMware, EMC, Pure Storage or Cisco

(Required)
Required Skills/Knowledge
Project Management and Technical Documentation Skills:

Proven ability to manage complex projects and produce detailed technical documentation for IT systems, emphasizing storage solutions.
Strong Communication and Problem-Solving Abilities:

Exceptional skills in collaborating with diverse teams and stakeholders, coupled with the capacity to troubleshoot and resolve intricate technical issues efficiently.

Functional Accountabilities
System Management
Provide administration for multiple servers and hybrid cloud; ensure server availability.
Perform network operating system and application software installation/upgrades.
Configure server hardware and network communications; assist in the development of configuration standards.
Analyze system performance and storage usage;
Analyze systems and cloud trend analysis and configuration for optimization.
System Integration/ Implementation

Engineer and build and maintain data storage and backup platforms.
Integrate hardware and operating systems software into existing network technologies.
Assist with integration of various network operating system environments (Novell, AIX, OS400, VMS, NetWare, Windows NT).
Implement client/server solutions to support various application's suites; support the implementation of applications into production.
Participate in Installation, move, adds and changes in the environment.
Set and manage deadlines.
System/ Project Planning
Engineer and deploy hardware and operating systems design and configuration.
Participate in design of Disaster recovery planning.
Assist in the creation of test plans and scripts for back-up and recovery solutions.
Assist in the development of disk storage solutions.
Performs hardware and network diagnosis.

Capable of devising ways to accomplish a difficult purpose; ability to recognize a problem and construct an effective solution compatible with overall company operations.

Technical Proficiency

Demonstrate understanding of standard networking protocols, virtual environments, and hybrid cloud.
Maintain professional expertise through continuing education at conferences, seminars, user group meetings & review of current literature.
Pursue industry standard technical certifications.
Provide technical support and consultation to IS staff.
IT Best Practices
Actively participate in the Department's ITIL processes

Participate in the Incident Management process; proactively work to resolve Incidents and meet service requests; document relevant data on requests and resolutions in agreed upon timeframe.

Escalate incidents according to procedures; convert incidents to change requests as needed.
Participate in the Change Control process; complete change tasks and update them with relevant information and status changes.
Primary Location

Primary Location

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Maryland-Silver Spring
Work Locations

Work Locations

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Inventa Towers

1 Inventa Place

Silver Spring

20910
Job

Job

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Information Technology
Organization

Organization

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Operations
Position Status

:

R (Regular)

FT - Full-Time
Shift

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Day
Work Schedule

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8:30-5Pm

Job Posting

Job Posting

:

Mar 26, 2024, 1:52:42 PM

Childrens National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law.

Please note that it is the policy of Children's National Hospital to ensure a "drug-free" work environment:

a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances, by all staff (management, employees and contractors).

Though recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children's National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug-free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.

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