DreamWorks Technology - Sr. Storage Engineer
Job Description
DreamWorks Animation is looking for more adventurous dreamers who shoot for the moon. We tell stories about the journeys our unconventional heroes take to make dreams come true. As a growth-minded studio, we pride ourselves on being one of the world’s leading producers of high-quality, award-winning, animated films and series, reaching consumers around the globe. We push to feel more, laugh more, and build immersive new worlds.
DreamWorks creates a diverse array of original content in a variety of formats, delivering compelling stories with unique characters. We place tremendous value on the experiences our talent brings to the table from their own non-traditional paths to success. We believe in frequent communication and that transparency and trust yield the best work. We are a community of artists, technologists, innovators, and creators, who are passionate about animation and also happen to love eating lunch together.
The Storage Engineer will test, integrate and administrate existing & emerging storage technologies which work to improve services and meet business objectives. The successful candidate will be a motivated self-starter who works well in a team environment and can direct team efforts as required to complete project objectives; while following industry best practices.
If you are part of the fandom and believe teamwork makes the dream work, join us in #livingthedream and #doingyourdreamwork!
“What would you say you do here?”
● Responsible for designing, building, configuring, and maintaining fault tolerant and resilient systems for lengthy deployments. The deployment hardware vendors such as Netapp, HP 3PAR, Avere, Brocade, Tintri, and Qumulo devices
● Responsible for performing POC’s on new technologies
● Responsible for optimizing and improving storage performance for render farm, movie-making pipeline, and artist's network storage access experience
● Responsible for Backup and Restores using Commvault backup services
● Responsible for both software and hardware upgrades
● Responsible for replacing failed hardwares
● Responsible for Disaster and Recovery procedures
● Responsible for outage handling and problem management activities
● Managing Avere products both On-premise and Azure cloud
● Responsible for Qumulo storage management which runs on HPE Apollo 4200 Gen9 and QC208 hardware’s
● Responsible for supporting after-hours On-call and weekend maintenance activities
● Responsible for storage provisioning in On-prem and cloud infrastructure
● Responsible for Day-to-day server/storage performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and fault analysis; hardware troubleshooting and repair
● Responsible for documenting and maintaining Hyperconverged Infrastructure drawings and equipment lists accurately and documenting all infrastructure changes.
Qualifications
“What do I need to have in order to do this job?”
● Minimum of five (5) years of experience installing, configuring and administering a NetApp NAS Storage environment.
● Minimum of five (5) years of experience with Storage System design, performance analysis, capacity planning, and disaster recovery planning
● Experience with Network Appliance technologies including FCP, CIFS, NFS, SnapMirror, SnapClone, SnapLock and SnapVault
○ Snapmirror - Understanding of snap mirroring on how to do a Source to New Source move, experience with setting up a SnapMirror.
○ Migration -Understanding of Netapp permissions (NFS and CIFS), able to ensure the same level of security exists at new filer storage location including qtrees and volumes.
● Experience in multiple operating systems required - Unix, Windows
○ UNIX/LINUX - skills such as using commands, mounting file systems, scripting (ability to modify scripts and write scripts)
● Experience with ActiveIQ and Ansible
● Excellent written and verbal communication
● Must submit an attestation disclosing your COVID-19 vaccination status and, if partially or fully vaccinated, submitting your vaccination record no later than 7 days following commencement of employment.
● Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 at the commencement of employment or adhere to enhanced protocols if Company determines your job position requires accessing an NBCUniversal/DreamWorks Animation worksite.
● Must be willing to adhere to all Company COVID-19 workplace safety policies and protocols.
“What can I offer?”
Additional Information
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