TITLE: SME SAN Engineer

LOCATION: Washington DC

MINIMUM EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in IT, related field, or equivalent experience.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE: 10+ years

INTERVIEWS: Webcam Only

Job Description:

Seeking a Storage Specialist with Experience in implementing and Optimizing Enterprise Storage platforms, must have a good understanding of Disaster Avoidance/Recovery. Extensive expertise in optimizing, troubleshooting and resolving SAN based issues.

Complete Description:

is the central technology organization of the District of Columbia Government. develops, implements, and maintains the District’s technology infrastructure; develops and implements major enterprise applications; establishes and oversees technology policies and standards for the District; provides technology services and support for District agencies, and develops technology solutions to improve services to businesses, residents and visitors in all areas of District government. This role is on the Enterprise CloudIn formation Services(ECIS)team. The Compellent Storage Specialist will be responsible for performing LUNcreation, modification, and deletions. They will troubleshoot and repair storage array component failures that may occur. Routinely audit initiators to ensure they are configured in a highly available manner that meets SAN best practices. Plan and perform storage infrastructure upgrades insuring compatibility across all connected systems. Perform capacity and performance planning providing regular updates to management procurement requirements. They will work with the server teams to migrate workloads to different storage arrays based on utilization. Regularly monitor and respond to issue any issue that may occur on the enterprise Fiber Channel networks. On occasion work with technical writer to document system configuration and operational procedure changes if required. On top of of the the block storage they will work on managing NAS storage, troubleshooting and repairing NAS component failures. Monitoring of storage usage trends on the NAS systems providing routine reports to management. Working with the NAS vendor planning and performing routine NAS upgrades.

Skills:

· Creation/Modification of LUN’s. Required 7 Years

· Troubleshoot and manage problem resolution including root cause analysis. Required 7 Years

· Good understanding of Windows Server Operating systems. Required 10 Years

· Hand on experience managing storage on VMware ESXi. Required 5 Years

· Experience with Dell Compellent SAN. Required 7 Years

· Extensive experience installing, maintaining and troubleshooting Fiber Channel Switches. Required 7 Years

· In-depth experience with Disaster Recovery and Avoidance planning. Required 3 Years

· Good Understanding of IP Storage Networks Required 7 Years

· Experience with Enterprise NAS Required 7 Years

· Excellent understanding of troubleshooting and optimizing storage I/O. Required 7 Years

· In-depth knowledge of Enterprise Backup Required 6 Years

· Experience with VMware Site Recovery Manager Required 6 Years

· Good understanding of Linux Server Operating systems. Required 3 Years

· 10 yrs. as SME in complex enterprise level projects. Required 10 Years

· Master’s degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience. Required