We are Looking for Storage / Backup Consultant @ Alpharetta, GA & Cincinnati, OH.

Job Title : Storage / Backup Consultant Location : Alpharetta, GA & Cincinnati, OH Duration : Full time / Contract

Job Description

• To undertake implementation and support activity for storage Infrastructure which consists of EMC, Network Appliances etc., preferably a recognized Certification
• Implementation activity will be in response either to development project related activity or to maintain infrastructure currency.
• The storage Administrator will be a team lead whom should be efficient in handling a team.
• Administrator will work closely with delivery projects with various architects assigned to the project.
• The storage team also works closely with the other technical teams within IS Delivery, e.g. the Unix & Websphere Application Server teams.
• In the support capacity the administrator will liaise with other support teams to ensure rapid resolution of production system problems and appropriate communication of progress.
• Provide day to day global operational activities for Storage and Backup/Recovery teams including administering storage array architecture, SAN infrastructure, Network Attached Storage (NAS), Enterprise Backup/Restore, Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) and Archival and Retrieval.
• Perform all chargeback estimation, provisioning, and documentation tasks in a timely manner.
• Produce regular reports for management, to assist in cost recovery, capacity planning and consolidation.
• Assist in Data centre consolidation efforts.
• Perform H/W monitoring and maintenance.
• Troubleshoot issues related to backup integrity.
• Configure, monitor and remediate any production backups.
• Netapp, EMC (Clariion & DMX) with Netbackup Software as a backup Tool

Essential

• Working knowledge Enterprise-class Storage Hardware from EMC (Symetrix and Clarion), HDS (USP), Network Appliances (NAS Filer).
• Working knowledge of Enterprise-class Fiber Switch/Director Hardware from Cisco, Brocade, or McData required.
• Hands-on Experience with Veritas Volume Manager, Powerpath and LVM.
• Good understanding of monitoring and replication strategies (ECC, SRDF, True Copy, Tagma Store)
• Excellent experience in storage. concepts (mapping/creation, F/C Switch Configs)
• Working knowledge on Veritas Netbackup Administration Or Tivoli Storage Manager Administration
• Familiar with IP Network, WAN and LAN free (SAN) based data backup design and configuration.
• Experience with data protection and backup recovery solutions familiarity such as using virtual tape, disk to disk to tape, data replication.
• Unix and/or Windows systems administration experience.
• Good understanding of OS/Application storage requirements (File System Layout and Databases)
• Experience in System Fault Tolerance Design, Business continuity and Disaster recovery planning.

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