CONTRACT ROLE TO START. W2 ONLY, no C2C. Please, no third-party calls or emails.
Per the client's request looking for candidates within a 2 hour drive of Stamford CT. There will be occasional AD-hoc visits to the data center.
Our direct client in the northeast is looking to bring on a Senior San Engineer with a background in HPE SAN Products.
8+ month contract to start, possible extensions and or conversion to full time.
For our W2 Consultants we offer access to health, dental, 401K and an array of other benefits.
Location, remote, East Coast or CST Candidates preferred as you will be working regular East Coast hours.
Technical Skills
8-10 years of experience in IT/Infrastructure Engineering.
Storage Area Network (SAN):
Proven experience (2+ years) provisioning, implementing, maintaining, monitoring, and performance tuning storage arrays from HPE including:
3PAR
Primera
Nimble
MSA
StoreOnce
Proficiency in design, configuration, administration, tuning, optimization, and troubleshooting for these HPE storage arrays.
Fibre Channel (FC) SAN:
Proficient in FC zoning using Brocade SAN Navigator in a Brocade FC switch environment.
Knowledge of Brocade FC switch design, configuration, and administration.
Storage Management:
Experience performing storage capacity and performance reporting using SSMC System Reporter.
Ability to use reports to calculate storage usage trends for capacity planning.
Experience monitoring, escalating, and remediating SAN device/application performance alerts to identify potential incidents.
Backup and Recovery:
Proficient in configuring, monitoring, administering, and maintaining backup environments.
Ability to ensure backups run successfully and on schedule.
Strong understanding of backup reports to identify and troubleshoot backup issues.
Microsoft File Servers:
Proficiency in Microsoft file server technology, including DFS, patch management, and file restores using shadow copy.
General IT Skills:
Familiarity with operating system patching procedures for SAN devices, FC switches, and backup devices.
II. Other Skills
Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills to collaborate effectively with internal teams (Project, Production) and vendors.
Problem-solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to diagnose and resolve storage-related issues.
Organization: Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time effectively, and maintain accurate documentation.
Business Continuity and DR: Experience contributing to business continuity planning and disaster recovery (DR) strategies. Client using Rubrik, must have Veeam or Rubrik experience.
III. Desired Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (preferred).
Industry certifications relevant to storage technologies (e.g., HPE certifications) are a plus.