Storage & Backup Infrastructure Engineer
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• • We will NOT accept 3rd Party (C2C) Contractors * •
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JOB DETAILS:
Position:Storage & Backup Infrastructure Engineer
Job Ref #:45042 - JIH5JP00004665
Duration:12+ Months (On-going Contract)
Location:HYBRID - Greensboro, NC 27409
Pay Rate:$74.00 per hour (W2 ONLY)
HYBRID: Must work ONSITE MON-THUR (Onsite interview required)
HIRING REQUIREMENTS:
• • NOT accepting any 3rd Party C2C candidates for any reason • •
• • NOT accepting candidates willing to relocate (LOCAL CANDIDATES Only) • •
Senior Data Platform Administrator is accountable for the reliable operation, lifecycle management, security, resilience, and continuous improvement of enterprise storage, data-protection, monitoring, automation, and supporting infrastructure-service platforms for the environment.
DAILY TASKS:
• Provide hands-on engineering leadership across Dell Technologies storage and data-protection platforms, Cisco SAN switching and NX-OS, infrastructure monitoring, automation and scripting tools, and storage-related AWS services.
• Provides backup and recovery validation, storage capacity and performance, monitoring quality, support of disaster-recovery exercises, and support tooling not assigned to the compute role.
• Provides secondary coverage for compute recovery, storage integration, and disaster-recovery exercises within global standards, ITSM controls, vulnerability and patch programs, and governance expectations
RESPONSIBILITES INCLUDE:
• Own SAN, NAS, block-storage, backup, monitoring, automation, and infrastructure-service operations, lifecycle, availability, and technical standards, including platform decommissioning.
• Lead incident response, troubleshooting, RCA, backup/recovery validation, vulnerability remediation, and service restoration for assigned platforms.
• Perform and coordinate hands-on data-center infrastructure work for assigned platforms, including hardware installation and removal, rack/stack, cabling, diagnostics, parts replacement, RMA activity, remote hands, vendor coordination, and
technical decommissioning. Plan and execute storage and backup upgrades, capacity and performance reviews, replication, recovery tests, and corrective actions.
• Administer monitoring and event-management capabilities, alert quality, automation, scripting, configuration-management tools, version control, and storage-related AWS services; coordinate storage and backup integrations with operating
systems, database systems, directory services, virtualization platforms, security tools, and applications. Administer and maintain platform-specific access controls for assigned infrastructure in accordance with security and
access-management processes.
• Provide technical oversight of vendor/MSP support concerns and project delivery, including case initiation, troubleshooting coordination, escalation, resolution validation, validation of changes and operational deliverables, and communication
of service concerns to management.
• Maintain runbooks, architecture documentation, evidence, cross-training, and secondary coverage for compute recovery and DR exercises.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:
• 10+ years of progressive enterprise infrastructure experience.
• 5+ years administering enterprise SAN, NAS, or block-storage platforms
• 5+ years administering enterprise backup/recovery platforms.
• Advanced experience with one or more Dell Technologies platforms such as PowerStore, Isilon/OneFS, Avamar, or Data Domain
• Advanced Cisco SAN switching/NX-OS experience.
• Strong knowledge of zoning, provisioning, replication, storage networking, performance, capacity, lifecycle, and recovery validation.
• Experience with infrastructure monitoring and event-management capabilities, such as Icinga, Grafana, or comparable monitoring platforms.
• Experience with automation, scripting, or configuration-management tools such as Ansible or comparable infrastructure tooling.
• Working knowledge of enterprise operating systems and compute platforms: VMware vSphere, Windows Server, Linux, Cisco UCS, Nutanix, and AWS; VMware vSphere administration experience. Any storage and backup integrations, is strongly
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• Experience with ITSM, 24x7 operations, change control, patching, vulnerability remediation, major incidents, and RCA.
• Strong preparation and presentation skills for upper Management Levels as well as stakeholder s status reports
DESIRED SKILLS:
• VMware vSphere administration experience, specifically storage and backup integrations
• Familiarity with SCM platforms such as GitHub or GitLab.
• Works independently on complex storage, backup, monitoring, and recovery issues.
• Creates standards, runbooks, technical diagrams, capacity/lifecycle plans, and management-ready risk/status communications.
• Leads recovery testing, exception resolution, end-to-end event management, alert tuning, and service-improvement activities.
• Mentors others, supports cross-training, and demonstrates secondary coverage for compute recovery and DR exercises.
• training/certifications: Relevant Dell Technologies storage/data -protection, Cisco Data Center/SAN, ITIL Foundation, OS, cloud, or automation training.
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Calance Consultant Benefits Offerings:
• EPO/PPO Medical Plans
• HMO/PPO Dental programs
• Vision - VSP (Vision Plan Summary)
• 401K Retirement vesting program (VOYA)
• Paid Bi-Weekly/Direct Deposit
• Flex Spending Plan
• Voluntary Life, AD&D, STD or LTD plans
Estimated Pay Range: 153,920.00