Storage & Backup Administrator / Senior Storage Engineer / Senior SAN/NAS Administrator

We are seeking an experienced Senior Storage & Backup Administrator to own the reliability, lifecycle, security, resilience, and continuous improvement of enterprise SAN, NAS, block storage, backup/recovery, monitoring, and infrastructure-service platforms., This is a highly technical, hands-on infrastructure role requiring deep expertise with Dell Technologies storage and data protection, Cisco SAN/NX-OS, enterprise backup and recovery, VMware, monitoring, automation, and AWS. The ideal candidate brings 10+ years of enterprise infrastructure experience and can independently lead complex storage, recovery, incident, and data-center activities., n \n

• 10+ years of progressive enterprise infrastructure experience \n

• 5+ years administering enterprise SAN, NAS, or block-storage platforms \n

• 5+ years administering enterprise backup and recovery platforms \n

• Advanced experience with Dell Technologies platforms such as PowerStore, Isilon/OneFS, Avamar, or Data Domain \n

• Advanced Cisco SAN switching and NX-OS experience \n

• Strong experience with zoning, provisioning, replication, storage networking, performance, capacity, lifecycle, and recovery validation \n

• Experience with infrastructure monitoring tools such as Icinga, Grafana, or comparable platforms \n

• Experience with Ansible, scripting, automation, or configuration management \n

• Working knowledge of VMware vSphere, Windows Server, Linux, Cisco UCS, Nutanix, and AWS \n

• Experience with enterprise backup/storage integrations \n

• Experience with ITSM, 24x7 operations, change control, patching, vulnerability remediation, major incidents, and RCA \n

• Hands-on data-center infrastructure experience \n

• Strong vendor/MSP coordination and escalation experience \n

• Strong technical documentation and management-level presentation skills \n

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; or Associate degree/military/industry training with equivalent professional experience

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• Own enterprise SAN, NAS, block storage, backup/recovery, monitoring, and automation platforms \n

• Administer Dell Technologies platforms such as PowerStore, Isilon/OneFS, Avamar, and Data Domain \n

• Manage Cisco SAN switching, NX-OS, zoning, provisioning, replication, capacity, and performance \n

• Lead backup/recovery validation, recovery testing, incident response, troubleshooting, and RCA \n

• Perform hands-on data-center work including rack/stack, cabling, hardware installation/removal, diagnostics, RMA, and decommissioning \n

• Manage storage upgrades, lifecycle planning, vulnerability remediation, and corrective actions \n

• Administer infrastructure monitoring and alerting using Icinga, Grafana, or comparable platforms \n

• Support infrastructure automation and scripting using Ansible or similar tools \n

• Integrate storage and backup platforms with VMware, Windows, Linux, Cisco UCS, Nutanix, AWS, databases, and applications \n

• Coordinate vendor/MSP support, maintain technical documentation and runbooks, and support Disaster Recovery exercises \n

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