Senior Storage Administrator - Infrastructure

Senior Storage Administrator - Infrastructure
Location: Hyderabad

5+ yrs of relevant experience in Storage administration.
Preferred experience in EMC, Hitachi and NetApp Storage technologies.
• Good working knowledge Fabric Switches:
o Brocade
o Mcdata
o Cisco

1) EMC arrays - thorough knowledge with minimum 5 years on these arrays
2) EMC replication - must have done disaster recovery testing including SRF configurations
3) Hitachi arrays - must have worked on Hitachi G series and VSP type arrays ( 5 years )
4) Cisco Fabric - must have worked on CISCO fabric (2 years

• Excellent understanding of storage architecture
• Troubleshoot and analyze performance issues
• Excellent working knowledge of multi-path software
• Operating system command exposure (Unix and Wintel for limited administration purposes)
• SAN storage performance tuning
• Good working knowledge of SAN , NAS storage best practice
• Storage System administration functionality and exploitation
• Firmware application, both upgrading and downgrading
• Effective communication skills in both verbal and written English
• Client focused with regards to service delivery
• Self-driven and able to work independently or within a team
• Good analytical and troubleshooting skills (the ability to think logically through a problem)
• Must have the initiative, tenacity and commitment to see problems through to resolution
• Able to respond to and resolve client queries and requests in a timely manner
• Works well in a team
• An ability to work well under pressure
• A flexible approach
• Ability to work shift patterns and provide out of hour's on-call support
• Ability to provide clear and concise documentation
• Good 3rd Party Liaison, i.e. Suppliers of storage products and hardware for problem resolution
Shifts (24*7 readiness required)