Job Description
Position : Storage Consultant EMC NetApp
Location : Melbourne, FL (Onsite)
Job Description:
- Administering the multiple backup Management and CLI exposure for EMC Backup tool, VTL, Netgear
- Experience in handling DELL EMC, Synology, Tintri, Netapp and backup products & its features as for the latest release
- Should be able to understand and explain the backup internal architecture and working of various inbuilt components
- Should have hands on knowledge and experience in Implementing, upgrading, migrating and configuring backup servers across heterogeneous platforms
- Should have worked on multiple vendor products and hyperscale appliances for backup
- Should have configured the Monitoring tools for alerting and reporting backup, hardware, operational reports highlighting issues and the status of the environment (ops manager, BMC)
- Experienced to provide analysis and implementation support for data protection solutions initial implementations.
- Experienced on customization and integration with the intent of optimizing the operational environment as well as day to day and long-term management.
- Experienced in handling and managing multiple backup agent backups (Oracle RMAN, NDMP, SQL, Exchange, Virtual servers etc.)
- Experienced, knowledge or hands on handling heterogeneous environment (Solaris, HPUX, AIX, Microsoft Windows, and Linux platforms) as it relates to backup and recovery
- Experience in integration with Hyper-V, VMWARE virtual environments
- Knowledge of Backup related tools, storage appliances (EMC,NetApp,etc), storage library (quantum, IBM, HP) media (LTO, ultrium, DLT)
- Should be able to see logs and error messages, Analyze, resolve, guide and take preventive action for the escalated issues related to product and devices hardware problems
- Should have expert level experience in handling Data migrations, backup catalog import/export, recovery, DR (Disaster Recovery) and Ransomware protection
- Provide storage infrastructure system management and proactively address potential issues
- Provision and configure storage volumes, disk pools, raid groups, over various storage systems (EMC, Hitachi, NetApp, Dell, Pure)
- Design, implement, and optimize storage solutions for high availability and performance.
- Configure, manage and troubleshoot the SAN fabric like Brocade or Cisco switches
- Implement zoning, masking, and host connectivity changes as per best practices
- Configure, manage the block storage (iSCSI, FC, NVMe-oF) and file storage (SMB, NFS, S3) and decommissioning
- Optimize storage pools, deduplication, compression, and QoS settings
- Managing capacity planning, performance monitoring and tuning, security management etc
- Perform capacity forecasting and ensure efficient utilization of storage resources.
- Manage snapshot-based backups, SafeMode snapshots, and immutable storage for ransomware protection
- Storage Automation & Scripting (Optional / Preferred)
- Able to integrate monitoring tools like CloudIQ, ActiveIQ, etc
- Sound knowledge on Dell equallogic
- Manage and optimize storage provisioning via REST API/SNMP integrations.
- Maintain detailed documentation & compliance with storage configurations and changes.
- Ensure compliance with IT security policies and industry best practices.
- Participate in audits and provide necessary storage-related information.
- Work on storage backup and disaster recovery (DR) strategies
Synology:
- Good knowledge on synology products like RS1221RP+/RS1221+
- Worked on ActiveProtect Appliance and able to configure the primary site and off-ste
- Knowledge of C2 backup storage
- Manage the Synlogy server and administer the daily jobs and perform health checks.
- Worked on ActiceProtect Vault and Hyper Backup Vault
Tintri:
- Understand the architecture of VMStore T7000 series and other products
- Perform upgradation of Tintri operating system and manage its services
- Initiate and administrate the VM, DB, application-level backup and replication jobs.
- Monitor the performance on Tintri Analytics
- Knowledge of Cloud-Based Predictive Analytics
- Sound knowledge on Hitachi VTL like configuration, troubleshooting any tape issues.
NetApp:
- Sound knowledge on NetApp array archictectures and Hardware
- Good knowledge on Netapp products like FAS, AFF, E-Series, SANtricity, StorageGRID, FlexPod.
- Capable to support Netapp Unified arrays both NAS & SAN environment
- In-depth knowledge of Netapp Snap suite of products (Snapmirror, snapshot, system manager, Snapdrive for winodws, etc.), ISCSI, NFS, CIFS
- Solid hands-on experience on Data ONTAP cDOT and 7-MODE administration.
- Provisioning NFS, CIFS and multi-protocol shares
- Configuration and support of NDMP backups between a Netapp and third-party backup products
- Manage the vserver administration and Object storage and buckets
- Experience of vservers, Namespace, NDO, snapshots, snapmirrors and snapvault replications
- Experience in NetApp storage provisioning, LUN masking, and zoning.
- Experience in NetApp storage capacity planning, performance analysis, monitoring, and reporting.
- Sound knowledge on NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager, OnCommand Insights, Cloud Insight and other NetApp tools.
- Strong knowledge of backup and recovery management solutions related to NetApp like NDMP.
- Managing and monitoring StorageGRID object storage, including tenant management, ILM policies, S3 bucket management, and integration with other NetApp solutions
- Good knowledge of SANtricity software, including SANtricity System Manager (web-based) and SANtricity Storage Manager (desktop thick-client UI), for managing E-Series systems
- Experience on Cloud Volumes ONTAP integrates with NetApp BlueXP for storage management, backup, and recovery
- Deep understanding of cloud services, industry standards, and technical acumen to guide product strategy, with hands-on experience with one of the hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Pure Storage:
- Manage the Pure Storage replication (ActiveDR, Snap-to-NFS, Snap-to-Cloud)
- Monitor, manage and maintain Pure Storage FlashArray, FlashBlade, and Pure Cloud Block Store
- Sound knowledge on FlashBlade and FlashArray hardware and its architecture,software and logistic dependencies
- Apply best practices for array management to ensure optimal performance and reliability.
- Provide best practices for configuring and managing security and authentication protocols, including zoning recommendations.
- Develop strategies to maximize storage efficiency through effective use of data reduction technologies
- Knowledge of troubleshooting performance issues using latency and performance analytics.
- Should be able to plan and design considerations for ActiveCluster and other replication technologies.
- Experience in configure, manage, and troubleshoot snapshots to ensure data protection.
- Knowledge on the various replication technologies supported by Pure Storage, including ActiveDR and asynchronous replication.
- Configure and troubleshoot these technologies to ensure data availability and disaster recovery.
- Configure FA File services in Pure Storage arrays.
- Knowledge of generating API tokens and securing access to the Pure Storage array.
- Knowledge of Pure Array sizer, Ramsomware Solutions center, Portworx Solution center, Pure1Manage
Soft Skills :
- Good working knowledge on MS Office (excel, PowerPoint, word, OneNote)
- Should have Enterprise customer handling skills
- Able to handle unforeseen situations & high level of acceptance
- Can drive client value and its methodology
Other Skills:
- Should be worked on Production systems
- Understanding datacenter environment and Infrastructure components
- Working knowledge on any ticket tools like Remedy / ServiceNow
- Capable of training team members and colleagues
- Should be familiar with ITIL processes
- Experience with storage build, installation, migration and upgrades
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