Job Summary

Senior Storage Engineer:

The Senior  Storage Engineer function ensures the stability, integrity, and efficient operation of SAN and NAS arrays, SAN switches, FICON Directors, FCIP switches, out-of-band managed storage arrays, as well as any array or appliance-based replication.

Role Descriptions

Duties and Responsibilities of the Senior Storage Engineer function:

Brings prior experience to organize and define work for complex or ambiguous situationsResolves issues, manages workload, and balances priorities through frequent interruptions while meeting specific, time-sensitive deadlinesSupports release and life cycle process SAN fabric and storage array installs, upgrades, and decommissionsProvides thought leadership for overall SAN Fabric and Storage Array infrastructure support at the enterprise levelContributes to operational readiness of platforms with dedicated/shared teams and consults on resource and skills required, process documentation creation, updates to guidelines, policies, change, and audit proceduresParticipates in troubleshooting efforts for storage issues and leads in major incidents, root cause analysis, and performance analysis and tuningITIL-compliant champion for incident, request, change, and with particular focus on problem managementPartner with monitoring team to develop new event and performance monitors/alerts and analysis as needed for new and/or existing systemsParticipate in the modernization and automation of storage infrastructureScripting and automationDeployment of new SAN/Switch infrastructureMaintain accurate CMDB anticipates in problem management to proactively review open client and infrastructure problems and known errors to minimize the time spent firefighting and troubleshooting, supporting quicker resolution of incidents and events when they do arise

Assist and provide technical input to Ensono storage solution architect and others on the complex solution design, configuration, integration, and installation of new services

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position does not have direct reports but may mentor less experienced associates in the role.

Qualifications:

Requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor degree; or 8 years and a Masters degree; or equivalent work experience.

Platforms experience desired:

EMC, Hitachi Storage NetApp, IBM, Pure, Brocade, Cisco

Other skills desired:

Python, Ansible, Netapp OCI, Graphana, Linux/Windows/Vmware, basic understanding of TCP/IP networks and firewalls.

Ensono is a global service provider with over 2,600 associates and 10 data centers located around the world.