Sr. Systems Administrator - Storage
Successful and growing Fortune 500 company in Irving, TX is looking to add a SAN Storage Administrator to their team of professionals.
Responsibilities:
Participate in operational support and implementation activities for global information technology services.
Provide hi-level technical support to the operations team (when required) during problem situations.
Train and/or coach others on existing and new technologies within the environment.
Prepare system documentation and update operational standards and procedures.
Conduct storage system support design and performance evaluation reviews.
Research and propose new storage technologies, tools, and techniques.
Participate in the development of corporate and divisional information technology strategic and tactical plans.
Identify, assemble, define, and document detailed business and technology storage requirements and convert them into practical plans and designs.
Stay up-to-date on new storage technologies and industry trends that may effect the organization and identify, recommend, and implement improvement opportunities where applicable.
Minimum Qualifications
6 years operating systems administration/design experience.
3 years experience managing SAN and NAS storage systems, including troubleshooting, performance tuning, and measurements.
3 years experience with multiple storage hardware and software vendors (i.e. - EMC, HP, Hitachi, Symantec/Veritas, Storageworks, etc.)
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline; or equivalent experience.
Position Description:Responsibilities
Assess and recommend architectural designs/changes to systems.
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity planning and design.
Troubleshooting production systems in a high-availability environment.
Diagnose complex SAN performance issues
Provide support for Microsoft and Linux servers in clustered environments.
Implement and support company security policies and security audits.
Work with other System and Database Administrators to continually improve operational processes, engineering standards and other departmental processes.
Develop SOP documents for full scope of Infrastructure related tasks, process and procedures.
Soft Skills
Good written and verbal communication.
Accurate, dependable and detail oriented.
Able to work with minimum supervision on difficult assignments.
Able to work effectively with others in a strong team-oriented environment.
Able to work in a process driven environment.
Able to complete assignments on schedule and within budget.
Ability to lead others to complete assignments on schedule and within budget.
Preferences
MCSE Win2K/Win2K3 Certification
ITIL Foundation Certified (or experience with ISO or CMMI)
Experience in enterprise data center or a multi-site environment.
Company offers competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.
Business casual environment.
Qualified candidates are welcome to send their resume to for immediate consideration.
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