HDS Storage Engineers - 12 Mo. Contract (renewable) - HDS Storage in Dallas, TX

The HDS Storage Consultant will be responsible for leading customers through the deployment of HDS storage solutions, with specific emphasis on migrating customer data and Servers onto HDS storage platforms.Required Skills and Experience: 3-5 years experience in a technical professional services organization 5 years technical industry experience in customer-facing roles 3 years experience working and supporting enterprise customers in storage deployment and management Excellent customer and employee relationships - must be able to interact successfully with customers, vendors, and employees at all levels in the organization Proven ability to provide oversight and leadership to project teams in service delivery Demonstrated ability to guide a complex project from inception through delivery and completion Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Must be able to write project status reports, management escalation documentation, and service planning and definition information Strong technical background in the areas of data storage and replication Enterprise storage management Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent education or experience Solid operating systems skills with storage configuration (volume management) Solid understanding of tiered storage concepts in an enterprise environment. Knowledge of Server replication products (RoboCopy, StorageX, SecureCopy, mirroring, etc.) Strong customer communication skills, both written and oral Strong group presentation skills and experience providing training to customers. Self motivated - proven track record of working well independently at customer site The candidate will have an aptitude for providing positive customer service and good communication, problem solving, and technical writing skills. The candidate will have excellent organizational skills to manage many highly critical issues simultaneously. 5 years of experience working with Storage Management Software and Hardware in high capacity. High availability environments with one or more of the following configurations: Storage HardwareHitachi USP/Modular StorageHitachi Thunder/LightningEMC Symmetrix, ClarionSun StorEdge IBM SharkHP Storageworks XPSAN (Storage Area Network)BrocadeMcDataEmulexInRangeQlogicJNINAS (Network Attached Storage) Storage Management SoftwareVeritasCommandviewHACMPHeterogeneous networks with multiple OS platforms to include:AIXHPUXSolarisLinuxWindows Server ClusteringOpenVMSTRU64DynixEtc.And/or:Over 5 years of experience and/or knowledge of:IBM MVSS/390 softwareI/O architecture Escon/FiconFCPMVS diagnostic/troubleshooting tools (GTF, EREP, Dump analysis)Database products (DB2, IMS, Oracle, SQL, VSAM)Data Management functions of MVS/DFSMS/DFPProgramming in IBM Assembler language for diagnostic test developmentPerformance monitoring and measurement toolsS/390 Networking (VTAM/SNA and TCP/IP). Breakdown of role by time spent on each activity: Delivery of services (80%) Sharing knowledge and experience with other consultants (15%) Developing new services (5%) Travel associated with this role ranges 75 - 90% Travel Expenses reimbursed. To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here