Roles and Responsibilities
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in storage and backup administration, preferably in enterprise environments.
• Proficiency in administering storage arrays from vendors such as Hitachi, EMC, NetApp, or Dell.
• Experience with backup software and technologies such as Veeam Backup & Replication, or Commvault, Data Domain
• Strong understanding of SAN and NAS protocols, including Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NFS, and SMB.
• Hands-on experience with automation tools and scripting languages for task automation and orchestration.
• Certification in Ansible/Terraform will be added advantage.
• Knowledge of virtualization technologies (VMware, Hyper-V) and their integration with storage and backup systems.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills and the ability to analyze complex storage and backup issues.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
Automation Task:
• Develop scripts or workflows to automate storage provisioning tasks, such as creating LUNs, volumes, and file systems, based on predefined templates or user requests.
• Implement automation scripts to schedule and orchestrate backup jobs, including full, incremental, and differential backups, and verify backup integrity.
• Automate capacity monitoring and forecasting tasks using scripting and monitoring tools to proactively identify storage bottlenecks and plan for future growth.
• Develop automation workflows to perform routine maintenance tasks, such as firmware upgrades, storage pool rebalancing, and disk replacement, minimizing manual intervention.
• Integrate storage and backup systems with monitoring and alerting tools to automate incident detection and remediation, reducing response times to critical issues.
• Implement automation scripts to enforce backup retention policies and data lifecycle management, automatically archiving or deleting outdated backups.
• Develop custom reports and dashboards using automation tools to provide visibility into storage and backup performance, utilization, and compliance metrics
Mandatory skills
Manage and maintain storage infrastructure, including SAN (Storage Area Network) and NAS (Network Attached Storage) environments, ensuring optimal performance and availability.
