Job Title: Senior Storage Solutions Engineer
Job Location: Washington DC(Hybrid 23 days a week)
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This position will be working as part of Enterprise SAN Team in supporting and enhancing wide enterprise storage and SAN solutions. (PMAX NVMe Powerflex systems Dell Unity systems ISILONNAS storage Brocade Director switches X7 FC over IP dark fiber network smartoptics).
SAN Systems holds critical application data for Fare Collection Maximo Documentum Cognos Smart trip OHAW DFS Shares People Soft SOA Hyperion BUS Cleaver CAD etc.
- Powerflex product implementation (installation and configuration).
- Migration of data to new powerflex arrays from existing PMAXarrays between sites.
- Support the migration of ESXi infrastructure from Dell PowerEdge to Powerflex arrays.
- Administration and implementation of SAN fabric fiber channel switches (Brocade X7 switches G630 switches) DWDM optics FC over IP between sites Dark fiber connections between sites.
- Data erasure on PMAX arrays Dell compellent and ISILON located at Mill Rd.
- Decommission SAN infrastructure (ISILON PMAXarrays Brocade switches) after CTF shutdown.
- Implementing and Migrating the Hosts from regular fiber channel to NVMe over fabric.
- Support implementation of Business continuity and Disaster recovery solutions for all the applications.
- Design and implement disaster recovery solutions for WMATA applications using SAN infrastructure services like SRDF Metro.
- SANnav tool implementation.
- Provision configure and monitor storage accounts in Azure cloud.
- Supporting all WMATA Existing/New projects (e.g. Next Fare Faregate Hyperion) which needs storage resources and services.
- Administration and Implementation of Storage arrays (Powermax NVMe storage Dell Unity systems Powerflex systems)
- Maintenance and support of hardware failures at EQX and CTFlocation (Powermax NVMe storage SAN network switches Dell Unity systems Quantum Tape library IBM power frames Oracle Powerflex systems).
- Monitor and resolve issues for SAN network switches and storage arrays using Dell CloudIQ portal.
- Supporting ESXI and VDI upgrades and expansions.
- Supporting AIX and RHEL OS storage requests and expansions.
- Enhancements and upgrades of PMAX NVMe Arrays.
- Troubleshoot SAN connectivity issues.
- Maintenance and support on ISILON arrays.
- Running SAN fiber patch panel connections to provide SAN connectivity for servers Tape library and storage arrays. Implementation of structured fiber cable infrastructure.
- Isolating fabric for backup purpose. Supporting Enterprise backup new infrastructure.
- Support Enterprise Backup Application (IBM Spectrum Protect TSM) Enhancements and upgrades Support back up fabric and fiber connections.
- Support Disaster Recovery Test of IBM Spectrum Protect Application.
- Dell Unity storage Systems Firmware upgrades and support hardware.
- Design Implement Ansible for automating processes/jobs.
Qualification:
- 6 Years Experience implementing and managing Storage arrays (Powermax NVMe storage Dell Unity systems Powerflex systems)
- 6 Years Managing hardware failures at EQX and CTF location (Powermax NVMe storage SAN network switches Dell Unity systems Quantum Tape library)
- 6 years Experience managing SAN network switches and storage arrays using Dell CloudIQ portal
- 6 years Experience supporting ESXI and VDI upgrades and expansions.
- 6 years Experience AIX and RHEL OS storage requests and expansions
- 5 years Experience with Enhancements and upgrades of PMAX NVMe Arrays
- 5 Years Experience with Enterprise Backup Application (IBM Spectrum Protect TSM) Enhancements and upgrades Support back up fabric and fiber connections.