SAN Administrator

SAN Administrator / Storage Area Network  / Systems Administrator / Network Administrator / Server Administrator

This consultant will be primarily responsible for administering, configuring, maintaining, monitoring, upgrading, supporting, documenting and implementing the shared Storage / SAN arrays and fabrics in our shared UNIX/AIX and Windows environments.  This consultant will interface with existing DOIT SAN personnel to coordinate, analyze and further develop the procedures necessary to ensure the stability, integrity and performance of this environment. 

Activities:

Design, configure, implement, maintain and support all SAN hardware, software & supporting fabric.Leverage existing tools and procedures already in place at DOIT.Support and maintain SRDF/A replication.Support and maintain BCVs at replicated site.SAN implementation and storage provisioning/LUN allocation, zoning and LUN masking.SAN capacity and performance monitoring/trending; disk growth. Create and distribute utilization, capacity, trending & analysis reports.Monitor and track health of SAN and storage infrastructure. Provide detailed troubleshooting of SAN and storage device status to ensure support for critical services.Perform hardware/software upgrades in conjunction with vendor staff.Provide backup software configuration support.Ability to develop, maintain & enhance scripted solutions.

 

Pre-Requisites:

A minimum of five (5) years experience in an EMC SAN environment; EMC Symmetrix DMX enterprise class hardware and software products.Experience with Storage Area Networks; FC switches, FC HBAs, SAN protocols.Experience with EMC’s SAN management monitoring tools, automated storage problem detection, notification and resolution.Experience with EMC Control Center software.Experience with EMC Solutions Enabler (SYMCLI) commandsExperience with EMC SYMCLI Configuration ManagerExperience with EMC Powerpath software.Solid experience with BCVs and SRDF/A replication technologies.Strong scripting experience.