Sr. Storage/Backup/VMWare Engineer, San Antonio, TX or Irvine, CA (Hybrid)
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Sr. Storage/Backup/VMWare Engineer, San Antonio, TX or Irvine, CA (Hybrid)
6-Month Contract to Hire
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Looking for a Sr. Storage/Backup/VMWare Engineer. This is a 6-month contract to hire opportunity based out of San Antonio, TX or Irvine, CA (Hybrid).
Qualifications:
* 10+ years of experience supporting enterprise-level, highly available, fault-tolerant storage infrastructure.
* Strong experience in Virtualization and Storage technologies.
* The ideal candidate would have 3+ years of experience in at least four of the following technologies - VMware, NetApp, Pure Storage, Brocade, Cohesity, Windows Administration.
* 3+ years of hands-on experience with NetApp Data ONTAP, NetApp NAS, and NetApp Storage Grid, Pure Storage.
* 3+ years of experience managing VMWare-related products like handling vCenter, vSphere and ESXi hosts.
* 3+ years of experience managing Cohesity backup solutions and clusters.
* Proficiency in enterprise SAN (Storage Area Network) management, including technologies like Fiber Channel zoning, FCoE (Fiber Channel over Ethernet), and storage controllers through Brocade switches.
* Working knowledge of virtualization technologies and disaster recovery strategies.
* Experience supporting storage infrastructure in both Windows and Linux server environments.
* Practical knowledge of SSL certificates and managing licenses.
* Knowledge of vRealize suite (vRA and vRO) is a huge plus.
Responsibilities:
* Maintain and support the virtualization and storage infrastructure, including vulnerability remediation, configuration management, capacity planning, provisioning, and zoning of new servers.
* Configure, administer, tune, and optimize NetApp storage arrays for peak performance.
* Supporting and performing ESXi, vCenter and SRM-related upgrades.
* Experience with server-build provisioning through vRA.
* Act as a technical subject matter expert for resolving issues related to storage and VMWare infrastructure.
* Establish and maintain metrics and detailed reports on backups, storage, and fabric capacity/utilization.