Sr. Storage Administrator - (CA-AB-Calgary - T3Z 3W2)

Minimum Education: Tech School
Job Type: Contract
Jobcode: 3105
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Position Description: Senior Storage Administrator

General requirements:

The Storage Administrator will be involved with daily storage operational tasks such as provisioning, storage connectivity, storage allocation, incident, problem management and the implementation of changes to the storage operational infrastructure.

As a member of the storage team you will be required to perform administration tasks primarily on NetApp filers along with project work that will utilize approximately 20% of your time. Planning and executing upgrades and enhancements to the environment are part of the role. As a senior associate you will provide guidance and mentorship to the junior members of the team. Some backup and restore activities will be required. You must be available on-call and for after-hours maintenance changes from time to time and act as a point of escalation for technical problems encountered at this site.

This storage team provides ongoing administration and support for an enterprise client of CompuCom Systems Inc. We work with vendors, end users, Customer Service Representatives and other technical staff to resolve advanced Storage hardware/software issues.


Knowledge:

Storage
• Management of 900 / 3000 / 6000 series NetApp filers
• Working knowledge of
o SAN/NAS Configurations
o Data-on-Tap
o Snap Mirror/Snap Vault
o Flex Clones
o Aggregate, Volume, QTree
o LUN – Creation and Management
o VMWare
o General SAN Environments (e.g. Clariion)
o DFS – Distributed file systems
o Brocade/McData Switches
o EMC CONNECTRIX
o NFS/Automount
o LDAP/NIS

NetBackup
• General experience
• Bocada reporting tool
• StorageTek ACS – Library Control Software

UNIX and/or Windows Administration



Performance Skills

Communication:
• Able to effectively communicate orally and in writing technical information to technical and non-technical audiences at all levels in the organization
• Able to develop procedures documentation
• Able to develop and conduct effective presentations
• Able to conduct effective training sessions for the purpose of skills transfer to peers
• Ability to apply knowledge in complex, difficult or stressful situations. Extensive operational knowledge and ability to use it to solve difficult problems.

Team:
• Able to operate effectively in a team environment, coordinate efforts with other team members
• Willing to share work load in a supportive manner

Problem Solving:
• Able to anticipate, identify and resolve problems
• Able to understand client’s business requirements, generate solutions and present recommendations

Self-Management:
• Able to operate independently
• Able to operate under tight deadlines
• Able to maintain professional demeanor under stress

Leadership:
• Able to assess technical skill sets of others
• Able to mentor others with respect to technical skills

Education/Certifications/ Experience
• Bachelor’s degree, degree or 5+ years of Storage experience in the IT industry
• Storage Certifications