SAN Systems Engineer - (US-DE-Newark - 19726)

Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Contract
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Responsibilities include supporting the IT department’s Storage (SAN), Backup, and Capacity and Performance services.
• MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline preferred; or equivalent work experience and technical training.
• 3 or more years experience in information systems
• 2 or more years experience supporting enterprise level Storage, SAN Fabric and Backup solutions.
• 2 or more years experience supporting an enterprise level Backup solution.
• Experience supporting either UNIX or Windows server operating systems.
• Solid understanding of enterprise server and networking concepts such as TCP/IP, DHCP, and DNS, Directory Services, etc.
• Experience working with IT support staff and third-party vendors to troubleshoot and resolve technical problems and implement corrective measures.
• Ability and willingness to work extended hours or modified schedule for planned or emergency work.
• Ability and willingness to carry a pager or cell phone as required.
• Ability and willingness to travel to various company locations, primarily Newark, Delaware and Bethesda, Maryland.
• Must successfully pass the Criminal History Records Check.
• Must possess a valid driver's license.

ADDITIONAL PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS: (Candidates with experience in some or all of these areas will more closely match the position’s requirements)

• Experience administering EMC’s Symmetrix/DMX or other EMC storage solutions, including the EMC’s replication (SRDF), cloning (Timefinder) software and other storage array features.
• Experience administering Cisco’s 9513 Fiber Channel switches or similar director class switches.
• Experience supporting SAN management tools including EMC’s Control Center, Solutions Enabler, Storage Scope, Performance Manager and Symmetrix Management Console and Cisco’s Fabric and Device Manager software.
• Experience supporting and installing SAN-related host based software including EMC’s powerpath, Emulex’s HBA software/firmware, and Symantec’s Storage Foundations volume manager software.
• Experience administering Symantec’s Netbackup 6.5 software in conjunction with both Data Domain DD690 disk units and Sun/STK SL8500 tape libraries.
• Experience using host-based backup clients and tools in a Sun Solaris/Oracle and Windows SQL environment.
• Exposure to RMAN or other Oracle related backup technologies.
• Experience using Aptare’s Storage Console Backup Manager product.
• Experience supporting VMWare from a storage and backup perspective.
• Any exposure to, or experience with, the following Capacity Planning and Performance Monitoring tools including CA’s (formerly Concord’s) EHealth product, HP’s (formerly Mercury’s) Loadrunner/Winrunner stress testing tools, Opnet’s ACE network performance monitoring tools and/or any general experience with packet capture/analysis tools.
• Experience using Computer Associate’s Spectrum product.
• Exposure to Disaster Recovery Planning and Management.