Storage Management Specialist

General Characteristics Provides efficient and reliable storage allocation and defines backup, recovery, archival procedures. Develops and implements business continuity practices for storage management. Installs, configures, tests and implements storage management software and hardware. Monitors use and availability of storage resources. Maintains and modifies backup and recovery procedures to meet high availability and mission critical business needs. Troubleshoots storage related issues and takes appropriate actions. Generates reports and analysis on storage usage. Maintains storage configurations to provide capacity planning and performance monitoring/tuning of systems. Benchmarks, evaluates and makes recommendations for the selection of storage management software and hardware products. Possesses skills and knowledge related to network, operating systems, Storage Area Network (SAN), Network Attached Storage (NAS) and tape backup solutions. Education Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field. Or equivalent work experience. Experience A minimum of 3 years of IT work experience. Requires a high level of expertise in multiple system environments. Experience with networking, storage and systems administration. Complexity Intermediate professional level role. Defines procedures for monitoring and evaluates, diagnoses and establishes work plan to resolve storage management issues. Works on multiple products, activities and projects as a project team member, occasionally as a project leader. May coach more junior technical staff. #J-18808-Ljbffr