Systems Administrator - IV

Systems Administrator - Data Center Engineer

Location: Bedminster, NJ (On-site – 5 days a week)

Duration: 12 months (possible extension)

Job Description:

• Client is looking for a Datacenter Engineer who can perform multifold responsibilities of SAN Storage and HPE C7000 Chassis/DL360 Rack Server Administration
• Targeted Years of Experience: 7 to 10 years

Job Summary:

• The candidate will be responsible for delivering infrastructure deployment services to client including the physical installation of hardware and the logical configuration of operating systems and software products either as the sole person and/or as part of a team.
• Hands-on experience with provisioning, maintaining, deploying SAN Storage, HPE C700 Chassis & DL360 Rack Servers in production environments required.
• Candidate must be local to New Jersey and Must have 8 plus years of experience in VMware and HPE C7000 Chassis & Rack Servers/SAN Storage Administration

Must Have Skills:

• HPE C7000/DL360 Rack Servers Administration, HPE MSA 2040/2050/2060 Storage Administration, Brocade Switches Administration, Cisco Switches Administration, VMware, Linux, Server, Networking.

Storage Administration Responsibilities:

• Administer and maintain the storage infrastructure, including storage area networks (SAN).
• General storage administration tasks, storage software and hardware support, storage device configuration, support of daily backups, monitoring of storage devices, storage performance tuning and troubleshooting.
• Require prior experience in SAN Fabric Administration including zoning, LUN security, and HBA configuration and troubleshooting
• Configuring all (SAN) Storage Attached Network and (NAS) Network Attached Storage infrastructure including the Fiber Channel network.
• Ensures that all hosts are properly configured to use the storage infrastructure.
• Ensure host connectivity and configuration to Hybrid and Native Cloud Storage solutions
• Monitor storage performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement optimization strategies to ensure optimal throughput and reliability.
• Management of HPE MSA storage including storage provisioning, replication, copy data management, and monitoring/alerting
• Must have expert knowledge of fiber channel and TCP/IP protocols, SAN management software, automation, and resource management
• For SAN and NAS focused support, individuals must have expert knowledge and experience in the Cisco and Brocade switches
• Troubleshoot and resolve storage issues, collaborating with cross-functional teams and vendors as necessary.
• Conduct storage capacity planning and forecasting to accommodate future growth and changing business requirements.
• Create and maintain documentation related to storage configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
• Ensure appropriate storage mediums are controlled and accounted for in the inventory, and released to off-site processes and to on-site storage areas.
• Set-up a SAN fabric using Brocade switches deploying storage arrays on the fabric to construct a viable disaster recovery infrastructure
• Administration of HPE C7000 chassis/HPE DL360/380 Rack Servers:
• Implementation and Administration of HP C7000 chassis with virtual connect using VCM/VCEM and OBA.
• Install, configure, and manage server hardware and software, including operating systems (like Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Ubuntu, and Windows), applications, and patches to support and maintain effective operations.
• Directly work with VMware and HPE(c7000) to support, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain server issues and security for the enterprise.- Converted Physical servers to Virtual servers using VMware vCenter Converter standalone tool and migrated those servers.
• Technical documentation on the diagnostics procedure and process documentation on troubleshooting, configuration.
• Vital contributor to VMware infrastructure design a new facility, using vSphere, vCenter, and VMware ESXi to provide a mission-critical production infrastructure.
• Vsphere 7.0, VMware ESX and ESXi, VCenter server 7.0, orchestrator, VMwareConverter enterprise, VMware Update Manager, Power CLI, VMware Workstation8.0/10.0.
• Experienced with planning, installing, configuring, and upgrading support for vCenter Server and VMware ESXi on HP C7000 and HPE DL 360/380 Proliant Physical servers.
• Experienced with SAN and NAS storage including Fibre Channel switches