Systems Engineer (EMC, NetApp or VMware) (Boston)

Job DescriptionSystems Engineer IIFull-timeAll candidates must be US Citizen and either local to the area or willing to relo. The client is will to offer relo assistance.Salary+ BenefitsThe Storage and Virtualization Engineer evaluates, implements and maintains Storage Area Networks (SANs) and storage systems across enterprise platforms. Should have hands on experience with SAN/NAS management, coordinating and performing system backups, monitoring system availability, troubleshooting, diagnosis and resolving problems, recovering processes affected during down-times, hardware and software configurations, performing monitoring and tuning, performing change management, and disaster recovery participation. They will be the primary point of contact for all network incidents that cannot be resolved by support technicians. Responsibilities include working with Unix and Windows system administrators to connect and configure Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) on servers, as well as design, configure and provision storage for servers. Perform day-to-day storage system administration, hardware installation, performance monitoring and client problem resolution. Work with Unix and Windows system administrators on a daily basis to configure and provision storage for servers, analyze performance from both the server and the storage perspectives using all available tools (including Windows and Unix performance measurement utilities). Troubleshooting and potentially correcting issues pertaining to storage connectivity, capacity or performance is also required. Perform periodic and emergency system maintenance, minimizing business impact to the greatest extent possible; Troubleshoot and resolve storage-related hardware and software problems. Work with Unix and Windows engineers to isolate problems and provide corrective action. This may require after-hours and on-call work schedules in the event of unplanned events.Perform full and incremental backups of all lab infrastructure and systems, to include all systems connected to the Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN)Provides efficient and reliable storage allocation and defines backup, recovery, archival procedures.Maintains storage configurations to provide capacity planning and performance monitoring/tuning of systems.Must possess an in-depth knowledge of storage networking standards, protocols, security, and performance tuning, and troubleshooting.Perform general maintenance / backup / restoration tasks IAW technical taskingSkills Required:VMWare Certified Professional (VCP-Cloud or higher) or equivalent experienceVMWare Certified Advanced Professional on vSphere 5 (VCAP5-EMC Certified Information Storage associate (EMCISA or higher) or equivalent experienceSummaryType: Full-timeFunction: Information TechnologyExperience level: Mid-Senior LevelIndustry: Information Services