Sr. Storage Administrator

OPENTEXT - THE INFORMATION COMPANY

As the Information Company, our mission at OpenText is to create software solutions and deliver services that redefine the future of digital. Be part of a winning team that leads the way in Enterprise Information Management.  

The Opportunity: 

Supporting the Operations Organization by employing systematic efforts that translate operational storage needs into configuration specifications which provide a robust, stable, and maintainable Production Storage Processing environment, meeting or exceeding all Business Requirements

You are great at: 

• The senior storage administrator will be responsible for changes, implementations and operational maintenance and support of various technologies and products as typical of an enterprise global environment; these technologies include but not limited to the following:

Enterprise storage, Network interconnects, Virtualized systems, Standalone physical systems, Monitoring, Various automation, and orchestration packages.

• The senior storage administrator is expected to be responsive to direct assignments, monitoring alerts, automated tickets, and escalations.
• Providing oversight of the global Storage footprint, and forecasts based on usage and trending
• Participating in strategic projects and providing Storage reports.
• Provide Level 2 and Level 3 expertise for break/fix issues.
• Ensuring accurate and non-impactful changes are implemented in the production environment by working with technical services Storage resources.

What It Takes:

• Candidate must have successfully completed a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or other relevant technology field.
• Candidate must have at least 5+ years of experience within medium to large enterprise (global scale)
• Strong storage experience with Dell EMC’s PowerMax, VMAX, ISILON, VNX, Symmetrix and Celerra platforms, NetApp Ontap, Hitachi (HDS), Cisco SAN Switches.
• Experience on SRDF/DR, SnapMirror, SyncIQ replication technologies.
• Storage management tools (ECC, SE, ESRS, SMC/SPA, OCUM, OCI).
• Cisco MDS or Brocade SAN switch installation, configuration, and administration.
• General networking knowledge as relates to the OSI model, SNMP, Syslog, IP segmentation, VLAN designations, NTP, bandwidth throughput and saturation.
• Knowledge of VMware & vSphere Administration and scripting.
• Understanding of system administration, trouble-shooting and performance tuning of RedHat Enterprise Linux, Solaris and Windows servers
• Candidate should be familiar with ITIL methodology, change management. Ability to work independently, think and act responsibly and display good work ethics.
• Assets include GCP/AWS/Azure infrastructure experience and scripting with Python, Powershell
• Willing to work for on-call 24x7 support, at least one week in a month.

At OpenText we understand and value diversity in our employees and are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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