Brocade SAN Migration Consultant

Overview

Brocade SAN Migration Consultant - Candidate Technical Requirements

The Brocade SAN Migration Consultant provides subject-matter expertise in fibre channel networking concepts and technologies specific to implementing and migrating to a Brocade SAN environment. This individual will work remote and onsite with the Customer’s technical staff, along with Brocade Sales and Support teams to recommend, validate and deploy new features and platforms in the Brocade SAN while leveraging their expertise to maintain an environment that is stable and follows all Brocade best practice recommendations.

The engineer also contributes to strategic guidance, implementation of best practices, and customer knowledge transfer.

• Partner effectively with Brocade Sales and Pre-Sales teams to drive the professional services elements of customer solutions.
• Identify pre-requisites for successful delivery and assist with technical project planning.
• Efficient delivery of consulting services specific to the items specified as objectives within a Statement of Work (SOW).
• Creation of project documentation and perform Transfer of Information (TOI) with customers.
• Perform Subject Matter Expert duties related to projects and products related to the Brocade Software Networking portfolio.
• Close liaison with Product Management and Sales teams.
• Provide regular status reporting on projects and/or residencies.
• Develop professional and technical skills in support of business initiatives.
• Provide pre-sales technical support of developing business initiatives.
• Pursue technical training paths and industry certifications in order to enhance delivery capabilities and resource marketability.
• Plan, design, build, run, and optimize Brocade product environments.
• Analyze and resolve complex SAN and network-related issues.
• Act as the primary technical resource remote and onsite, supporting both proactive and reactive needs related to engagements.
• Provide guidelines, implementation standards, and best practices to the customer.
• Develop customer-specific documentation for configuration, deployment, and support.
• Serve as a key contact for the customer’s technical team and leadership.
• Deliver knowledge transfer sessions on Brocade products to customer staff.

The ideal candidate will have experience in the following areas:

• Switch and director implementation and configuration with specific experience on Brocade Gen 5, Gen6 and Gen 7 products (e.g., X7, X6, DCX 8510, G720, G630, G620, 7840, SX).
• Planning and executing a SAN migration in an enterprise SAN, including migration from legacy Brocade or Cisco fabrics to current generation Brocade fabrics.
• Assisting the customer in reviewing their environment to ensure end-to-end multipathing is in place and functioning.
• Assisting the customer in identifying EOL/EOS devices and firmware and developing a strategy to move to a supported configuration with minimal disruption.
• Analysis of zone set configuration in a legacy Cisco MDS or Brocade SAN.
• Zoneset conversion from legacy Cisco MDS to Brocade zoning.
• Conversion of legacy domain/port zoning to PWWN zoning.
• SAN Migrations involving consolidation of multiple SAN islands.
• Configuring features such as extended fabric, virtual fabrics and integrated routing.
• Implementation and customization of monitoring features in Brocade SAN products, including Fabric Vision, MAPs, syslog, and SNMP.
• Implementation of Brocade SAN management tools, including BNA and SANnav.
• Implementation of Brocade SAN extension products in an open systems (non-FICON) SAN.
• Creating documentation such as SAN migration plans, port-to-port cable move documents, "as-built" device configuration documentation, project status reports and project summary reports.

Monday through Friday, occasional weekend or overnight hours as required.
Travel for multiple days and including weekends as required

Education

• BS or MS, four year degree required. Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering preferred.

Experience

• 3 - 5 years of experience in a senior client-facing role at a technology company.
• Proven hands-on experience with Brocade SAN…