Storage Admin

Sydata Consulting, Inc. consistently delivers Applications services, Infrastructure services, and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services globally through a combination of technology knowhow, domain and process expertise.

Sydata Consulting, Inc. supports global companies around the world in the improvement of their business processes. Our unique strength lies in our ability to provide integrated solutions involving Applications, Business Process Outsourcing, and Infrastructure services capabilities. The convergence of technologies such as web services, workflow software and business performance monitoring along with business intelligence and customer focus drive all our services delivery offerings.

Sydata Consulting, Inc. is on developing flexible platforms that allow our clients to rapidly implement business processes with minimal capital outlays.

Role:
Storage Admin

Location:

Houston, TX 77073

Duration: 24 months

• 8-10 Yrs of experience as Storage Administrator
• Certifications or specialized skills/training in one of the storage technology (Dell/EMC, Net App).
• Excellent interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with cross‑functional teams, including staff at all levels of the organization including both technical and non‑technical personnel.
• Experience in troubleshooting complex computing platforms, storage systems including SAN and NAS arrays, and/or innovative technologies involving virtualization, and high availability.
• Strong commitment to customer service
• Strong expertise in NAS and SAN based storage systems.
• Strong experience with Cisco, Brocade SAN multilayer director class switches.
• Experience with installation, problem detection, resolution and maintenance on the following hardware:
  Dell Servers, Cisco UCS Servers
  • Hands‑on experience with Cisco's Unified Computing Systems, B/C Series
  • UCS Central
  • Fabric Interconnects
  • UCS Operational Validation & Troubleshooting
  • Capacity management and system tuning

• Responsible for daily administration & troubleshooting of heterogeneous SAN/NAS environment Dell/EMC, Net App Storage Arrays including VNX, Isilon, and Net App FAS (Cluster/7
  
  Mode), which hosts storage for Hypervisors, Linux and Windows based hosts.
• Ability to create SMB shares and NFS Exports on EMC Isilon & Net App filer. In addition, troubleshoot Filer Performance Issues.
• Provision storage/aggregate, Volume/LUN as provided in the service request.
• Configure & troubleshoot the SAN-bootable LUN corresponding to VMware ESXi & Hyper-V hosts.
• Troubleshooting and debugging of the storage environment with respect to DC IT infrastructure and compute platform.
• Provide health and performance report and take appropriate actions based on trends in data.
• Responsible for storage zoning, configuration and management of Brocade & Cisco SAN switches.
• Perform storage capacity analysis and planning.
• Identify, monitor, build and utilization report on the storage infrastructure using Storage Management Tools.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.