Senior Storage Administrator

• Manage daily operations of SAN, NAS, and cloud-based storage platforms
• Provision storage, manage access, perform zoning/masking, tune performance, and execute lifecycle tasks
• Maintain configuration standards, runbooks, procedures, asset inventories, mappings, and utilization records
• Perform system health checks and validate firmware and code levels
• Monitor storage health and performance and serve as the primary escalation point for complex incidents
• Lead root cause investigations and implement corrective and preventive actions
• Participate in disaster recovery testing, failover exercises, and backup validation
• Execute and improve snapshots, replication, and backup/restore operations aligned with RPO/RTO requirements
• Apply and monitor storage security controls, encryption policies, key management practices, and audit logs
• Support application, research computing, virtualization, and database teams
• Develop and maintain operational documentation, SOPs, and knowledge articles
• Mentor junior staff and contribute operational insights to planning and change discussions
• Track capacity, performance trends, utilization, availability, and compliance
• Generate operational reports and coordinate vendor support cases, RMA processes, and firmware guidance
• Participate in hardware migrations and decommissioning
• Perform rotating after-hours on-call duties
• Report administratively and functionally to the Director of Open Systems and Storage

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience is necessary
• 5–7 years of relevant, progressive experience is necessary
• Advanced SAN administration experience, including zoning and fabric management
• NAS administration experience, including CIFS/SMB, NFS, and Active Directory permissions
• Advanced knowledge of backup and recovery operations, including on-premises and cloud-based solutions
• Strong communication and documentation skills
• Effective multitasking and incident response skills
• Demonstrated commitment to VUIT’s Guiding Principles
• Cisco SAN experience preferred
• Experience with DELL/EMC, Pure, and IBM storage strongly preferred
• Linux administration experience and familiarity with Nagios, SCOM, and Ansible strongly preferred

Demonstrates advanced expertise in SAN and NAS administration, including zoning, fabric management, and backup/recovery operations. Proficient in managing cloud-based storage solutions, monitoring performance, and implementing security controls while mentoring junior staff and contributing to operational planning.

• Advanced SAN Administration
• NAS Administration
• Backup And Recovery Operations
• Linux Administration
• Strong Communication Skills

• Zoning
• Fabric Management
• CIFS/SMB
• NFS
• Active Directory Permissions
• Snapshots
• Replication
• Backup/Restore Operations
• Performance Tuning
• Disaster Recovery Testing

• Effective Multitasking
• Incident Response Skills

• Cloud-Based Storage
• Storage Security Controls
• Firmware Validation
• Operational Documentation
• Capacity Tracking

• Cisco SAN
• DELL/EMC Storage
• Pure Storage
• IBM Storage
• Nagios
• SCOM
• Ansible