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Description
Our client is seeking an Infrastructure Specialist for their team in downtown NYC. Individual will be multi-disciplined and have hands-on technical expertise in managing, maintaining, installing and configuring SAN storage infrastructure (HP), Microsoft Windows servers and Virtualization.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the development of long-term vision, strategy, and roadmaps for storage (SAN) platform, dependent servers (physical/virtual) and databases across the organization in conjunction with company objectives
- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft-driven server technologies Windows 2008/12/16 and Active Directory
- Design, manage, maintain, install, configure and operate the Virtualization (VMware) environment across multiple sites including the datacenter
- Manage storage backups, data replication and snapshots in a multiprotocol environment
- Design redundant systems and policies for disaster recovery and archiving to ensure effective protection and integrity of storage appliances and stored data assets
- Perform capacity planning analysis and other needs assessments to inform storage architecture strategy
- Establish strategies for storage consolidation, centralization, and optimization to reduce downtime and costs while improving security and storage performance/availability
- Research, recommend and implement additional systems to improve performance and stability
- Maintain current knowledge of storage-related trends, and issues, including current and emerging technologies and best practices. Develop strategies and policies to ensure best-practice based regulatory compliance and reduce the enterprise’s legal exposure
- Respond as the Storage SME escalation point for Support Desk personnel
- Adhere to ITIL service management principles as well as corporate policies
- Serve part as part an on-call rotation
Requirements:
Must have
- 7+ year’s technical experience supporting large infrastructures
- Demonstrated ability to manage projects from inception to completion
- High proficiency with SAN technology, such as HPE 3PAR
- High proficiency with virtualization technologies (VMware)
- High proficiency Windows Server 2008/12/16 and Active Directory
- Demonstrated ability to architect, manage and secure high capacity network storage
- Knowledge of applicable data retention practices and best practices
- A demonstrated ability to establish, follow and document technology builds, best practices and standards
- Strong written, verbal communication and presentation capabilities
- Flexibility to travel with short notice
- Flexibility to work extended hours, nights, weekends and participate in a rotating on-call schedule
A Plus
- ITIL Certified
- MCITP (Microsoft Certified IT Professional - Enterprise Administrator on Windows Server)
- VCP (VMware Certified Professional)