Storage Administrator

• Storage and Backup (traditional and cloud) administration and engineering in a large 24x7 storage and backup environment operating within the realms of ITIL processes
  
• Development of documentation and procedures
  
• Software development tasks using Python, Flask, Git, Ansible, etc.
  
• Closely communicate with both IT and business partners to design and implement solutions supporting business needs
  
• Diagnose and troubleshoot complex technical environments on distributed applications and infrastructure
  
• Contribute to market-watch initiatives and recommend solutions to improve the environment
  
• Ensure procedures are followed and mechanisms are in place to ensure compliance to technical designs, best practices, and are well supported
  
• Serve as a subject matter expert and escalation point
  

Excellent technical skills on the following technologies:

• Block storage                                                               3+ years
  
  • e.g. VMAX, VNX, Brocade, Pure
    
• Backups                                                                        3+ years
  
  • e.g. NetBackup, DataDomain, Veeam
    
• NAS (Netapp)                                                               3+ years
  
• Object storage (S3, CEPH)                                        1+ years
  
• Dev (Python/Git)                                                          1+ years
  

Proficient in:

• Server OSs (Linux, Windows)
  
• Configuration management (Ansible, Salt)
  
• Cloud technology
  

Desired / Plus:

• Openstack experience
  
• API development experience
  
• CI/CD
  

Competencies:

• Client focused, must have a strong customer service mentality and ability to work with developers, users, and other staff
  
• Able to work in a team environment while interacting across different group to accomplish projects
  
• Hands-on design and implementation experience
  
• Strong focus on automation and orchestration
  
• Be available for weeknight and weekend on-call support
  
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and oral
  

Experience Needed:

• Exposure to large production environment storage and backup administration and engineering
  
• Experience on call
  
• Exposure to ITIL/change management environment
  
• Exposure to DR simulations
  

Languages: French required