– Storage Administrator

Location: New Delhi / Noida / Vaishali

Experience: 4–10 Years

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Storage Administrator to design, implement, administer, and support enterprise storage infrastructure across on-premises and hybrid environments. The ideal candidate should possess strong expertise in Hitachi and Dell EMC Block/File Storage, storage migration, backup and recovery, replication technologies, performance optimization, and capacity planning.

The candidate will work closely with infrastructure teams, architects, project managers, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and highly available storage solutions.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, implement, administer, and support enterprise storage solutions.
- Manage and maintain Hitachi and Dell EMC storage environments.
- Perform storage provisioning, allocation, capacity planning, and performance optimization.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve storage-related incidents and service requests.
- Implement and manage storage replication, backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions.
- Execute storage migration activities in heterogeneous storage environments with minimal downtime.
- Ensure data integrity, availability, security, and compliance with organizational and regulatory standards.
- Configure and manage SAN, NAS, DAS, and Object Storage environments.
- Manage storage protocols including Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NFS, and SMB/CIFS.
- Collaborate with application, server, virtualization, cloud, and database teams for infrastructure integration.




- Perform root cause analysis and recommend long-term solutions to recurring issues.
- Develop and maintain storage architecture, SOPs, operational documentation, and technical runbooks.
- Participate in technical discussions, solution reviews, and architecture decisions.
- Implement storage monitoring and management tools for proactive infrastructure management.
- Ensure high availability, scalability, and resiliency of storage systems.
- Support audit, security, governance, and compliance requirements.
- Contribute to automation initiatives for storage administration and migration activities.

Mandatory Skills

- Hands-on experience with Hitachi and Dell EMC Block/File Storage platforms.
- Strong understanding of SAN, NAS, DAS, and Object Storage technologies.
- Experience with storage provisioning, replication, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery.
- Knowledge of storage protocols including:
- Fibre Channel (FC)
- iSCSI
- NFS
- SMB/CIFS
- Experience in storage performance tuning and optimization.
- Expertise in storage monitoring and management tools.
- Experience in storage data migration across heterogeneous environments.
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
- Knowledge of storage security, governance,



and compliance standards.
- Experience in storage capacity planning and forecasting.

Preferred Skills

- Experience in enterprise storage architecture design and implementation.
- Knowledge of software-defined storage and hardware-defined storage solutions.
- Exposure to cloud-based storage technologies and hybrid environments.
- Experience working with SOA and Microservices-based architectures.
- Understanding of data integration and ETL processes.
- Familiarity with automation and scripting (PowerShell, Shell, Python, etc.).
- Knowledge of virtualization platforms such as VMware and Hyper-V.
- Experience with backup solutions and enterprise data protection tools.

Certifications (Good to Have)

- Dell EMC Storage Certifications
- Hitachi Vantara Storage Certifications
- Storage Architecture / Storage Administration Certifications
- VMware Certifications
- Cloud Storage Certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Desired Competencies

Technical Competencies

- Enterprise Storage Administration
- Storage Migration & Consolidation
- Capacity Planning
- Performance Optimization
- Backup & Recovery
- Disaster Recovery
- Replication Technologies
- Storage Security & Compliance
- Infrastructure Documentation

Behavioral Competencies

- Solid problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
- Ability to work independently and within cross-functional teams.
- Strong documentation and reporting skills.
- Customer-focused and result-oriented approach.

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