Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Senior Storage Engineer / Storage SME responsible for the administration, engineering, monitoring, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and lifecycle management of enterprise storage infrastructure.

The candidate should have strong hands-on experience with NetApp, HPE Alletra, HSX Storage, Dell EMC Data Domain, and AWS FSx, along with valuable knowledge of SAN/NAS technologies, storage replication, backup, disaster recovery, and cloud storage.

Key Responsibilities

- Administer and support enterprise storage platforms including:
- NetApp ONTAP
- HPE Alletra
- HSX Storage
- Dell EMC Data Domain
- AWS FSx / FSx for NetApp ONTAP
- Perform storage provisioning, volume/LUN creation, host mapping, capacity management, and storage expansion.
- Manage NAS and SAN environments using NFS, SMB/CIFS, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel.
- Configure and manage NetApp:
- SVMs
- Aggregates/storage pools
- Volumes and LUNs
- Snapshots
- SnapMirror
- FlexVol/FlexClone
- Replication and DR
- Manage HPE Alletra storage including volumes, hosts, protection policies, snapshots, replication, and performance monitoring.
- Administer Dell EMC Data Domain for backup storage, deduplication, replication, capacity management, and troubleshooting.
- Manage AWS FSx, particularly FSx for NetApp ONTAP, including SVMs, volumes, NFS/SMB shares, snapshots, replication, and performance/capacity management. AAWS Documentation
- Support hybrid connectivity and data movement between on-premises storage and AWS.
- Perform storage migrations, technology refreshes, firmware upgrades, and controller/storage expansions.
- Monitor storage capacity, latency, IOPS, throughput, utilization, and overall system health.
- Troubleshoot storage performance, connectivity, multipathing, replication, and availability issues.




- Participate in L2/L3 incident, problem, and change management.
- Develop and maintain storage backup, retention, high-availability, and disaster-recovery solutions.
- Perform DR testing and validate replication/recovery procedures.
- Coordinate with vendors such as NetApp, HPE, Dell EMC, and AWS for critical incidents and escalations.
- Create operational documentation, architecture diagrams, SOPs, and troubleshooting procedures.
- Automate routine storage administration using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or storage CLI/API where applicable.
- Work closely with server, Linux/Windows, VMware, database, network, backup, security, and cloud teams.

Required Technical Skills

NetApp

- ONTAP / Clustered Data ONTAP
- FAS/AFF
- SVM, LIF, aggregate, volume and LUN management
- NFS, SMB/CIFS, iSCSI, FC
- Snapshot, SnapMirror, SnapVault
- FlexVol, FlexClone
- Performance and capacity management

HPE Alletra

- Alletra administration
- Volume and host management
- Snapshots and replication
- Performance monitoring
- SAN/NAS concepts
- DR and high availability

HSX Storage

- Storage provisioning and administration
- Capacity and performance monitoring
- SAN/NAS troubleshooting
- Replication and data protection
- Storage lifecycle management

Dell EMC Data Domain

- Data Domain administration
- Deduplication
- Replication
- Backup integration
- Capacity monitoring
- Data Domain troubleshooting and performance management

AWS FSx

- Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
- SVM and volume management
- NFS/SMB
- Snapshots and replication
- AWS networking fundamentals
- Data migration using AWS DataSync
- AWS Backup / S3 integration where applicable

AWS DataSync can transfer data to and from FSx for ONTAP using NFS or SMB, making DataSync knowledge particularly useful for hybrid-storage and migration responsibilities.

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