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Our client is a technology solutions provider and as part of their growth in the region, we are recruiting an experienced storage network engineer.

The role will provide on-premises and cloud support for IBM, DELL, Brocade or QNAP storage management technology.

Role Summary

• Troubleshoot and manage component failures, hardware and software issues, and performance issues across IBM, Dell and NetApp storage and Cisco MDS SAN switches.

• Manage code upgrades and lead server and storage management and zoning on IBM, DELL, Brocade and MDS SAN switches.

• Install, configure and troubleshoot storage, subsystems, backup, and DR solutions.

• Proactively maintain storage systems for optimal performance, ensuring scalability, security and stability.

• Optimize storage features \xe2\x80\x93 FST Cache, auto-tiering, snapshot replication, transactional replication, peer-to-peer replication and merge replication.

• Storage data backup and restoration, including disaster recovery plans and tests.

• Manage IBM all-flash storage including storage provisioning, replication, copy data management and monitoring/alerting.

• Automate storage provisioning and SAN zoning

• Measure and track compute/storage capacity, performance, and HA metrics across all storage and SAN platforms.

• Configure and perform upgrades for Cisco DCNM for Cisco MDS SAN switch monitoring and alerting.

• NetApp NAS storage - storage provisioning, replication, monitoring.

Mandatory Skills & Experience

• 4+ years\xe2\x80\x99 experience as a IBM, DELL or Brocade storage administrator with excellent troubleshooting and documentation skills.

• Experience in server and storage performance analysis and tuning of storage subsystems; IBM all-flash storage management; cloud native storage.

• SAN Switch management - DELL and Cisco.

• Unix, Linux and Windows administration knowledge.

• DR solutions - VMware SRM and Veeam.

• Cisco MDS SAN switch management, including fabric ISL interconnects and SAN zoning.

• Configure Microsoft Client links for NAS paths.

• LINUX operating systems, storage environments, file systems, and network protocols.

• Knowledge of networking principles including routing, subnets, TCP, IP, VLANs, and UDP.

• Knowledge on Data Backup & Restoration to and from AWS cloud using services like AWS Storage Gateway, Amazon S3 & Glacier.

Education

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in Computer Science or Information Technology

Candidate Profile

• Currently living in the United Arab Emirates \xe2\x80\x93 must be able to live and work in Dubai.

• Fluent in English.

• Excellent interpersonal, presentation and communication skills.

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