WMATA Ent Backups Sr Solutions Engr – 736015
Hyattsville, MD Washington, DC Alexandria, VA
12 months contract
Onsite position
Analyzes user requirements, technical specifications, and existing technical architecture designs to develop and oversee implementation of architecture for Infrastructures.
The contractor is currently working as part of Enterprise Backup Team in supporting and enhancing WMATA wide enterprise backup solutions. (IBM Spectrum Protect and Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance and VEEAM (future))
Backup Systems holds WMATA critical application backup data for Fare Collection, Maximo, Documentum, Cognos, Smart trip, OHAW, DFS Shares, People Soft, SOA, Hyperion, BUS, Cleaver CAD, TRES, TGVetc.
Responsibilities

• Enterprise Backup Application (IBM Spectrum Protect) server enhancements and upgrades.
• Quarterly ISP client upgrades (as and when the patches are released by vendor) to meet the compliance requirements for patching.
• Enterprise Backup Data migration from legacy TSM to ISP servers.
• Quarterly AIX upgrades on ISP/TSM Servers.
• Decommission legacy TSM servers.
• Configure Quantum Scalar i6000 for new ISP Servers.
• Decommission and destroy legacy LTO8 tapes.
• Periodic Dell Unity storage systems firmware upgrades.
• Design and implement airgap solution for enterprise backup data for cyber protection asper requirements from DMCS.
• Automate IBM Spectrum Protect Client upgrades using Ansible.
• Analyze and test cloud storage integration with IBM Spectrum Protect.
• Migrating Oracle RMAN backup configuration from ZDLRA to IBM Spectrum Protect.
• Disaster Recovery test of IBM Spectrum Protect Application.
• Enhance VEEAM backup solutions.
• Design backup solution for Power Flex systems.
• Design disaster recovery solution for Power Flex system using backups.
• Support Oracle RMAN backups in Azure Cloud workload.
• Implement ISP operation center.

Contractor also involved in below Day to Day activities as part of the responsibility.

• Supporting all WMATA Existing/New projects (e.g., Next Fare, Faregate, Hyperion) which needs backup resources and service.
• Analyze ISP performance and design appropriate solutions to meet client needs and monitoring of scheduled backups to ensure success or take remedial action for failures.
• Perform daily monitoring, maintenance, and troubleshooting of backup jobs on various applications and platforms.
• Provide ISP supports to database administrators, application analysts, and other system administrators.
• Provide backup system data statistics to management.
• Perform periodic restores as requested by end users and other team members.
• Installation and maintenance of IBM LPAR configuration software
• Tuning ISP applications, tape libraries and host Operating Systems
• Troubleshoot ISP application issues as well as issues with backups and/or restores.
• Support Unix team for AIX OS enhancements and upgrades.
• Support UNIX team for RHEL OS enhancements and upgrades.
• Manage Dell Unity Storage Systems
• Manage and Administer Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance (ZDLRA)
• Quarterly Patch Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance (ZDLRA)
• Annual PCI, Financial audit compliance for Enterprise Backups
• Monitor and report IBM Spectrum Protect Licenses.

Required Skills

• 5 years of experience with Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance (ZDLRA)
• 5 years of experience with Installation and maintenance of IBM LPAR configuration software
• 5 years of experience with AIX OS enhancements and upgrades
• 5 years of experience with RHEL OS enhancements and upgrades
• 5 years of experience with Dell Unity Storage Systems
• 5 years of experience managing IBM Spectrum Protect Licenses

RegardsCSZNet Inc