System Administrator II - Storage

Company

Cox Communications, Inc.

Information Technology

Systems Administrator II

Individual ContributorHybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

Yes, 25% of the time

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $79,400.00 - $119,000.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

The Storage Administrator II is responsible for all aspects of storage operations, including systems analysis and maintenance, security, support, capacity planning, and systems configuration.  The Storage Administrator II is expected to execute tasks based on guidance that adheres to established Standard Operating Procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain Enterprise Storage Services

• Manage multiple storage Block, File and Object Storage Services infrastructure elements

• Manage multiple storage Data Protection Services infrastructure elements

• Manage multiple storage Connectivity Services infrastructure elements

• Maintain allocation and capacity reporting information

• Create trouble tickets, change management and work packages using Remedy, ServiceNow and JIRA

• Conduct large scale data migrations / platform migrations

• Perform code upgrades, patches and fixes as required

• Utilize and react to alerts and issues as identified by the Storage Systems monitoring infrastructure

• Will be required to work normal daytime working hours as well as periodic after-hours work and on-call duties

• Maintain production storage and data protection environments to ensure integrity, performance, accessibility, and recoverability of data

• Troubleshoot and tune for system and performance problems; identify and resolve information flow, content issues, and assist with transformation of business requirements into technical requirements

• Work independently with minimal supervision.  Candidate should also be able to work well with others in a team environment

• Have excellent written and verbal skills and the ability to communicate with users of other Enterprise Storage Services (ESS) team members, customers and management

• Support enterprise data protection and disaster recovery testing and procedures

• Perform problem determination (root cause analysis), and document the source of problems and their resolution

• Assist staff members in trouble resolution pertinent to the storage infrastructure

Requirements

Minimum

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 2 years’ experience in IT Hands-On Enterprise Storage. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master’s degree and up to 2 years’ experience; or 6 years’ experience in a related field

• Experience with Dell Storage and Data Protection

• Experience with Pure Storage

• Experience with Cisco MDS

Preferred

• Experience working in a large 24/7 storage environment preferred

• Experience with and good understanding of the following protocols: NFS, CIFS, Fiber Channel, iSCSI

• Automation/scripting experience (i.e. Ansible, Python, Bash)

• Windows, Linux and Unix system administration experience preferred

• Experience supporting large enterprise media and/or telecommunications environments preferred

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.Cox Communications is all about creating moments of real human connection; and for employees, that’s true both in the workplace and in the problems we solve for customers. From building advertising solutions to unleashing IoT technologies to creating an exceptional experience for customers in our retail locations and online, we’re creating a world that is smarter and more connected. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.

Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.

 

Salary : $79,400 - $119,000