Storage Administrator

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Position Summary:

As part of the IT Infrastructure team, the Storage Administrator plays a key role in solution design, implementation and administration of all storage platforms across the enterprise including SAN/NAS on-premises arrays, backup/recovery, cloud storage and disaster recovery. This role will help optimize our company storage platforms for performance, archival/retrieval and disaster recovery readiness.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Monitoring storage utilization, optimizing volume performance and general daily administration of all storage platforms
• Solution and implement storage and backup monitoring and alerting platforms for historical reporting and real-time alerting
• Design, implement and maintain data protection strategies for all data types across the organization
• Administration of all data snapshots and backups, ensuring all data types are properly protected and fall under appropriate policies
• Handle data recovery requests in a timely manner and perform routine recovery test of various backup types
• Manage data tiering and archiving lifecycle for all data across the enterprise
• Perform standard lifecycle updates on storage and backup hardware, firmware and associated platform software
• Configure and administer storage management services for storage reporting, analysis, archival, ransomware prevention, replication and failover recovery
• Collaborate with storage vendors on enhancements, maintenance renewal, system updates and routine maintenance
• Play a key role in disaster recovery planning, implementation and ongoing administration, utilizing the latest recovery strategies and technologies
• Research and test cloud storage strategies for reducing costs and automating data archival and retrieval for various applications and use cases
• Ensure all data storage and backup/recovery architectures are designed, configured and administered with best-practices in information security methodologies
• Roadmap planning for all storage and backup platforms by evaluating new technologies and solutions that would benefit Imagine
• Participate in weekly change management meetings, ensuring changes are properly documented and peer reviewed
• Work with network team on configuration and management of storage switches and network configuration and monitoring
• Plan and perform system upgrades for after business hours
• Script and automate routines for data workflow for various environments
• Provide mentoring on cloud technologies and adoption to others in IT
• Work with IT security staff to manage security related products and remediate vulnerabilities to meet corporate security policy
• Develop and maintain systems configuration documentation and standard operating procedures
• Automate routine and repetitive tasks to reduce manual configuration
• Interact with business teams to plan and implement new storage solutions and optimization strategies
• Work independently, as well as a member of a team. Collaborate with others in Infrastructure, EUC, Information Security, Development and Help Desk teams.
• Participate in on-call rotation for after-hours support
• Other duties as assigned

Mandatory Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree of Computer Science, IT, or similar field, or equivalent work experience
• 4 years of experience in storage and backup/recovery administration
• 2 years of experience with cloud-based storage platforms and administration
• Expertise with scripting for automation of manual tasks and configuration management
• Comfortable remaining composed and calm under stressful conditions
• Demonstrated ability to balance IT concerns and business needs while at the same time being a strong advocate for IT best practices

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7 years of experience in storage and backup/recovery administration
• NetApp storage technologies and associated management tools
• Dell PowerScale / Isilon storage technologies and associated management tools
• Commvault and/or other enterprise-class backup/recovery platform administration
• Large-scale clustered virtualization technologies (ex. VMware, Hyper V, Nutanix)
• Azure or other cloud-based storage technologies
• Windows and Linux administration skills
• Systems monitoring configuration experience

Knowledge and Skills:

• Good communications skills and the ability to collaborate and instructs others on platform and process usage
• Composed and calm under stressful conditions
• Demonstrated ability and desire to independently stay current with the constantly evolving technologies
• High attention to detail 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills 
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively

Physical Requirements:

• Occasional walking
• Manual dexterity for repetitive work
• Frequent Sitting for prolonged periods of time
• Travel: Limited, less than 5%
• Chemicals: N/A
• Ability to lift, push and pull: N/A

The national pay range for this role is $90,000 - $120,000 per year. The pay range may be slightly lower or higher based on the geographic location. The actual pay offered may vary based upon, but not limited to education, skills, experience, proficiency, performance, shift, and location. In addition to base salary, depending on the role, the total compensation package may also include participation in a bonus, commission, or incentive program. Imagine offers benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, disability insurance, 401(k) with match, life insurance and other voluntary supplemental insurance coverages, plus tuition assistance, caregiver leave, adoption assistance, and employer/partner discounts. 

Imagine is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Diversity and Inclusion are not just a checked box, it is a critical part of our commitment to deliver innovative solutions to our clients and provide a great place to work for our entire Imagine family. We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications listed above, we encourage you to apply.

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Salary : $90,000 - $120,000