Storage Engineer (SAN) – Level III
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Job Summary
Overview
TekWissen Group is a workforce management provider throughout India and many other countries in the world. The below client is a global IT solutions and services provider for enterprise and midmarket clients offering services such as cloud cybersecurity application modernization and unified communications.
Job Title: Storage Engineer (SAN) Level III
Location: Chennai
Job Type: Full time
Job Type: Full time
Work Type: Hybrid
Shift Timings: Rotational Shift-24*7
Job Description:
- We are seeking a highly experienced Storage Engineer (SAN) Level 3 with strong expertise in enterprise storage arrays SAN fabric operations cloud storage platforms (AWS & Azure) and Level 2 proficiency in Commvault Data Protection.
- The role involves supporting large-scale hybrid storage environments ensuring performance data protection and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities:
Storage Management (On-Prem)
- Lead administration of multi-vendor enterprise storage:
- Hitachi VSP/HCP
- NetApp
- HPE Nimble/Primera/3PAR/MSA
- Dell EMC
- Synology NAS
- LUN provisioning RAID/pool configuration replication snapshots and performance tuning.
- Perform storage migrations lifecycle upgrades and expansion planning.
Cloud Storage Administration (AWS & Azure)
AWS Cloud Storage Skills
- Manage and optimize AWS storage services:
- EBS: Volume creation performance tuning (GP3/IO2) snapshots encryption
- S3: Bucket management lifecycle rules replication versioning
- EFS: Performance modes throughput mounting and integration
- FSx (Windows ONTAP): Backup snapshots performance troubleshooting
- Monitor cost utilization and performance of AWS storage resources.
- Support hybrid storage integration with on-prem SAN and backup infrastructure.
Azure Cloud Storage Skills
- Administer Azure storage resources such as:
- Azure Storage Accounts: Blobs Files Queues Tables
- Azure Files: SMB/NFS shares snapshots backup policies
- Azure Managed Disks: Performance tuning snapshots encryption
- Azure NetApp Files (ANF): Volumes pools snapshots replication
- Configure shared storage for Azure VMs and AKS workloads.
- Manage cloud storage security (RBAC keys private endpoints).
- Support storage monitoring and optimization through Azure Monitor.
SAN Fabric Administration
- Manage and troubleshoot Brocade & Cisco MDS SAN fabrics.
- Responsibilities include zoning VSAN configuration ISL setup RSCN troubleshooting and performance diagnostics.
- Lead resolution of complex fabric-level incidents and outages.
- Data Protection (Commvault) Level 2
- Administer and maintain Commvault CommCell (CommServe MAs DDB Libraries).
- Manage backup schedules storage policies retention settings and job monitoring.
- Perform end-to-end restore operations (file VM database application).
- Troubleshoot MA/DDB performance agent failures connectivity issues.
- Support cloud library backups (Azure Blob AWS S3).
Required Technical Skills
On-Prem Storage (Advanced)
- Hitachi VSP/HCP
- NetApp ONTAP
- HPE Nimble Primera 3PAR MSA
- Dell EMC Synology
Cloud Storage (Intermediate Advanced)
- AWS Storage: EBS S3 EFS FSx Backup policies
- Azure Storage: ANF Managed Disks Storage Accounts Azure Files
SAN Switching (Expert Level)
- Brocade SAN
- Cisco MDS (NX-OS)
- ISLs Zoning Fabric merges FC protocols
Data Protection (Commvault Level 2)
- Backup and restore administration
- Policy and SLA management
- Troubleshooting Media Agent DDB cloud libraries
- Application-aware backups
Soft Skills
- Strong analytical ability and end-to-end troubleshooting capability.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Leadership during severity incidents.
- Capable of guiding L1/L2 teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Certifications: Hitachi NetApp Brocade Cisco AWS Azure
- Commvault Certified Professional (CCP)
- ITIL Foundation
- Scripting knowledge (PowerShell/Python/CLI)
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
Key Skills
- Data Center Experience
- Disaster Recovery
- VMware
- Computer Networking
- NFS
- Solaris
- Windows
- Virtualization
- Linux
- SAN
- Operating Systems
- Troubleshooting
