Senior Server and Storage Specialist

Johannesburg - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 7 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Looking for a change Our clients in the banking space are on the hunt for a Senior Server and Storage specialist based in the Sandton area! They want you to be the custodian of technical thought leadership within Group Technology (GT) environment by providing expertise guidance and advice that relates to the integration of solutions across multiple technologies and the supporting-processes such that GT is able to deliver sustainable and quality solutions in alignment to the overall strategy of the Bank whilst growing the technical expertise within the organization.

Responsibilities

Storage Engineering & Architecture
Design and implement enterprise storage solutions (SAN NAS Object Storage HyperConverged).
Configure and optimize storage arrays (e.g. Dell PowerMax Pure Storage Hitachi NetApp).
Define storage tiering strategies aligned to performance cost and workload needs.
Develop capacity planning models and forecasting reports.
Lead storage refresh upgrades migrations and consolidation programmes.
Backup & Recovery Management
Architect backup solutions using platforms such as Commvault Veeam TSM Rubrik or Cohesity.
Develop backup policies schedules retention management and media workflows.
Implement DR solutions and test recovery capabilities for critical workloads.
Optimise backup windows deduplication compression and storage efficiencies.
Integrate backup platforms with cloud providers (Azure AWS GCP).
Archiving & Compliance
Develop enterprise archiving strategies (structured unstructured data).
Implement archiving tools such as IBM Optim Mimecast Enterprise Vault or cloudnative archives.
Ensure compliance with POPIA PFMA National Archives Act SARB SARS and internal governance.
Drive defensible retention classification policies and data lifecycle management.

Requirements

Matric and a Tertiary qualifications
UNIX Solaris and AIX Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
VMware Certified Professional Cisco Fabric Cisco Nexus Microsoft:
Microsoft Windows Servers Backup NetBackup and Commvault Hardware Dell HP
Intel Cisco UCS Sun Server Hardware EMC Dell Compellent
Hitachi VSP HUSVM HUS F5 BigIP
Brocade SAN switches Cisco MDS SAN switches

Benefits

Required Skills:

Matric and a Tertiary qualifications UNIX Solaris and AIX Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) VMware Certified Professional Cisco Fabric Cisco Nexus Microsoft: Microsoft Windows Servers Backup NetBackup and Commvault Hardware Dell HP Intel Cisco UCS Sun Server Hardware EMC Dell Compellent Hitachi VSP HUSVM HUS F5 BigIP Brocade SAN switches Cisco MDS SAN switches

Responsibilities

Storage Engineering & Architecture
Design and implement enterprise storage solutions (SAN NAS Object Storage HyperConverged).
Configure and optimize storage arrays (e.g. Dell PowerMax Pure Storage Hitachi NetApp).
Define storage tiering strategies aligned to performance cost and workload needs.
Develop capacity planning models and forecasting reports.
Lead storage refresh upgrades migrations and consolidation programmes.
Backup & Recovery Management
Architect backup solutions using platforms such as Commvault Veeam TSM Rubrik or Cohesity.
Develop backup policies schedules retention management and media workflows.
Implement DR solutions and test recovery capabilities for critical workloads.
Optimise backup windows deduplication compression and storage efficiencies.
Integrate backup platforms with cloud providers (Azure AWS GCP).
Archiving & Compliance
Develop enterprise archiving strategies (structured unstructured data).
Implement archiving tools such as IBM Optim Mimecast Enterprise Vault or cloudnative archives.
Ensure compliance with POPIA PFMA National Archives Act SARB SARS and internal governance.
Drive defensible retention classification policies and data lifecycle management.