System Engineer (Storage & Virtualization) at MainOne

Responsibilities

• Responsible for design, installation, setup, and administration of current and future storage systems in a 24x7x365 environment  
• Work with team members including infrastructure engineers, data base administrators, software development engineers and business liaisons to obtain data and storage requirements and deliver solutions  
• Responsible for tape backup / archive storage configuration and maintenance in a SAN environment.  
• Capacity planning and implementation of SAN infrastructure  
• Performance monitoring, troubleshooting proactive support analysis  
• Manage and support Tape Library system in a SAN environment  
• Support VMware infrastructure.
• Use and support of data enterprise backup systems.
• Work with infrastructure owners to test and verify data archives.
• Schedule backup jobs based on documented procedures and schedules.  
• Develop refine backup procedures and policy.  
• Day-to-day proactive monitoring, including monitoring error logs, database and log space, user activity, and resource utilization.
• Creating scripts to automate database maintenance procedures and generate system reports.  
• Create scripts to automate system administration duties.
• Creating and implementing best practices guidelines and policies.
• Capacity planning of MainOne’s Server, Storage and Backup Servers.  
• Schedule backup jobs based on documented procedures and schedules.  
• Develop refine backup procedures and policy.

Qualifications 

• Minimum BSc. Degree in Computer Science or in a related discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in Storage and Backup Solutions
• Certifications in VMware, EMC and other Virtualization/Storage/Back up Technology Required
• Certification in MS SQL desired

Competencies:     

• Process driven, with strong analytical and planning skills.
• Technical & Professional proficiency.
• Strong coaching and team leadership skills.
• Very good problem solving skills.
• Excellent customer service orientation.
• Vendor relationship and negotiating skills.
• Business communication and project management skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with relevant areas of the business.
• Knowledge of and experience with: Information systems, Unix/Linux, Windows AD, ERPs, LANS/WANS; Windows Server Environment, Microsoft SQL Server; Microsoft Exchange; Oracle; software development languages; backup systems.