Storage Administrator (Dell and HP) at BluDive Technologies Ltd

As Storage Administrator, you are given tasks within implementing, monitoring, and maintaining our 2 storage solutions, providing backup services for all company's applications. Storage systems used are Dell and HP.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversee storage infrastructure, including servers, storage devices, and network-attached storage (NAS) or storage area network (SAN) systems.
• Optimize storage capacity and performance by monitoring usage and planning for future storage needs.
• Implement data deduplication and compression techniques to maximize storage efficiency.
• Configure and manage systems, including filers, arrays, and clusters.
• Ensure data stored is accessible, protected, and efficiently organized.
• Configure and manage Pure Storage arrays and systems, ensuring high-performance, all-flash storage for critical workloads.
• Hands on experience in managing and configuring Brocade switches.
• Zoning and configuration of an HBA port and an iSCSI initiator is a required skillset.
• Ensure the security of stored data through encryption, access controls, and user authentication.
• Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans to minimize data loss and downtime in the event of a catastrophe.
• Conduct regular tests and drills to validate the effectiveness of disaster recovery processes.
• Leverage Cohesity's features for data mobility and disaster recovery, ensuring the organization's ability to recover from data loss or system failures.
• Continuously monitor the storage and backup systems' performance and health.
• Implement performance optimization strategies to ensure data availability and access speed.
• Configure and manage storage systems, including filers, arrays, and clusters.
• Ensure data stored on systems is accessible, protected, and efficiently organized.
• Maintain documentation related to backup and storage processes, configurations, and procedures.
• Generate reports to track backup success rates, storage usage, and other relevant metrics.
• Fine-tune storage performance by optimizing caching, tiering, and data placement.
• Troubleshoot issues related to storage, resolve technical problems, and provide support to end-users as needed.

Minimal work experience:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience providing system engineering & systems architecture support for enterprise storage systems
• Solid understanding of Data Center & Cloud platform design, implementation, and support
• In-depth Knowledge of technologies from EMC, HP and Hitachi storage systems
• Storage array, SAN network and data-center systems trouble shooting experience
• Excellent analytical ability and communications skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Experience with Cisco UCS and brocade SAN.
• Knowledge of storage disaster recovery and replication methodologies.
• Demonstrated planning, deploying competencies with data center and SAN networking elements such as Cisco MDS, at both an IP and Fibre-Channel level.
• Demonstrated planning, deploying competencies with Dell EMC Unity, VMAX3, and VNXe hybrid storage arrays, PowerStore 8000T, HP 3PAR and Hitachi VSP storage systems
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey technical information to non-technical stakeholders, facilitate discussions, and present ideas clearly and concisely.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: ₦300,000.00 - ₦700,000.00 per month

Experience:

• Cisco UCS and brocade SAN: 5 years (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Lagos: Relocate before starting work (Required)