Storage Engineer

About DMI

DMI is a leading global provider of digital services working at the intersection of public and private sectors. With broad capabilities across IT managed services, cybersecurity, cloud migration and application development, DMI provides on-site and remote support to clients within governments, healthcare, financial services, transportation, manufacturing, and other critical infrastructure sectors. DMI has grown to over 2,100+ employees globally and has been continually recognized as a Top Workplace in both regional and national categories.

About the Opportunity

DMI is looking for a Storage Engineer to support a government customer on an existing-on premises application support contract.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supporting SAN, NAS & DAS hardware and software for storage, specifically Hitachi, Cisco and Brocade fabric architectures and tiered multi-protocol storage models.
• Supporting design and documentation of backup/restore strategies via enterprise class backup solutions and automated library systems.
• Implementing and supporting SAN, DAS, and NAS Infrastructure (including installation, configuration, upgrade, patching, and maintenance & monitoring).
• Maintain contact with vendors for hardware and software installation and troubleshooting.
• Designing and implementing storage for one or more enterprise services such as MS Exchange, MS SharePoint, MS SQL, Active Directory, Windows Server, Oracle, Oracle DRA/CA.
• Managing storage in a VMware and Red Hat virtualization environment.
• Managing and providing near real time storage usage statistics, storage management and capacity management and providing future projected growth estimates.
• Participating in planning initiatives for system testing and Configuration.
• Following Enterprise Change Management Procedures.
• Recommending, implementing, and deliver technology solutions based on analysis and business requirements aligned with IT Strategy.
• Managing storage provisioning to endpoints (including, but not limited to, Windows, Linux, and virtualized servers).
• Installing and configuring disk storage systems,
• Managing fiber channel SAN switches and directors; well versed in fiber channel, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS.
• Monitoring and correcting storage performance issues.
• Responsible for capacity planning and performance analysis.
• Aiding cross-functionally in support of Windows, Linux, and ESXi disk performance troubleshooting and optimization.
• Participating in 24x7 on-call rotation with weekends and night availability required as needed.

Qualifications

Education and Years of Experience: Bachelor's Degree and 5 years professional experience.

Required and Desired Skills/Certifications:

• 5+ years experience with Hitachi, EMC, NetApp, EMC, Cisco Storage, components and systems.
• 5+ years experience in the plan, design, configuration and support of large and diverse enterprise storage requirements.
• 5+ years hands-on experience with enterprise SAN (Storage Area Network) management to include capabilities and technologies such as: Fiber Channel zoning, FCoE (Fiber Channel over Ethernet) unified fabric, HBA/CNA (Host Bus Adapter/Converged Network Adapter), storage controllers, and LUN (Logical Unit Number), RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks), and file sharing / NAS (Network Addressable Storage).
• 5+ years hands-on experience with enterprise hierarchical storage system management
• 3+ years hands-on experience with Brocade DCX backbone switches.
• Knowledge and experience with current compute/ network/ storage modeling.
• Strong communication skills (written and oral)

Additional Requirements:

• 5+ years performing capacity planning, performance analysis and development of compute/network/storage infrastructure disaster recovery plans.
• Knowledge and understanding of storage protocols and hardware including but not limited to iSCSI, Fiber Channel, CIFS, NFS and NDMP.
• Broad familiarity of all storage systems and backup environments.

Min Citizenship Status Required: U.S. Citizenship

Physical Requirements: No Physical requirement needed for this position

Location: Atlanta, GA (position is remote but requires occassional data center access in Atlanta Metro area).

Working at DMI

DMI is a diverse, prosperous, and rewarding place to work. Being part of the DMI family means we care about your wellbeing. We offer a variety of perks and benefits that help meet various interests and needs, while still having the opportunity to work directly with several of our award-winning, Fortune 1000 clients. The following categories make up your DMI wellbeing:

• Convenience/Concierge - Virtual visits through health insurance, pet insurance, commuter benefits, discount tickets for movies, travel, and many other items to provide convenience.
• Development - Annual performance management, continuing education, and tuition assistance, internal job opportunities along with career enrichment and advancement to help each employee with their professional and personal development.
• Financial - Generous 401k matches both pre-tax and post-tax (ROTH) contributions along with financial wellness education, EAP, Life Insurance and Disability help provide financial stability for each DMI employee.
• Recognition - Great achievements do not go unnoticed by DMI through Annual Awards ceremony, service anniversaries, peer-to-peer acknowledgment, employee referral bonuses.
• Wellness - Healthcare benefits, Wellness programs, Flu Shots, Biometric screenings, and several other wellness options.

Employees are valued for their talents and contributions. We all take pride in helping our customers achieve their goals, which in turn contributes to the overall success of the company. The company does and will take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, and to treat qualified individuals without discrimination based on their physical or mental disability or veteran status. DMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer Minority/Female/Veterans/Disability. DMI maintains a drug-free workplace.

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