mPower is seeking a well-rounded Systems/Storage Engineer to join our team. Our team consists of experts and professionals who have experience in management, administration, consulting, and technology. This position seeks to implement positive mission-oriented change, to deliver tangible operational results, and to build and continuously improve the organization.
Job Responsibilities:
- Provide Tier 2/3 support to large and mixed on-premises and cloud storage environments.
- Work hands-on designing and troubleshooting servers running Windows Server in multi-tiered federal agency on-premises and cloud environments.
- Debug application and server performance issues.
- Monitor servers along with resident applications and provide/implement solutions.
- Install and configure enterprise server software in a dynamic customer environment.
- Display multi-tasking expertise and patience to troubleshoot critical issues under pressure.
- Service provisioning requests for new block and file storage.
- Service provisioning requests for removing decommissioned storage.
- SAN/NAS storage support attaching/detaching new storage arrays/switches/hosts.
- Coordinate and/or perform additions and changes to network hardware, operating systems, and attached devices; including investigation, analysis, recommendation, configuration, installation, and testing of new network hardware and software.
- Apply firmware/perform maintenance tasks on storage/switches/HBAs, including OS and security patches for Linux hosts.
- Analyze performance bottlenecks, suggest and implement improvements and workarounds.
- Produce capacity planning reports and forecast storage growth.
- Implement/monitor/support any DR functions using solutions such as Dell PowerVault.
- Identify opportunities for automation and implement using scripts and other automation tools.
- Participate in and lead storage-related projects to improve the physical infrastructure.
- Set up and maintenance of both physical server racks and virtual machines.
Required Qualifications:
- 8+ years of working experience in a related field.
- Expertise with at least 2-3 of the following storage vendors' products: Dell PowerVault, EMC Unity/Isilon, VMAX/ VNX/ DMX/CX/NS, HP 3PAR/XP/EVA, IBM XIV/v900/CG8/SVC, NetApp V7/V8.
- Experience with technologies such as Dell EMC RecoverPoint, Isilon SyncIQ, Superna Eyeglass, Komprise, and Zerto for replicating, migrating, archiving data, and disaster recovery.
- Knowledge and experience with multipathing software on hosts including VMware ESXi, Linux and Windows.
- Experience supporting ZFS/NFS ver. 3, ver. 4 in Linux environments.
- Experience working in cloud environments (Azure and AWS storage) highly preferred.
Desired Qualifications:
- Dell/EMC storage certifications
- Brocade Fiber channel certifications
- SNIA certifications
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure
- MCSA: Cloud Platform
mPower, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants or employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy (including childbirth or related condition), citizenship, familial status, mental or physical disability status, veteran status, genetic information, other non-disqualifying disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.