Systems and Storage Administrator (NetApp) Job in London, London Uk

Systems and Storage Administrator (NetApp)

 

Our client, a leading consultancy, require a Systems and Storage Administrator to be able to demonstrate experience of working within a large company or vendor in 3rd line support role looking after storage, communications and server Infrastructure. The candidate will take full responsibility for the day-to-day support and maintenance with help from other team members and external support companies to maintain and develop world-class IT infrastructure.

 

The Role and Responsibilities as the Systems and Storage Administrator will be:

·         Maintenance and troubleshooting of NetApp storage systems

·         Capacity management and trend analysis

·         Maintenance and support of VMware estate

·         Maintenance and support for communications and networking technologies

·         Data Management using F5 Acopia for archiving and migration

·         Troubleshooting Data and iSCSI networks

·         Manage data replication to disaster recovery site

·         Regular testing of DR Infrastructure

·         DFS configuration and troubleshooting

·         Prepare specification, design and test plan documents

·         Provide technical consultancy to business units and other IT teams

·         Provide 3rd line support for server infrastructure

 

The Essential Skills and Experience required for the Systems and Storage Administrator are:

·         Able to work 8 hour shifts between the hours of 8am-7pm on a rotating weekly basis

·         Experience of Data ONTAP and other NetApp technologies including SnapMirror, Snap Manager for SQL, Snap Manager for Exchange

·         Excellent knowledge of NetApp and VMWare data volume management, NetApp DFM Backbone NetVault and iSCSI, TCP/IP, DNS and DHCP

·         Experience of using Active Directory, Microsoft operating systems and Systems Centre Operations Manager (SCORM)

·         Good written and communication skills

·         Willing and able to travel on company business both within and outside the UK occasionally as required

 

The Desirable Skills and Experience required for the Systems and Storage Administrator are:

·         WAFS and WAN Optimisation technologies

·         Server Virtualisation technologies

·         Microsoft Exchange 2003 /2010

·         Nortel Switch Infrastructure

·         NCDA Certification

·         NCDS or NCTS Nortel Certification

·         MCSE Certification

·         ITIL accreditation

 

Systems and Storage Administrator

£40-45k, Battersea