Requirements

• Design and implementation of PowerMax - Enterprise Storage & Dell PowerStore
• Installation, configuration and operation of EMC software products (ECC,Powerpath, Solution enabler, Timefinder and SRDF)
• Monitoring and Timefinder Clone/Mirror/Snap operations using SYMCLI/ECC/SMC/Navisphere manager/NAVICLI.
• Manage SRDF operations across storages. SRDF/S, SRDF/A.
• Monitoring and optimization of the performance of the Dell /EMC PowerMax - Enterprise Storage systems , Dell PowerStore
• Design and implementation of SAN which includes installing and configuring of EMC storage boxes and fibre channel switches
• Manage fiber Brocade switches (Zoning / VSANs / FC-IP / ISL setup )
• Liaise and work with hardware/software vendors.
• Maintenance of user access to allocated storage.
• Storage and Fabric availability.
• Storage provisioning, LUN Management, LUN masking, zoning, performance management and volume management(Planning, allocations and de-allocations) .
• SYMCLI-Configure LUNs, assign LUNs to servers, check and verify server access to LUNs, basic health checks.
• Trouble shooting storage related issues.
• Provide assistance to various infrastructure teams.
• SAN switch ports and fabric monitoring.
• Maintain proper backups of switch configurations.
• Update necessary storage documents on regular basis(SOPs,Trend,Handover,daily,weekly and monthly reports)
• Knowledge on Architecture of EMC Dell PowerStore and PowerMax Storage Array models.
• Experience in FAST CACHE / FAST VP Configuration and Auto Tiering Mechanism
• Knowledge in next gen All Flash Storage Platform in VMAX3/Unity
• Experience in RecoverPoint setup
• Knowledge in setting up/monitoring EMC Networker/Avamar Backup Solution and Data Domain D2D Solution
  • Develop Team members and guide them.
  • Develop Best practices for storage and fabric.
  • Familiar with datacenter best practices.
  • Installing and configuring host bus adapters.
  • New technology awareness and research skills are necessary.
  • Familiar to perform root cause analysis and troubleshooting in complex environments.
  • Familiar to do performance analysis and identify bottlenecks.
• Analysis of SAN connections, understand SAN topology troubleshooting.
• Perform capacity and performance management and feed into Customer architectural team to ensure proper planning.
• Perform annual HA testing on relevant storage devices provided by Customer with required documentation
• Configuration, Task Scheduling and Operational Maintenance.
• Storage provisioning - Provision of LUNs for Vmware Datastores
• Storage hardware administration.
• Storage software and firmware administration.
• Storage data replication and mirroring.
• Storage Area Network (SAN) Infrastructure Services.
• Existing interfaces to other Products (e.g. VMWare, VCenter, Integration, Backup…).
• Create & follow documentation where applicable

Replication and Recovery

• Carry out the contingency of the testing process of the primary data center
• Keep updated, revised and published all necessary procedures for Datacenter activation replicated
• Present results of testing contingency and action plan to address the gaps and shortcomings identified during the test

Logs & Alert monitoring

• Performance Tuning
• Vulnerability technical assessment and remediation
• Hardware replacement coordination with Vendors
• Migration of on prem workloads to virtual datacenters hosted in AWS/Azure
• Configure Backups in AWS and Azure,Deploy IAM Role,Configure and maintaining EC2,EBS Volumes in AWS
• Configure S3 Bucket,Setting up infrastructure in Cloud (AWS/Azure)and maintaning it including Networks,Compute,Firewall (NSG),Webapps,SQL(PaaS)
• Storage Architecture Planning, Storage Based Migrations, Storage based DR Planning and implementation

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication and conversation skills (Verbal and Written)
• Good documentation skills
• Good working knowledge of MS OFFICE & VISIO
• Should have a good customer handling skills
• Able to handle unforeseen situations
• High level of acceptance

Other Skills / Experience

• Worked on Production systems
• Experience with Storage Migration, Installation, Upgrades and Patching
• Documentation preparation and runbook creation