Sr. System Administrator( Storage & Backup)

JOB DETAILS: Role: Senior System Administrator (Senior Storage and Backup Engineer) Role Type: Initial 1 Year and Extendable Contract through Optimum Infosolutions – KL, Malaysia Job Location: Damansara Fairway 3,Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia Job Description (JD):- Must have technical storage and backup experience coming from an engineering background. • Candidate should have experience in EMC VNX, Unity, Data Domain and ECS, IBM Flash Storage and ICOS (object storage), storage virtualization appliances like EMC VPLEX and IBM SVC. • Experience in Veritas Netbackup Enterprise backup solution administration and support. • Need to manage entire storage & backup infrastructure for VMware farm, physical servers – Windows, Linux, Oracle Solaris and AIX. Should have understanding and experience managing SAN fabric (Brocade), FC SAN, iSCSI and object storage. • Need to respond to storage/backup alerts and provide preventive actions and develop solutions to ensure Service Level Availability targets are met. • Optimization of storage and manage data redundancies to maintain storage system health. • Perform day to day operations of the storage infrastructure, which includes trouble shooting and problem resolution in areas of Information Management, Enterprise Storage. • Review system health and provide management reports on usage and performance in a timely manner. • Prepare and develop feasibility reports for technology upgrade or scaling of resources. • Configure and manage backup and recovery systems and processes. • Perform regular backups of critical data and test to verify recovery capabilities. • Fine tune the storage performance – SAN Storage and SAN Switch • Perform LUN provision for ongoing storage expansion request. • LUN assignment to host with native Windows/Linux MPIO setup. • Perform existing SAN Directors/switch zoning, where applicable • Ensure expansion Storage & SAN Switch equipment cabling connection according to the storage infra design blueprint. • Update Storage design sheet when there are any changes. • Perform the capacity planning in storage, switch, replication link. • Support DR team when there is scheduled DR drill test. • Configuration, optimization, relocation, or upgrades on storage system features (i.e. security setting, system fine tune, etc.) and provide advice or recommendation other related devices (i.e. HBA card, etc.) • Monitor backup systems and troubleshoot issues as they arise. • Maintain accurate documentation of backup and recovery procedures and policies. • Develop disaster recovery plans and participate in executing those plans when necessary. • Work with IT team and key stakeholders to establish data retention and archival policies. • Assist in the selection and implementation of new backup and recovery solutions. Key Skills / Knowledge and Behaviors:- • Associate or Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years of related experience or 9 years of directly applicable experience. • Experience installing, configuring, and maintaining computer hardware in a networked environment. • Working in Windows and Non Windows Server Environment. • Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical problems with little or no assistance. • Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills. • 7 years of work experience administering and supporting Dell and IBM storage solutions. • 7 years Veritas Netbackup enterprise backup administration and support. Have other equivalent product enterprise backup solution will be good as well. • 3 years of configuring VMWare ESX/vCenter 6.5/ 6.7/ 7.0/8.0 • 5 years of experience with providing Tier 3 technical support to site administrators when integration issues arise. • Broad knowledge of IT infrastructure • Good written and interpersonal communication skills. • Proactive team player and able to work independently.