Storage Backup Administrator

Akkodis is hiring a Systems Engineer Storage and Backup Lead for a 12-month hybrid contract in Joliet/Chicago, IL, or Owings Mills, MD. The role involves providing IT solutions, maintaining storage technologies (e.g., NetApp, Dell EMC), and supporting production systems. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and 5-7 years of relevant experience, including leadership in storage operations. Pay ranges from $70-75/hr on W2.
Akkodis is seeking a Systems Engineer Storage and Backup Lead for a 12-month contract with a client in Joliet/Chicago, IL, or Owings Mills, MD

Title: Systems Engineer Storage and Backup Lead

Location: Joliet/Chicago, IL, or Owings Mills, MD- Hybrid

Contract: 12 months Contract

Pay Rate: $70-75/hr on W2 (The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.)

Job Description:

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION

Provide hands-on support for delivery and maintenance of IT solutions. Provide IT teams and business personnel with technology solutions by weighing advantages of technology standards, market availability of products, and risks and benefits of technology to meet business/IT needs. Maintain significant customer engagement, work planning, project management services provided to IT customers.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Analyze complex hardware and software issues associated with storage related technologies, including Netapp NAS/SAN, Dell/EMC SAN, Azure Netapp Files, OCI, and Fiber Channel Switch management.

• Analyze complex hardware and software issues associated with complex storage platforms including Dell EMC, NetApp, and others.

• Configure and maintain Dell EMC Data domain and Veritas Netbackup. Experience with Cohesity a plus.

• Maintain and monitor Wintel, Linux and VMware platform health and performance from a storage perspective.

• Maintain storage inventory information to ensure accuracy of configuration management DB.

• Support the production release management system for documenting, planning, and implementing IT changes.

• Plan, coordinate, communicate and implement patching activities for Storage and Backup platforms.

• Refine and automate regular processes, track issues, and document changes.

• Assist in racking and stacking of storage devices in datacenters.

• Provide 24x7 support and participate in on call rotation for critical production systems.

• Perform scheduled maintenance and support release deployment activities after hours.

• Provide technical expertise and/or solution delivery support for maintaining performance and reliability of server solutions.

• Maintain and enhance engagement with business and IT partners to sustain service levels and high availability of server compute services. Visible and accessible to clients providing guidance for how to successfully request new devices as needed.

• Build and maintains knowledge of new technologies or technology opportunities for on-prem and Cloud based services.

• Assists in coordinating and implementing planned infrastructure changes for business and/or IT clients.

• Ensures proper implementation of technology both within the production and the development environments.

• Looks for ways to automate processes to allow more efficient use of resources.

• Finds ways over, around and through barriers to success. Self-starter. A results-oriented doer.

• Promotes and encourages Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

POSITION SPECIFICATIONS

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s Degree (Computer Science or related field) and 5-7 years relevant experience (IT infrastructure support, application support, cloud computing, disaster/recovery) or 6-9 years of relevant work experience.

• Storage Team Lead Experience – 3 to 5 years in an enterprise environment.

• Demonstrated proficiency in Storage operational domain.

• Ability to lift up to 25lbs to rack servers with assistance and use of server lifts as needed.

• Ability to travel domestically.

• 24/7 on-call rotational duties.

Preferred:

• Experience administrating servers and storage on-prem (physical and virtual) and in Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

• Experience with Windows Server 2016-2022, HPE ProLiant Hardware, Oracle Enterprise Linux, Solaris, Exadata hardware helpful

• Experience with scripting language such as Python, Shell

• Zerto experience.

• Certifications such as Azure Administrator, Oracle Cloud Administrator, VMware, EMC, and NetApp helpful

• Demonstrated ability with knowledge in current versions of VMware hypervisor technology.

• Excellent communications skills - Able to effectively communicate highly technical information in non-technical terminology (written and verbal).

• Makes well-thought-out decisions on complex or ambiguous issues.

• Understanding of change management principles associated with sustaining high availability of systems and preventing change related incidents due to human performance factors.

• Takes good directions from Manager in performing required work.

• Independence level: works under supervision of Manager

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, an EAP program, commuter benefits, and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable. Disclaimer: These benefit offerings do not apply to client-recruited jobs and jobs that are direct hires to a client.

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

· The California Fair Chance Act

· Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance

· Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers

· San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance