Senior Storage Administrator

The candidate will engineer and manage the current EMC-based Storage Environment (EMC SAN, NAS, CAS). This individual will also work closely with administrators and engineers on both UNIX and Microsoft Windows platforms in the configuration and maintenance of SAN connectivity, storage and backups.
The position requires in-depth product knowledge of vendors that are strategic partners in the implementation and maintenance of the storage environment.

These vendors include:

- EMC (Symmertix, VMAX, Isilon, Clariion, Celerra, Centera, ECC)
- VERITAS (VVR, VM, NetBackup,
- Arkivio (Arkivio Policy Engine)
- Veritas - Net Backup

The candidate will be hands-on with vendor-specific tools used to manage the SAN such as ECC, Navisphere, Symcli commands, and Connectrix Manager for EMC.

The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation (conceptually and hands-on) in SAN and NAS design, SAN zoning, LUN masking, fibrechannel protocol, iSCSI, NAS gateways, NFS over fibrechannel.

Responsibility for projects to include detailed project planning and management of the project plan. Manage vendor relationships, overall technical architecture and conformance to the current and future business requirements.
The candidate's experience and background with solid systems administration processes and procedures for both UNIX and Microsoft Windows environments are very important in selecting someone to fill this position.
The environment is based on RedHat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server and is used to support the operations of a global, 24x7 financial enterprise. Responsible for 500 Servers, within an environment of 2500, globally.

Function as a subject matter expert. Act as an advocate for and prepare proposal and presentations relative to storage environment design, redesign and enhancements.

Required

- Proficiency in RedHat Linux AS and Solaris 8+.
- Extensive experience with Veritas
- Detailed understanding of IP and Ethernet networking concepts and how they are implemented and operate in a Linux environment
- Experience configuring, supporting and troubleshooting network-related issues in a Linux environment
- Skilled with Linux performance measuring and tuning tools like top, ntop, sa, psacct and oprofile, as well as commercial systems, such as HP Openview
- Able to accommodate a flexible work schedule and an on-call environment
- Shell/Perl Scripting
- CIFS, NFS and UNIX and Windows security
- Experience in the financial industry, preferably a trading environment
- Strong interpersonal, written, verbal communication skills.
- Team player with ability to work independently
- Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, or related engineering or science curriculum

Synectics is an Equal Opportunity Employer.