• Application Deadline:
• Position: Storage Administrator (Dell and HP)


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA , Others


• Experience 5 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  

As Storage Administrator, you are given tasks within implementing, monitoring, and maintaining our 2 storage solutions, providing backup services for all company's applications. Storage systems used are Dell and HP.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversee storage infrastructure, including servers, storage devices, and network-attached storage (NAS) or storage area network (SAN) systems.


• Optimize storage capacity and performance by monitoring usage and planning for future storage needs.


• Implement data deduplication and compression techniques to maximize storage efficiency.


• Configure and manage systems, including filers, arrays, and clusters.


• Ensure data stored is accessible, protected, and efficiently organized.


• Configure and manage Pure Storage arrays and systems, ensuring high-performance, all-flash storage for critical workloads.


• Hands on experience in managing and configuring Brocade switches.


• Zoning and configuration of an HBA port and an iSCSI initiator is a required skillset.


• Ensure the security of stored data through encryption, access controls, and user authentication.


• Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans to minimize data loss and downtime in the event of a catastrophe.


• Conduct regular tests and drills to validate the effectiveness of disaster recovery processes.


• Leverage Cohesity's features for data mobility and disaster recovery, ensuring the organization's ability to recover from data loss or system failures.


• Continuously monitor the storage and backup systems' performance and health.


• Implement performance optimization strategies to ensure data availability and access speed.


• Configure and manage storage systems, including filers, arrays, and clusters.


• Ensure data stored on systems is accessible, protected, and efficiently organized.


• Maintain documentation related to backup and storage processes, configurations, and procedures.


• Generate reports to track backup success rates, storage usage, and other relevant metrics.


• Fine-tune storage performance by optimizing caching, tiering, and data placement.


• Troubleshoot issues related to storage, resolve technical problems, and provide support to end-users as needed.

Minimal work experience:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience providing system engineering & systems architecture support for enterprise storage systems


• Solid understanding of Data Center & Cloud platform design, implementation, and support


• In-depth Knowledge of technologies from EMC, HP and Hitachi storage systems


• Storage array, SAN network and data-center systems trouble shooting experience


• Excellent analytical ability and communications skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.


• Experience with Cisco UCS and brocade SAN.


• Knowledge of storage disaster recovery and replication methodologies.


• Demonstrated planning, deploying competencies with data center and SAN networking elements such as Cisco MDS, at both an IP and Fibre-Channel level.


• Demonstrated planning, deploying competencies with Dell EMC Unity, VMAX3, and VNXe hybrid storage arrays, PowerStore 8000T, HP 3PAR and Hitachi VSP storage systems


• Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey technical information to non-technical stakeholders, facilitate discussions, and present ideas clearly and concisely.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: ₦300,000.00 - ₦700,000.00 per month

Experience:

• Cisco UCS and brocade SAN: 5 years (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Lagos: Relocate before starting work (Required)