What You'll Do:

Act as the ultimate point of contact for intricate storage problems, providing expert guidance and resolutions.
Create robust storage designs tailored to large-scale enterprise needs, considering factors like scalability, performance, and redundancy.
Establish and enforce effective storage management practices, ensuring data protection, availability, and compliance.
Estimate future storage requirements, analyze performance metrics, and optimize resource utilization in extensive storage environments.
Plan and implement strategies to ensure data continuity during disasters or disruptions, including failover and data replication.
Assess storage security risks, apply necessary controls, and safeguard data integrity and confidentiality.
Advise on compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA) related to storage systems, ensuring adherence to legal and industry regulations.
Work with other IT teams to seamlessly integrate storage solutions into broader infrastructure, such as databases, applications, and virtualization platforms.
Help create and maintain documentation, policies, and standards related to storage management, ensuring consistency and alignment with organizational goals.
Stay informed about emerging storage technologies, evaluate their suitability, and drive their adoption within the organization.

Expertise You'll Bring:

Oversee data backup and recovery processes using Tape libraries, ensuring reliable backups and efficient restoration.
Set up and maintain data replication solutions for disaster recovery purposes, ensuring data availability and minimizing downtime.
Stay current with storage industry trends, attend conferences, and explore new technologies to enhance storage practices.
Diagnose and address storage-related problems, including data corruption, loss, and system failures, ensuring minimal impact on operations.
Apply security controls, enforce access restrictions, and protect data stored in storage systems from unauthorized access or breaches.
Actively engage in disaster recovery drills to validate the effectiveness of recovery procedures and enhance preparedness for real-world incidents.
Skills: NetApp Certified Technology Solutions Professional, Pure Storage FlashArray Storage Professional, VMCE
Bachelors degree in engineering, computer science, or a related discipline.
Approximately five years of experience in a companys storage environment.
Familiarity with disaster recovery technologies and data replication.
Hardware and Software Expertise: Proficiency in both hardware and software aspects of storage systems.
Awareness of the latest trends in data storage, backup strategies.
Disaster Recovery Planning: Contribute to disaster recovery planning to prevent data loss during system failures or cyber-attacks.

Storage L3 /Lead