Storage and Backup Systems Engineer

You will be a part of the Technical Solutions Services team. The role of a Senior Storage & Backup Engineer is to design, implement, manage and maintain storage solutions in Williams-Sonoma Inc. You will be providing Level 3 support to Storage and Backup environment. You will provide administration and engineering support on multiple OS platforms in a multi-vendor environment, while working closely with architecture, application development, database, server and networking teams. In addition, you will continuously participate in developing, defining and simplifying processes to improve services. For new initiatives or critical upgrades, you will work closely with Business/Application Development & Engineering teams during project analysis and design phases and with the Operations team during the implementation and post go-live support. Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, manage and maintain storage solutions
• Leads and participate in installation and configuration activities of storage and backup systems.
• Provision and decommission storage in accordance with documented procedures
• Managing and troubleshooting NFS exports and CIFS Shares
• Supports resolution of production support incidents
• Troubleshoots issues across development, test and production systems
• Routinely monitors all systems within the storage and backup domain
• Performs systems resource optimization activities
• Participates in systems management, and security compliance activities
• Oversees monitoring, system access and configuration management
• Understanding of application /database design & integration with storage systems
• Identifies automation opportunities by communicating and collaborating with the team
• Researches and recommends automation and monitoring tools
• Develops and maintains procedures and storage system documentation
• Create Knowledge Base articles of operational tasks to streamline support and empower first and second level support to resolve issues
• Document the design, operation and troubleshooting of technology platforms and procedures
• Automate repeatable task using scripting & Ansible
• Researches new technologies and processes
• Participates in On-Call rotation support Requirements / Qualification:
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or relevant subject
• 7+ years of production support experience in Storage & Backup Administration
• Expert level knowledge of large-scale Storage Area Network & Systems (NetApp , EMC , HPE , IBM, Cisco, Rubrik & Brocade)
• SAN / Storage Administration certification is must
• Advanced to expert knowledge of technologies such as operating systems (AIX, Linux, Windows, VMware) This role is located in Rocklin and must be onsite. Required Skills : Storage Area Network (SAN), NetApp, Scripting, Ansible Basic Qualification : Additional Skills : Background Check :Yes Notes : Selling points for candidate : Project Verification Info : Candidate must be your W2 Employee :No Exclusive to Apex :No Face to face interview required :No Candidate must be local :No Candidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship ::No Interview times set : :No Type of project :Testing Master Job Title :Net/Sys Eng: Other Branch Code :San Francisco