Storage Administrator

Summary

Gulf Business Machines managed services contact center provides front-line call center services to key client projects.

• As a member of this front line staff; you will be responsible for providing support for storage infrastructure on a case by case basis as well as the overall general administration of GBM managed infrastructure at client sites

Responsibilities

• Administering large distributed enterprise storage environments. Also responsible for strategic deployment and use of storage to help meet business objectives.
• Experience defining and overall storage service strategy and support requirements are also necessary.
• Administering the overall enterprise storage solution. Responsible for integrity and availability as well as configuration and performance of all disk and tape storage.
• Developing and maintaining disaster recovery and business continuity procedures. Experience in actual testing of disaster recovery plans needed
• Administration and support for internal and client backup technologies

Required Experience & Skills:

• Extensive Knowledge in supporting SAN environments
• Storage Area Network (SAN) configuration and administration.
• Understanding of SAN architecture and configuration best practices. Fan out ratios, LUN masking, fiber specs, switch specifications, SAN security/Port Zoning, core-to-end, n-tier, etc)
• A great amount of experience in dealing with the below equipment types.
• IBM storage, SAN Switch & IBM Tape library management and configuration.
• Exposure to Dell/EMC and HPE storage an advantage
• Hands-on experience in Tivoli Storage Manager 5.3 monitoring, backup, and restoration. LAN free client configuration, TSM DR restoration, scripting, and scheduling.
• Experience TSM Server, client and TDP installation, configuration, and Storage Agent configuration.
• 5 years of relevant experience in the same field
•  The candidate must be available locally in Qatar OR  outside Qatar & ready to fly  immediately