Senior SAN Storage Administrator

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and develop the storage and backup team, managing priorities, on-call coverage, and escalations.

Oversee the day-to-day operations, monitoring, performance, and overall health of the PowerMax and PowerStore storage environments.

Manage storage provisioning, capacity planning, performance optimization, upgrades, and migration activities.

Own and manage the backup and data protection environment across PPDM, Commvault, and Data Domain.

Ensure backup and recovery operations meet defined RPO and RTO requirements, including regular recovery testing and validation.

Lead disaster recovery planning, testing, and coordination during incidents and recovery scenarios.

Ensure compliance with applicable security, data retention, and ransomware resilience requirements.

Drive automation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement initiatives, while providing management with regular reports on capacity, utilization, SLAs, and overall service performance.

Requirements

4+ years in similar role.

Expert hands-on experience with Dell PowerMax and PowerStore storage arrays.

Strong experience with Power Protect Data Manager (PPDM), Commvault, and Dell Data Domain.

Solid knowledge of SAN/NAS (Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NFS, SMB), replication, and DR concepts.

Familiarity with virtualization (VMware) and its storage integration.

Strong leadership, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

Preferred

Relevant Dell Technologies certifications and VMware certification (VCP).

Scripting and automation experience (PowerShell, Python).

Experience with immutable/air-gapped backups and ransomware recovery.

Familiarity with ITIL processes.