Storage Engineer; Long term; Bloomington, IL

This is Niranjan from XpertTech; hope you are doing well.

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Title: Storage Engineer

Duration: Long term

Location: Bloomington, IL

Enterprise Storage is a third-level team that is responsible for establishing direction and defect-level problem management for State Farms Storage Area Networks (SAN), Network Attached Storage (NAS), and Backup/Recovery and File Services.  The components primary responsibilities include implementing an open systems Storage/Hardware environment based on projections provided to us, developing storage solutions based off the needs of the business, and providing subject matter expertise for problem resolution.

This position will primarily focus on tasks associated with the expansion/support of our Network Attached Storage (NAS) infrastructure, supporting/maintaining our Storage Area Network (SAN) infrastructure, and the associated fiber infrastructure needed to support these technologies.

The individual will need to possess or have the willingness to learn, an in-depth technical understanding of storage area networking protocols, software, and fabric management, fabric login, fabric zoning, and management software that will be used to modify, architect, design, document, evaluate, and troubleshooting the State Farm storage infrastructure.

Typical work responsibilities include (but are not limited to);
- Working with project and/or architecture teams to document requirements.
- Designing and configuring storage related environments
- Defining and building test cases.
- Participating in defining and building test environments.
- Documenting test results.
- Building and implementing a solution into production.
- Developing required project or service documentation.
- Strong Troubleshooting & problem solving skills
- Working in a Team Environment

Other skills:

- Understanding of ITIL and Service Management principles
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to develop strategy documents, white papers, and to make presentations as required.
- Ability to thrive in a highly technical, rapidly changing environment is required.
- Ability to work with vendors and maintain confidentiality is required.
- Understanding complex technical subjects and products.
- Experience with a problem reporting and tracking (HP Service Manager) would be helpful.
- Ability to work on multiple projects at one time.
- Strong commitment to high quality work.
- Willingness to work beyond the normal work day if needed.

WK8, Linux, Unix, Perl scripting a plus.

Thanks&Regards,

Niranjan Kumar Chikkala

Technical Recruiter

400 W Cummings Park

Suite#2850

Woburn, MA-01801

Email: niranjank@xperttech.com 

Phone: 781-926-0781

Fax: 978-405-5040