Storage L3

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world.

Job Description:

HPE Operations is our innovative IT services organization. It provides the expertise to advise, integrate, and accelerate our customers’ outcomes from their digital transformation. Our teams collaborate to transform insight into innovation.

Responsibilities:

• Knowledge of various storage technologies and architectures, such as SAN (Storage Area Network), NAS (Network Attached Storage), and Object Storage.
• Hands-on experience with HPE XP8 or Hitachi 5600 storage.
• Experience with storage management tools, such as volume managers, file systems, and backup and recovery software.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, to effectively communicate with stakeholders including technical and non-technical personnel.
• Good problem-solving and analytical skills to troubleshoot and resolve issues with storage systems.
• Experience with data migration, including planning and execution of data transfer between storage systems.
• Knowledge of industry standards and best practices for storage management, such as data protection, data security, and compliance requirements.
• Understanding of networking concepts and technologies.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, collaboration skills with other IT teams such as VMware support team, Application teams, SAN Switch support, system administrators, and network engineers.
• Design and Implementation: Ability to design, implement, and validate zoning and fabric topologies, including multi-fabric and high availability SAN architectures using leading brands (e.g., Brocade, Cisco, MDS).
• Advanced Troubleshooting & Performance Tuning: Proficient in performing end-to-end troubleshooting, diagnostics, and traffic analysis using tools like port mirroring, flow monitoring, Fabric Watch, and integration with storage monitoring platforms.
• Firmware & Compliance Management: Experience in SAN switch firmware upgrades, patching, backup/restore of configurations, and maintaining security policies, role-based access control (RBAC), and audit trail compliance.
• Assist L1 & L2 for Backup & recovery process.
• Performing mock system failure and then data restoration drills on a periodic basis.
• Work with the customer in defining data space management requirements of the customers to identify inefficiently utilized disk, fragmented data, monitor storage utilization.
• Assist L1 & L2 team to monitor storage hardware & standard reporting of storage.
• Perform Data replication between DC & DR.
• Perform LUN Allocation/De-allocation/Planning & zoning activities.
• Capacity planning for storage on regular intervals.
• OEM coordination for hardware break-fix & Firmware upgrade.

Requirements:

• Qualification: B. Tech/ B.E./ BCA/ MCA or equivalent qualification from an Institute/University recognized by Govt of India or its regulatory bodies in IT/Computer Science/ Electronics & Communications, etc.
• Certification: Advance level Storage and SAN Switch OEM certification.
• Experience: Minimum 7 years in managing storage systems.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive suite of benefits that supports physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.
• Investment in career development.
• Unconditional inclusion and flexibility to manage work and personal needs.