Storage and Backup Specialist

1 week ago

Johannesburg North, South Africa DataTech Recruitment Full time

Experienced Storage and Backup Specialist required in Johannesburg. Responsible for installations, maintenance, corrective maintenance, monitoring the environment, testing, temporary resolutions and advanced 3rd level diagnosis. Manage thresholds and alerts for usage of IT resources. Support the in-scope operating system, system management software and operating system utilities, including minor upgrades (such as a release upgrade). 6+ Years’ Experience and professional knowledge in Storage and Backup Services.

**Responsibilities**
- Responsible for installations, maintenance, corrective maintenance, monitoring the environment, testing, temporary resolutions and advanced 3rd level diagnosis.
- May be required to travel to the associated airports when required.
- Attend meetings with the client and other stakeholders.
- Responsible for drawings, documentation, change requests, quality control and planning prior to the commencement of any works.
- To be primarily utilized within the project environment, but will be used in the operational environment from time-to-time
- Support the in-scope operating system, system management software and operating system utilities, including minor upgrades (such as a release upgrade)
- Manage the operating system configuration including initial configuration, modifying configuration files, system configuration documentation and access to system configuration files
- Monitor and reduce operating system log files to prevent file systems from overfilling
- Manage Operating System Processes (e.g., investigate continuously running system subtasks, or daemons) including refreshing processes as required, establishing start-up sequences, maintaining system clock synchronization, and changing process priorities as appropriate.
- Recommend operating system updates and configuration modification to the client’s IT Infrastructure Engineer, as required
- Maintain tools for remote management and alert monitoring
- Maintain operational support procedures
- Maintain the hardware and software configuration information
- Evaluate planned changes to the server environment and advise of any requirements to support such changes
- Adhere to standard security processes and procedures
- Provide health check and trending reports that include best practices as prescribed by the OEM
- Manage incidents, problems, changes and other service requests pertaining to hardware, software and monitoring.
- Manage thresholds and alerts for usage of IT resources.
- Analyze performance service level breaches, alerts, trends and root causes to restore service.
- Track and tune proactively performance through trend and exception reporting to avoid possible service level breaches.
- Tune reactively to restore service for performance incidents and root causes.
- Provide corrective action to resolve system performance problems and provide recommendations to prevent possible future incidents.
- Recommend changes to maintain agreed upon system performance levels.
- Implement after hours’ changes as approved through a formal change management process.
- Define performance related metrics and data collection, summarization, and usage requirements.
- Collect, summarize and store performance data (Standard Performance Data Management).
- Define performance alert thresholds to support agreed upon service levels.
- Provide Standard Performance Reporting.
- Provide Ad hoc Performance Reporting for analysis of incidents to restore service.
- The Storage & Backup Specialist will be primarily responsible for designing, installing, monitoring, testing and maintaining on-premises infrastructure solutions.
- To provide specialised technical support and guidance through high level analysis, diagnosis and problem solving.
- This includes qualifying the product fit, installation, implementation of IT systems, defining and implementing / carrying out support needs to the client.

**Requirements**:

- Matric - Senior Certificate
- 6+ Years’ Experience and professional knowledge in Storage and Backup Services
- OEM (Dell) Accreditation in Storage and Back-up in some of these certs
- Associate - Information Storage and Management Version 5.0
- Dell Unity XT Unified Storage Solution
- Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance
- Dell EMC Power Store
- Technology Architect, Midrange Storage Solutions
- Veeam Certified Engineer
- End to end troubleshooting skills for effective problem resolution of all Storage and Backup issues
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to coordinate work activities with remote teams
- Strong analytical and conceptualization skills (e.g., the ability to "join the dots", and communicate this at multiple levels)
- Working effectively within local and distributed teams
- Excellent planning, interpersonal, problem solving, leadership skills are required

The company offers very competitive rates.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: R55,000.00 - R65,000.00 per month

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