YASH Technologies jobs - NetApp Storage

Our IT Infrastructure Service Line is looking forward to hire NetApp Storage specialists who thrives on challenges and desires to make a real difference in the business world.

The shortlisted candidate should have strong communication, interpersonal, analytical, and problem-solving skills. Should have an ability to effectively communicate complex technical issues within the team and is able to work individually or as part of a team to achieve project goals.

You are required to have skills in the following areas:

Qualification And Key Technical Skills

• 5-8 years of relevant experience in NetApp NAS technology.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science-related discipline, or equivalent business experience.
• Preferably certified in NetApp accreditation in Clustered Data ONTAP (cDOT).
• Design, configure, and support the following:
  
  • CIFS and NFS
  • NetApp ONTAP Cluster-mode (cDOT, ONTAP 9)
  • NetApp Metrocluster
  • NetApp SnapMirror
  • NetApp SnapVault
  • NetApp on-command Unified Manager - monitoring. alerting, capacity, performance
  • Brocade SAN switches, Brocade Network Advisor
• Have a good understanding of NAS multi-protocol setup and integration with Centrify LDAP or NIS.
• Have a good understanding and experience of NAS migrations, demonstrating a sound awareness of the migration flow, dependencies, success criteria, and risk mitigation.
• An awareness of UNIX/Linux, Windows, and virtualization platforms (VMware, Hyper-V),and their integration with NetApp storage platforms.
• Scripting skills (desirable).
  
  

Role And Responsibilities

The individual will join the NetApp Storage Team, which sits within Technology Services, the department responsible for delivering IT services to all lines of business. The role will provide support and management of the NetApp Storage Infrastructure that underpins many of the Bank's business-critical services. The Storage specialist will report to the NAS Service Manager and work closely with other members of the team to fulfill operational and project tasks that will include, but not be limited to, the following:

• Provision, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot multiple NetApp NAS platforms.
• Identify and implement improvements to enhance, optimize, and reduce the cost of the NAS Storage infrastructure, making proactive recommendations to the NAS service Manager. This will include, but not be limited to, areas of capacity, performance, availability, stability, cost, and support roadmaps.
• Perform periodic capacity and performance planning of the NAS storage infrastructure and inform the NAS Service Manager of key findings and recommendations.
• Respond to and resolve NAS storage-related incidents, managing all necessary communication with other technical teams and the management team.
• Translate engineering and security standards to deliver low-level design documents to large and medium scale NAS deployments.
• Take ownership of and perform life cycle management activities such as code and firmware upgrades.
• Participate in an on-call and shift rota to support Internal business customers of NAS service.
• Perform daily operations such as daily health checks.
• Support auditory, regulatory, and risk and compliance initiatives that contain deliverables related to the NAS service.
  

The individual will be expected to have a good knowledge of core IT protocols and systems (Virtualization, servers, networks, storage, databases, data centers, and security) and Ideally, have a system administration background. The role will demand the ability to learn new platforms and technologies and apply this knowledge to business needs. The individual is expected to understand the principles of backup and disaster recovery methodologies and how they relate to NAS deployments.

The individual will have an awareness of the responsibilities and dependencies of a storage team within a large IT department and use this knowledge to develop relationships with other teams, with a view to becoming a key member of the department.

Skills And Behaviors

• The person should have excellent written and verbal communication skills, being able to converse in a clear and concise manner with contacts within Technology Services and the business.
• Excellent documentation skills, capable of delivering procedural documentation of a high standard.
• Excellent technical problem-solving and analytical ability.
• Familiarity with operational IT disciplines such as problem, change and risk management, project management, and status reporting.
• An ability to work proactively and without continuous supervision, taking responsibility for the areas in which they work and performing research when necessary.
• The person will be prudent and pay close attention to detail when performing storage-related tasks.
• The person will deliver operational and project commitments to a high standard.
• The person will have an awareness of the department's procedures and support the management team when responding to support incidents and service failures.
• Team working skills are essential
• Ability to work in a pressurized environment.
• Ability to prioritize workload.