Senior System Administrator (Storage and Backup)

Senior System Administrator (Storage and Backup)

Important Information

Location: Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Experience: 5-6 years
Job Mode: Full-time Contract
Work Mode: On-Site

 
Job Summary

Must have technical storage and backup experience coming from an engineering background

Responsibilities & Duties 

•    Candidate should have experience in EMC VNX, Unity, Data Domain and ECS, IBM Flash Storage and ICOS (object storage), storage virtualization appliances like EMC VPLEX and IBM SVC. 
•    Experience in Veritas Netbackup Enterprise backup solution administration and support.
•    Need to manage entire storage & backup infrastructure for VMware farm, physical servers – Windows, Linux, Oracle Solaris and AIX. Should have understanding and experience managing SAN fabric (Brocade), FC SAN, iSCSI and object storage.
•    Need to respond to storage/backup alerts and provide preventive actions and develop solutions to ensure Service Level Availability targets are met. 
•    Optimization of storage and manage data redundancies to maintain storage system health. 
•    Perform day to day operations of the storage infrastructure, which includes trouble shooting and problem resolution in areas of Information Management, Enterprise Storage. 
•    Review system health and provide management reports on usage and performance in a timely manner.
•    Prepare and develop feasibility reports for technology upgrade or scaling of resources. 
•    Configure and manage backup and recovery systems and processes.
•    Perform regular backups of critical data and test to verify recovery capabilities.
•    Fine tune the storage performance – SAN Storage and SAN Switch
•    Perform LUN provision for ongoing storage expansion request.
•    LUN assignment to host with native Windows/Linux MPIO setup. 
•    Perform existing SAN Directors/switch zoning, where applicable 
•    Ensure expansion Storage & SAN Switch equipment cabling connection according to the storage infra design blue print.
•    Update Storage design sheet when there are any changes.
•    Monitor backup systems and troubleshoot issues as they arise.
•    Maintain accurate documentation of backup and recovery procedures and policies.

Qualifications & Skills

•    Associate or bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years of related experience or 9 years of directly applicable experience.
•    Experience installing, configuring, and maintaining computer hardware in a networked environment.
•    Working in Windows and Non Windows Server Environment.
•    Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical problems with little or no assistance.
•    Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills.
•    Experience administering and supporting Dell and IBM storage solutions. 
•    Veritas Netbackup enterprise backup administration and support. Have other equivalent product enterprise backup solution will be good as well. 
•    Configuring VMWare ESX/vCenter 6.5/ 6.7/ 7.0/8.0
•    Broad knowledge of IT infrastructure

About Encora 
Encora is the preferred digital engineering and modernization partner of some of the world’s leading enterprises and digital native companies. With over 9,000 experts in 47+ offices and innovation labs worldwide, Encora’s technology practices include Product Engineering & Development, Cloud Services, Quality Engineering, DevSecOps, Data & Analytics, Digital Experience, Cybersecurity, and AI & LLM Engineering.   
 
At Encora, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and qualifications, and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality.