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Sira Consulting, an Inc 5000 company · 2 days ago

Storage Engineer

Princeton, NJ

Contract

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Sira Consulting, an Inc 5000 company, is seeking a Storage Engineer to serve as a technical point of contact for customer-facing escalations and infrastructure planning. The role involves collaborating with various teams to align infrastructure solutions, manage storage systems, and provide proactive communication on issues.

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Hiring Manager

Aparajita Singh

Responsibilities

Serve as a technical point of contact for customer-facing escalations and infrastructure planning

Engage with application, database, virtualization, and cloud teams to gather requirements and align infrastructure solutions

Participate in customer meetings to understand pain points and translate them into technical improvements

Provide clear, proactive communication on issue status, RCA, and preventive recommendations

Collaborate with vendors (Dell, NetApp, Veritas, Rubrik, Commvault) for Projects, escalated support

Act as an escalation point for complex storage and backup incidents

Perform performance tuning, capacity forecasting, and root cause analysis

Create and maintain documentation: architecture diagrams, SOPs, configuration guides

Familiar with monitoring tools – NetBackup OpsCenter, Rubrik Reports, CloudIQ, OnCommand

Follow ITIL processes for incident, change, and problem management

Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills

Effective communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams

Ability to manage and prioritize multiple high-impact issues simultaneously

Configure, provision, and manage storage across Dell PowerStore, Powermax, and NetApp FAS/AFF/FSXn platforms

Implement and manage LUNs, volumes, exports, and replication (SanpMirror, Snap Vault)

Perform advanced troubleshooting and RCA of storage issues (I/O latency, disk failure, zoning errors)

Manage Brocade SAN switches – zoning, port troubleshooting, ISL setup, firmware upgrades

Plan and execute storage migrations, firmware upgrades, and DR rehearsals

Manage NetApp features like FlexVol, Flex Group, SanpMirror, CIFS/NFS share configurations

Administer Commvault, Veritas NetBackup (Master/Media server, policies, catalog management, MSDP, AIR). Understanding of NBITA is add on

Configure and manage Rubrik CDM – SLA Domains, cloud archival. Good understanding on Indexing and Replication for DR

Troubleshoot failed backups/restores, ensure compliance with RTO/RPO and DR tests

Automate and optimize backup tasks using scripting (e.g., PowerShell, Python)

Integrate backup systems with virtualization and cloud platforms (VMware, AWS)

Perform regular health checks and backup success/failure reporting

Qualification

Dell PowerStore managementNetApp FAS/AFF managementCommvault administrationVeritas NetBackup administrationBrocade SAN managementScripting PowerShellScripting PythonCloud integration (AWS)Analytical skillsTroubleshooting skillsEffective communicationCollaboration skills

Required