Job Title: Storage Specialist (Senior)
Location: Dublin 8, Ireland (Hybrid)
Contract / Permanent: 12 Months, with further extension.
Start date: 3rd June 2025
Experience Level Required:
It is a mandatory requirement, that the Resource proposed for this Role has the equivalent of Intermediate level experience (i.e., has 7+ years' experience) in this Role.
Qualification:
It is a mandatory requirement, that the Resource proposed hold the following qualifications or equivalents:
· HP approved certification in Storage.
· MCSE Microsoft Professional Certification or equivalent MS approved certification in Server Administration
Key Deliverable:
The following non-exhaustive list of Key Deliverables are applicable to this Role.
· Manages and supports HPe SAN solutions.
· To work with department's technical and functional staff to analyse requirements and performance issues with the SAN arrays.
· Perform firmware upgrades as required.
· Provide technical support and troubleshooting for SAN related issues.
· Manage dedicated SAN Fiber Channel network and inter site fibre links
· Planning and supporting IT Projects
· To ensure the ongoing stability and overall health of the SAN Arrays environment, including the physical hardware.
· Evaluate and apply any necessary security patches, hotfixes, service packs and hardware updates.
· Server administration on the following OS's
o Windows server 2012, 2016, 2019 and 2022
o Linux/Unix
· Incident analysis and resolution
· Developing custom reports as required.
· Resource and Capacity Planning.
· Documentation of critical tasks.
· Operating within an ITIL environment.
Key Experience/Competencies/Skillsets:
The following Experience/Competencies/Skillsets are applicable to this Role.
1. Supporting, administering, and maintaining data center infrastructure with hands-on production experience managing HPe storage devices. additionally have experience in working with Fiber Channel networks environments. This includes upgrading to newer versions and patch management. The candidate must demonstrate their experience in the following.
• Working with HPe storage devices
• Provisioning of LUNs and volumes
• Powershell and CLI
• SAN Fiber Channel network
• Provisioning virtual machines and automation of same
• inter site fibre links
• Capacity and Performance Management
• Troubleshooting
2. Windows Server Administration on current Windows OS versions (2012, 2016, 2019, 2022. This includes troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
3. Linux Server Administration on one or more enterprise Linux platforms (Redhat, Ubuntu, etc.). This includes troubleshooting and root cause analysis.