Remote Senior SAN Engineer - Storage & DR Expert

Visa Staffing Services; Abu Dhabi; Remote; AED 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work opportunities

Professional development

Training programs

Collaborative environment

Enterprise storage management

Job summary

Visa Staffing Services is seeking a Senior SAN Infrastructure Specialist to design, implement, maintain, and optimize enterprise storage networks. You will ensure storage availability, performance, scalability, data protection, and disaster recovery readiness across critical business systems.

This role requires collaborating with server, network, cloud, database, and cybersecurity teams, performing firmware upgrades, capacity planning, and security hardening.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT or related field.
• Experience in enterprise storage, SAN infra, or data center ops.
• Strong Fibre Channel, iSCSI, SAN zoning, LUN masking knowledge.
• Familiarity with Dell EMC, NetApp, HPE, IBM, or equivalent platforms.
• VMware or other virtualization experience.
• Knowledge of replication, backup/recovery, high availability.
• Security, performance monitoring, capacity planning, incident management.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and maintain enterprise SAN and storage infrastructure.
• Administer Fibre Channel, iSCSI, storage fabrics, switches, and connectivity.
• Manage capacity allocation, provisioning, zoning, and LUN masking.
• Monitor storage performance, utilization, availability, and system health.
• Troubleshoot storage connectivity, latency, multipathing, and performance issues.
• Support storage integration with virtualization platforms, databases, servers, and enterprise applications.
• Implement storage redundancy, replication, backup integration, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Conduct capacity planning and recommend infrastructure upgrades based on business requirements.
• Perform firmware upgrades, patching, configuration changes, and storage system maintenance.
• Maintain storage documentation, architecture diagrams, configuration records, and operational procedures.
• Implement appropriate access controls, encryption, and security measures to protect stored data.
• Support backup recovery testing, business continuity exercises, and disaster recovery planning.
• Coordinate with server, network, cloud, database, and cybersecurity teams to resolve infrastructure issues.
• Manage incidents, conduct root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Coordinate with technology vendors and service providers for technical support and infrastructure enhancements.
• Ensure changes follow approved change management, testing, and implementation procedures.
• Support infrastructure audits and compliance assessments involving data storage and protection.
• Recommend automation and process improvements to increase storage efficiency and operational reliability.

Skills

SAN design

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Security

Capacity planning

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field

Tools

Dell EMC

NetApp

HPE

IBM

VMware

Job description

Visa Staffing Services is seeking a Senior SAN Infrastructure Specialist to design, implement, maintain, and optimize enterprise storage networks. You will ensure storage availability, performance, scalability, data protection, and disaster recovery readiness across critical business systems.

This role requires collaborating with server, network, cloud, database, and cybersecurity teams, performing firmware upgrades, capacity planning, and security hardening.