Storage and AS/400 Consultant

CBL Solutions; Bogotá ciudad; Presencial; COP 80.000.000 - 120.000.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

CBL Solutions in Bogotá, Colombia is seeking a Data Domain Administrator to oversee the administration, monitoring, and optimization of Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Domain and DDVE environments. The role ensures reliable backup storage, DR readiness, security, and integration with enterprise backup applications.

Responsibilities include installation, health checks, capacity management, upgrades, and coordination with cross‑functional teams during incidents and recovery exercises.

Formación

• 3–5 years of experience for mid-level Data Domain Administrator
• 5–8 years for senior SME role
• Hands-on with enterprise backup storage in 24x7 or mission‑critical environments
• Ability to coordinate with backup, storage, OS, network, security, and application teams during incidents and recovery

Responsabilidades

• Install, configure, and manage Data Domain appliances and DDVE instances
• Monitor health, performance, capacity, and alerts; plan upgrades and firmware updates
• Manage MTrees, CIFS/NFS shares, DD Boost configurations, and access controls
• Configure replication between production, DR, and vault environments; validate RPO/RTO
• Implement retention lock, immutability, RBAC, and secure access; participate in cyber resilience planning
• Prepare capacity forecasts, performance reports, and operation dashboards

Conocimientos

Data Domain Core

Backup Integration

Replication & DR

Security & Immutability

Infrastructure

Operations & SLA reporting

Descripción del empleo

The Data Domain Administrator is responsible for the administration, monitoring, maintenance, performance optimization, security, and support of Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Domain and DDVE environments. The role ensures reliable backup storage, replication, cyber resilience, disaster recovery readiness, and integration with AS 400/IBM i-Series.

Key Responsibilities:

Administration and Operations:

• Install, configure, and manage Data Domain appliances, including physical Data Domain and DDVE instances.
• Perform regular system health checks, proactive monitoring, and operational validation.
• Manage storage units, MTrees, CIFS/NFS shares, DD Boost configurations, and access controls.
• Monitor backup storage utilization, available capacity, growth trends, and system alerts.
• Plan and perform software upgrades, patches, and firmware updates as per organizational change processes.

Backup Storage Management:

• Configure Data Domain as backup storage target for enterprise backup applications.
• Monitor backup storage performance and support troubleshooting of failed or slow backup jobs.
• Manage retention policies, storage optimization, deduplication, compression, and cleanup activities.
• Ensure backup images remain available, recoverable, and aligned with business retention requirements.

Replication and Disaster Recovery:

• Configure and manage Data Domain replication between production, DR, and vault environments.
• Monitor replication health, lag, throughput, and capacity usage.
• Support DR drills, recovery validation, and restoration exercises.
• Validate backup storage readiness against defined RPO and RTO requirements.

Security and Cyber Resilience:

• Implement Retention Lock, immutability, RBAC, and secure administrative access.
• Support Dell Cyber Recovery, isolated vault, air-gap, and cleanroom recovery use cases.
• Investigate backup storage anomalies, security alerts, and suspicious operational behavior.
• Participate in ransomware recovery planning, cyber resilience testing, and compliance reporting.

Monitoring and Performance Optimization:

• Monitor CPU, memory, disk utilization, throughput, stream counts, and backup/recovery performance.
• Analyze deduplication and compression ratios to identify optimization opportunities.
• Tune DD Boost, networking, and backup application integration settings as required.
• Prepare capacity forecasts, performance reports, and operational dashboards.

Troubleshooting and Vendor Coordination:

• Resolve Data Domain hardware, software, replication, connectivity, and DD Boost issues.
• Perform initial diagnosis, log collection, RCA support, and incident documentation.
• Coordinate with Dell Support and backup application vendors for critical incidents and escalations.
• Track issue closure and contribute to problem management and permanent fix implementation.

Documentation and Compliance:

• Maintain SOPs, operational runbooks, configuration documents, and architecture diagrams.
• Support audit requirements related to backup retention, immutability, access, and recoverability.
• Prepare operational reports covering capacity, health, backup storage utilization, and risks.
• Ensure compliance with change, incident, security, and governance processes.

Required Technical Skills:

Data Domain Core

• Data Domain OS, DDVE, MTrees, storage units, cleaning, alerts, filesystem, capacity monitoring

Backup Integration

Replication and DR

Security

• Retention Lock, immutability, RBAC, LDAP/AD integration, secure access, cyber recovery vault support

Infrastructure

• Linux, VMware vSphere, Hyper‑V, TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewall coordination, SNMP

Operations

• Incident, change, problem management, RCA, SLA reporting, capacity forecasting, SOP/runbook creation

Experience and Qualifications:

• 3 to 5 years of experience for a mid-level Data Domain Administrator role.
• 5 to 8 years of experience for a senior administrator or SME role.
• Hands‑on experience managing enterprise backup storage environments in 24x7 or business‑critical operations.
• Ability to work with backup, storage, OS, network, security, and application teams during incidents and recovery events.

Preferred Certifications:

• Dell EMC Proven Professional certification.
• Dell PowerProtect Data Manager or Data Domain specialist certification.