Storage L3

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP; Mumbai; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP in Mumbai is seeking an experienced Storage Solutions Specialist to manage enterprise storage environments across SAN/NAS/Object Storage. You will work onsite at partner/customer offices to deploy, optimize, and secure storage infrastructure.

You will handle design and implementation of zoning/fabric topologies, firmware upgrades, data migrations, and incident resolution, collaborating with VMware, network, and server teams to ensure high availability

Qualifications

• Qualification: B. Tech/ B.E./ BCA/ MCA or equivalent from Govt of India recognized institute in IT/CS/ECE
• Certification: Advanced level Storage and SAN Switch OEM certification
• Experience: Minimum 7 years in managing storage systems

Responsibilities

• Knowledge of SAN, NAS and Object Storage architectures
• Hands on with HPE XP8 or Hitachi 5600 storage
• Manage storage with volume managers, file systems, and backups
• Communicate with stakeholders including nontechnical staff
• Plan and execute data migrations between storage systems
• Design zoning and fabric topologies, multi-fabric and high-availability SANs
• Troubleshoot and tune storage performance
• Firmware upgrades and RBAC/audit compliance
• Assist L1 & L2 for backup & recovery
• Data space management and capacity planning
• OEM coordination for hardware break-fix & firmware upgrades

Skills

SAN storage management

NAS storage

Object Storage

HPE XP8 experience

Hitachi 5600 storage

Storage management tools

Data migration planning

Data security & compliance

Networking concepts

Collaboration with IT teams

SAN zoning & fabric design

Fabric topology design

Troubleshooting & tuning

Firmware upgrades & RBAC

Backup & recovery

Data replication

LUN provisioning & zoning

Capacity planning

OEM coordination

Education

B. Tech/ B.E./ BCA/ MCA or equivalent

Advanced storage & SAN Switch OEM certification

7+ years storage experience

Job description

Storage L3This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE partner/customer office.**Who We Are:**Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.**Job Description:**Job Description**HPE Operations** is our innovative IT services organization. It provides the expertise to advise, integrate, and accelerate our customers’ outcomes from their digital transformation. Our teams collaborate to transform insight into innovation. In today’s fast paced, hybrid IT world, being at business speed means overcoming IT complexity to match the speed of actions to the speed of opportunities. Deploy the right technology to respond quickly to market possibilities. Join us and redefine what’s next for you.**What you will do:*** Knowledge of various storage technologies and architectures, such as SAN (Storage Area Network), NAS (Network Attached Storage) and Object Storage.* Hands on experience of HPE XP8 or Hitachi 5600 storage* Experience with storage management tools, such as volume managers, file systems, and backup and recovery software.* Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, to effectively communicate with stakeholders including technical and nontechnical personnel.* Good problem-solving and analytical skills to troubleshoot and resolve issues with storage systems.* Experience with data migration, including planning and execution of data transfer between storage systems.* Knowledge of industry standards and best practices for storage management, such as data protection, data security, and compliance requirements.* Understanding of networking concepts and technologies* Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, collaboration skills with other IT teams such as VMware support team, Application teams, SAN Switch support, system administrators and network engineers.* Design and Implementation: Ability to design, implement, and validate zoning and fabric topologies, including multi-fabric and high availability SAN architectures using leading brands (e.g., Brocade, Cisco, MDS).* Advanced Troubleshooting & Performance Tuning: Proficient in performing end-to-end troubleshooting, diagnostics, and traffic analysis using tools like port mirroring, flow monitoring, Fabric Watch, and integration with storage monitoring platforms.* Firmware & Compliance Management: Experience in SAN switch firmware upgrades, patching, backup/restore of configurations, and maintaining security policies, role-based access control (RBAC), and audit trail compliance.* Assist L1 & L2 for Backup & recovery process* Performing mock system failure and then data restoration drills on periodic basis* Work with the customer in defining data space management requirements of the customers to identify Inefficiently utilized disk, Fragmented data, monitor storage utilization* Assist L1 & L2 team to monitor storage hardware & standard reporting of storage* Perform Data replication between DC & DR* Perform LUN Allocation/De-allocation/Planning & zoning activities* Capacity planning for storage on regular intervals* OEM coordination for hardware break fix & Firmware upgrade**What you need to bring:****Education Criteria :-*** Qualification: B. Tech/ B.E./ BCA/ MCA or equivalent qualification from an Institute/University recognized by Govt of India or its regulatory bodies in IT/Computer Science/ Electronics & Communications, etc* Certification: Advance level Storage and SAN Switch OEM certification* Experience: Minimum 7 years in managing storage systems