Storage L3 Engineer

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Professional development

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Storage L3 Engineer to operate onsite at partner/customer offices in Mumbai. You will design and manage SAN/NAS architectures, perform data migrations, and coordinate firmware upgrades while collaborating with IT teams.

The role demands strong storage expertise and hands-on experience with enterprise platforms. The ideal candidate has a 7+ year background in storage systems, certification in Storage and SAN Switches, and a proven ability to implement

Qualifications

• Qualification: B. Tech/ B.E./ BCA/ MCA or equivalent qualification from Govt-recognized institute.
• Certification: Advanced level Storage and SAN Switch OEM certification.
• Experience: Minimum 7 years in managing storage systems.
• Accessibility: Inclusive workplace; accommodation available if needed.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and validate zoning and fabric topologies for SAN architectures.
• Troubleshoot storage issues end-to-end with diagnostics and analysis.
• Coordinate firmware upgrades and RBAC security policy implementation.
• Data replication planning between DC and DR; LUN allocation and zoning.
• Collaborate with VMware, application teams, and SAN switch admins.

Skills

SAN storage

NAS

Object storage

Storage management tools

Data migration

Networking concepts

Education

B.Tech/BE/BCA/MCA

Tools

HPE XP8

Hitachi 5600

Job description

Storage L3 Engineer This 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:

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 you 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 and Experience Required:
  • 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
  • Accessibility HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here. Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

What We Can Offer You:

• Health & Wellbeing We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
• Personal & Professional Development We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
• Unconditional Inclusion We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. 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. Let's Stay Connected: Follow @HPECareers on Instagram to see the latest on people, culture and tech at HPE. #india #operations

Job:

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