Dell Storage & Infrastructure Engineer- Alkhobar, KSA

DS DeepSource; Dammam; On-site; SAR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Dell Technologies in Saudi Arabia is seeking an experienced Storage & Infrastructure Engineer to oversee the administration, implementation, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management of Dell enterprise storage, backup, and server infrastructure in mission-critical environments.

The role emphasizes strong expertise in Dell storage technologies, VMware virtualization, and enterprise server hardware, collaborating with virtualization, backup, and infrastructure teams to ensure secure, scalable

Qualifications

• Experience administering Dell storage platforms (PowerScale/Isilon, PowerStore, PowerMax) and Data Domain.
• Strong VMware virtualization skills and ESXi proficiency.
• Experience with enterprise server hardware lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, and support Dell PowerScale (Isilon) clusters and file services.
• Administer Dell PowerStore/PowerMax, including provisioning and replication.
• Manage Dell PowerEdge and MX server infrastructure with lifecycle ops.
• Oversee Data Domain and CRS backup solutions for disaster recovery readiness.

Skills

Dell storage technologies

VMware virtualization

Enterprise server hardware

Lifecycle management

Tools

Dell Unisphere

Brocade Fibre Channel

VMware vSphere

NetWorker

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Dell Storage & Infrastructure Engineer responsible for the administration, implementation, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and lifecycle management of Dell enterprise storage, backup, cyber recovery, Tape library, and server infrastructure. The ideal candidate should possess strong expertise in Dell storage technologies, backup solutions, VMware virtualization, and enterprise server hardware supporting mission-critical environments.

Key Responsibilities:

Dell PowerScale (Isilon)

Administer, configure, and support Dell PowerScale (Isilon) clustered NAS storage in enterprise environments. Install, expand, and maintain PowerScale clusters, perform OneFS upgrades and firmware updates, and manage SmartPools, SmartQuotas, SmartConnect, SnapshotIQ, SyncIQ, SmartDedupe, and SmartFail features. Provision and manage NFS, SMB/CIFS, FTP, and HDFS file services, configure replication between production and disaster recovery sites, and ensure high availability and data protection. Monitor cluster health, optimize storage performance, conduct capacity planning, troubleshoot client connectivity, and file system issues, and collaborate with virtualization, backup, and infrastructure teams to deliver scalable, secure, and resilient file storage services while adhering to enterprise operational and security standards.

Dell PowerStore & PowerMax

Administer, configure, install, and support Dell PowerStore and Dell PowerMax enterprise storage platforms, including storage provisioning, host integration, performance optimization, and lifecycle management. Manage storage pools, volumes, storage groups, masking views, snapshots, thin provisioning, replication technologies (native replication, Metro, and SRDF), firmware upgrades, capacity planning, and performance tuning. Configure and maintain SAN infrastructure, including Brocade Fibre Channel switches, zoning, VSANs, alias management, NPIV, port administration, firmware upgrades, switch health monitoring, SAN connectivity, and multipathing configuration and troubleshooting. Provision block and file storage for VMware, Windows, Linux, and Oracle environments while ensuring high availability, business continuity, and disaster recovery readiness. Perform storage migrations, LUN provisioning and expansions, health monitoring, and troubleshooting using Dell Unisphere. Collaborate with server, virtualization, backup, and infrastructure teams to support enterprise applications while ensuring compliance with storage best practices, security standards, and operational lifecycle management.

Dell PowerEdge & Dell MX Server Infrastructure

Administer, install, configure, and support Dell PowerEdge servers and Dell MX7000 modular infrastructure in enterprise data center environments. Perform server provisioning, hardware installation, BIOS, RAID, iDRAC, and Lifecycle Controller configuration, firmware upgrades, and hardware troubleshooting for CPUs, memory, storage, network adapters, and power components. Manage Dell MX7000 chassis, compute sleds, fabric modules, and server profiles using OpenManage Enterprise and OpenManage Enterprise Modular. Support VMware ESXi deployments, operating system installations, hardware lifecycle management, performance monitoring, capacity planning, and proactive maintenance. Collaborate with storage, virtualization, backup, and networking teams to ensure high availability, optimal performance, and adherence to enterprise infrastructure standards and best practices.

Dell Data Domain & Cyber Recovery Solution (CRS)

Administer, configure, and support Dell Data Domain and Dell Cyber Recovery Solution (CRS) to deliver secure, resilient, and cyber-recovery-ready backup infrastructure. Configure and manage Data Domain appliances, including MTrees, DD Boost, NFS/CIFS shares, replication, retention policies, immutable storage, and capacity optimization. Deploy and maintain Cyber Recovery Vault, Cyber Recovery policies, orchestration workflows, and air-gapped recovery environments integrated with Data Domain and CyberSense. Perform backup integrity validation, cyber recovery testing, ransomware recovery exercises, software and firmware upgrades, health monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance tuning. Collaborate with backup, storage, virtualization, and security teams to ensure backup availability, regulatory compliance, disaster recovery readiness, and rapid recovery of critical business services.In addition, he must have VMware administration and NetWorker L1 Support.