O&M Infrastructure Engineer Physical Server

Giza Arabia; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Saudi Arabia seeks to hire a Storage Manager responsible for monitoring, managing, and optimizing online storage systems. The job involves liaising with various teams, maintaining storage architecture, and ensuring effective data management. Ideal candidates should possess strong team management and interpersonal skills, along with expertise in SAN/NAS systems and performance monitoring.

Qualifications

• Strong team management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Expertise in enterprise server hardware management.
• Deep knowledge of SAN/NAS storage management.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and manage online storage based on performance data.
• Implement best practices in storage architecture.
• Ensure maintenance of physical servers.
• Handle data migration and storage LUN migrations.

Skills

Team Management

Communication Skills

Problem-solving

Attention to Detail

Tools

SAN/NAS Storage Management

I/O Performance Monitoring

Virtualization (VMware)

Job description

Responsibilities

• Monitor, manage, and control online storage based on I/O pattern statistics and performance data.
• Implement best practices and make necessary changes in storage architecture to meet service levels.
• Ensure maintenance of physical servers.
• Configure and allocate storage capacity to end-users based on approved change requests.
• Manage online storage thresholds and data archives.
• Monitor user directories for file inactivity and report monthly.
• Perform online storage compaction as needed.
• Handle data migration, archive management, and storage LUN migration activities.
• Liaise with monitoring teams to receive and validate hardware alerts.
• Collaborate with OS (Windows/Linux) and Virtualisation (VMware) teams to prepare and hand over new hardware.
• Communicate the status of incidents and service requests to the physical server lead.
• Maintain catalogue information based on storage allocation, utilisation, user directories, and access history.
• Monitor and maintain file directories and catalogues.
• Follow release management processes and maintain complete configuration information of storage.

Personal Skills

• Strong Team Management Skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Proactive mindset with strong attention to detail.

Technical Skills

• Expertise in enterprise server hardware (blade, rack-mount).
• Deep knowledge of SAN/NAS storage management (allocation, LUN migration, compaction).
• Experience with I/O performance monitoring and tuning.
• Knowledge of data archiving and migration techniques.
• Familiarity with file/catalogue management and storage configuration documentation.