O&M Infrastructure Engineer Physical Server

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

Job summary

A leading technology services provider in Riyadh is seeking an individual to manage online storage and ensure the maintenance of physical servers. Responsibilities include configuring storage capacity, managing data archives, and collaborating with OS and virtualization teams. The ideal candidate will monitor performance, oversee file inactivity, and communicate incidents. This role emphasizes adherence to best practices in storage architecture and effective use of appropriate tools.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, manage, and control online storage based on I/O pattern statistics.
• Implement best practices for storage architecture to meet service levels.
• Ensure maintenance of physical servers.
• Configure and allocate storage capacity to end-users.
• Manage online storage thresholds and data archives.
• Monitor user directories for file inactivity.
• Perform online storage compaction as needed.
• Handle data migration and archive management activities.
• Liaise with monitoring teams to validate hardware alerts.
• Collaborate with OS and Virtualization teams to prepare new hardware.
• Communicate status of incidents to the Physical Server Lead.
• Maintain catalogue information based on storage allocation.
• Monitor and maintain file directories and catalogues.
• Follow release management processes.

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 Virtualization (VMware) teams to prepare and hand over new hardware.
• Communicate status of incidents and service requests to the Physical Server Lead.
• Maintain catalogue information based on storage allocation, utilization, user directories, and access history.
• Monitor and maintain file directories and catalogues.
• Follow release management processes and maintain complete configuration information of storage.