Onsite_NetApp Storage Administrator

Themesoft Inc; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Part time

Job summary

The Themesoft Inc team in Dallas seeks a NetApp storage expert for a 6-month contract to design, deploy, and maintain ONTAP-based storage solutions, including Cloud Volume Ontap and Azure Netapp Files.

You will plan and execute data migrations, lead SAN/NAS engineering efforts, and ensure high availability with SnapMirror-based DR and cross-cluster replication, RBAC, and NFS/SMB efficiency.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in managing and supporting NetApp ONTAP environments.
• Design, deploy, and maintain NetApp storage solutions (ONTAP, Cloud Volume Ontap and Azure Netapp Files).
• Ability to plan, lead, and execute data migrations in a NetApp environment.
• Lead engineering support for SAN/NAS environments and ensure performance and reliability.
• Provision storage: volumes, LUN mapping, NAS shares, and ensure OS-level availability.

Responsibilities

• Deep expertise in managing and supporting NetApp ONTAP environments.
• Design, deploy, and maintain NetApp storage solutions (ONTAP, Cloud Volume Ontap and Azure Netapp Files).
• Ability to plan, lead, and execute data migrations in a NetApp environment.
• Lead engineering support for SAN/NAS environments and ensure optimal performance and reliability.
• Provision storage: create volumes, LUN mapping, NAS shares, and ensure OS-level availability.
• Manage capacity planning, performance tuning, forecasting, and trending.
• Configure SVM-to-SVM data protection and cross-cluster replication (SVM-DR).
• Set up secure cluster peering and SVM peering for DR readiness.
• Monitor SVM-DR relationships and replication health.

Skills

NetApp ONTAP

Data migrations planning

SAN/NAS troubleshooting

SVM-DR

NFS/SMB protocols

SNPMirror

Performance tuning

Tools

SnapMirror

Active IQ

System Manager

ONTAP tools

Azure NetApp Files

Job description

Location: ~Dallas,TX~

Duration: 6 months

10+ years of NetApp storage experience

Migration expert - NetApp native tools-based migration

• Deep expertise in managing and supporting NetApp ONTAP environments.
• Design, deploy, and maintain NetApp storage solutions (ONTAP,Cloud Volume Ontap and Azure Netapp Files).
• Ability to plan, lead, and execute data migrations in a NetApp environment.
• Lead engineering support for SAN/NAS environments and ensure optimal performance and reliability.
• Provision storage: create volumes, LUN mapping, NAS shares, and ensure OS-level availability.
• Manage capacity planning, performance tuning, forecasting, and trending.
• Demonstrated experience configuring SVM-to-SVM data protection relationships, ensuring replication of not just volume data but also NFS exports, SMB shares, RBAC settings, and SVM configuration metadata.
• Proficient in setting up secure cluster peering and SVM peering, enabling cross-cluster data replication for SVM-DR environments.
• Experienced in executing baseline transfers and managing scheduled incremental updates for SVM-level disaster recovery, ensuring minimal disruption and fast, consistent updates.
• Hands-on experience performing SVM failover and reactivation of primary systems, leveraging SnapMirror's fast, nondisruptive DR activation capabilities.
• Proficient in monitoring SVM-DR relationships, verifying snapshot retention alignment with protection policies, and validating replication health for business continuity.
• Strong teamwork skills with the ability to work independently and maintain a positive attitude.
• Extensive experience with migration processes- snpmirror.
• Proficiency with key NetApp tools such as SnapMirror, Active IQ, and System Manager.
• Solid understanding of NFS, SMB/CIFS, and FC protocols.
• Experience in NetApp storage provisioning, replication, and performance troubleshooting.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Deep expertise in managing and supporting NetApp ONTAP environments.
• Design, deploy, and maintain NetApp storage solutions (ONTAP,Cloud Volume Ontap and Azure Netapp Files).
• Ability to plan, lead, and execute data migrations in a NetApp environment.
• Lead engineering support for SAN/NAS environments and ensure optimal performance and reliability.
• Provision storage: create volumes, LUN mapping, NAS shares, and ensure OS-level availability.
• Manage capacity planning, performance tuning, forecasting, and trending.
• Demonstrated experience configuring SVM-to-SVM data protection relationships, ensuring replication of not just volume data but also NFS exports, SMB shares, RBAC settings, and SVM configuration metadata.
• Proficient in setting up secure cluster peering and SVM peering, enabling cross-cluster data replication for SVM-DR environments.
• Experienced in executing baseline transfers and managing scheduled incremental updates for SVM-level disaster recovery, ensuring minimal disruption and fast, consistent updates.
• Hands-on experience performing SVM failover and reactivation of primary systems, leveraging SnapMirror's fast, nondisruptive DR activation capabilities.
• Proficient in monitoring SVM-DR relationships, verifying snapshot retention alignment with protection policies, and validating replication health for business continuity.
• Strong teamwork skills with the ability to work independently and maintain a positive attitude.
• Extensive experience with migration processes- snpmirror.
• Proficiency with key NetApp tools such as SnapMirror, Active IQ, and System Manager.
• Solid understanding of NFS, SMB/CIFS, and FC protocols.
• Experience in NetApp storage provisioning, replication, and performance troubleshooting.