Remote Enterprise Storage & Backup Systems Administrator

Horizontal Talent; Glendale (CA); Remote; USD 79,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Horizontal Talent is seeking a Systems Administrator to support storage and backup environments in a regulatory financial setting. This remote-to-start role focuses on stability, performance, and reliable infrastructure services that keep critical operations running.

You will administer Hitachi, Dell storage, VMware, Commvault, and Cohesity, with scripting in Ansible, Python, or PowerShell. The position requires 3–5+ years of relevant experience and a strong emphasis on change management and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• 3–5+ years of storage/backup or enterprise infrastructure experience.
• Experience with high-regulation environments and incident handling.
• Strong change management and documentation practices.

Responsibilities

• Support storage and related infrastructure for reliability and integrity.
• Provision, configure, troubleshoot, and upgrade storage and backup systems.
• Apply upgrades and patches under change control processes.
• Document requests with clients and senior engineers; execute changes.
• Participate in design, testing, and implementation projects.
• Assist with incident response and root-cause analysis.
• Monitor capacity and performance; suggest improvements.
• Contribute to on-call rotations and operational support.

Skills

Hitachi storage

Dell storage

VMware/ESX

Commvault

Cohesity

Scripting

Ansible

Python

PowerShell

Incident response

Change management

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Grafana

Splunk

Dynatrace

Job description

Horizontal Talent is seeking a Systems Administrator to support storage and backup environments in a regulatory financial setting. This remote-to-start role focuses on stability, performance, and reliable infrastructure services that keep critical operations running.

You will administer Hitachi, Dell storage, VMware, Commvault, and Cohesity, with scripting in Ansible, Python, or PowerShell. The position requires 3–5+ years of relevant experience and a strong emphasis on change management and