Senior Solaris & Storage Engineer

Nokia Corporation; Coppell (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental benefits

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Corporate retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Nokia seeks a Solaris and Storage Administrator to provide advanced, secure operational support for the NSA Retained infrastructure in the US. The role owns complex administration, recovery, and cross-functional coordination while adhering to NSA and Nokia controls.

Responsibilities include administering Solaris/SPARC estates, NetApp storage, backups, migrations, and ensuring least-privilege access. You will mentor colleagues and participate in on-call rotations and maintenance activities.

Qualifications

• Eight+ years enterprise infrastructure experience including Solaris SPARC, storage, and backup technologies.
• Experience with Solaris Zones, LDOMs, ZFS, SMF, networking, patching, scripting, performance analysis, and recovery.
• Experience with privileged-access governance, audit, and change-control requirements.

Responsibilities

• Administer the NSA Retained Solaris/SPARC estate, including T5 hosts, zones, LDOMs, and related servers.
• Manage NetBackup and tape-library services, policies, and restores with health reporting.
• Monitor performance, capacity, and availability; respond to incidents and changes.
• Lead migrations and data-center transitions with approved checklists and rollback plans.
• Ensure least-privilege access and NSA authorization before privileged access is granted.
• Document restore activity and maintain operational runbooks and procedures.
• Mentor less-experienced admins through reviews and knowledge transfer.

Skills

Independent work

Cross-functional

Security governance

Mentoring

Risk communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

Solaris

SPARC

NetBackup

NetApp ONTAP

ZFS

LDOMs

Stromasys

SAN

Job description

Nokia seeks a Solaris and Storage Administrator to provide advanced, secure operational support for the NSA Retained infrastructure in the US. The role owns complex administration, recovery, and cross-functional coordination while adhering to NSA and Nokia controls.

Responsibilities include administering Solaris/SPARC estates, NetApp storage, backups, migrations, and ensuring least-privilege access. You will mentor colleagues and participate in on-call rotations and maintenance activities.