Storage Admin - SME

HCLTech; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HCLTech is seeking a senior storage engineer in Dallas to optimize and support enterprise storage environments. You will work with Infinidat, NetApp, and HP 3PAR platforms, design LUNs and multi-protocol shares, and drive storage-related automation and improvements.

The role requires 7+ years of experience, strong communication, and willingness to participate in 24x7 support with on-call rotations. Certification in HP 3PAR is preferred, and familiarity with FC SAN fabric is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7+ years of relevant storage engineering experience.
• Certification in HP 3PAR technology is required.
• Hands-on experience with Infinidat and NetApp storage platforms.
• Strong knowledge of SAN fabrics (Brocade) and storage networking.
• Ability to drive projects, resolve issues quickly, and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Operate and optimize primary storage technologies (Infinidat, NetApp, HP 3PAR).
• Configure LUNs, file systems, NFS/SMB shares, and multi-protocol access.
• Provision and map LUNs; manage replication and DR rotations.
• Perform capacity and performance management; tune storage systems.
• Participate in on-call, 24x7 support, and on-call escalation as needed.
• Identify automation opportunities and contribute to service improvement plans.
• Maintain and upgrade SAN fabric and related management tools.

Skills

Infinidat Storage

NetApp Storage

HP 3PAR

Brocade DCX

Storage management tools

Linux/Unix basics

Scripting

DR/BCP planning

SAN fabric tuning

Education

7+ years storage engineering experience

Tools

BNA

OCI

Infinimetrics

StoreOnce

VMware

NFS/SMB configuration

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Should have 7+ Years of relevant experience on Storage technologies like HP 3PAR, Infinidat, NetApp, Brocade Switches, Management Tools – BNA, OCI, Infinimetrics etc.
• Candidate should be able to quickly understand and resolve issues, mitigate risks and dependencies and the ability to drive projects and resources to completion.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation and documentation skills.
• Should possess certification in HP 3PAR technology.
• Should be able to drive the critical issues and effectively communicate over the calls.
• Willing to work in 24x7 environment with Rotational Shifts.
• Should be ready to work as On-call as per the requirement.
• Identify and Drive Automation Areas and service improvement efforts.
• Should be having good scripting knowledge.
• Actively participate in service improvement plans.
• Monitoring overall functioning of process and identify improvement areas.
• Should have basic knowledge of Linux / Solaris / VMware etc.

Required Technical Skills – Primary Storage Technologies: Infinidat & NetApp Storage.

Skill Requirements

• Understanding on Infinidat Storage.
• Creation of filesystem, NFS,SMB on Infinidat Storage
• Creation of Multi-Protocol Share drive on infinidat storage.
• LUN Provision/Mapping on Infinidat Storage.
• Replication Set-up on Infinidat.
• DR Rotation on Infinidat.
• Migration Experience.
• SAN Switches: Brocade, SANNAV
• Excellent hands-on experience on HP 3PAR, Infinidat, StoreOnce and Brocade DCX switches administration, Management Tools – BNA, OCI, Infinimetrics etc.
• Hands-on experience with NetApp C-mode, NAS shares creation, Migration, Metrocluster, configuration, set up, switchover and switchback and snapshots
• Configure and manage storage pools, CPGs, Virtual volumes & snapshots
• Excellent knowledge of LSAN zones and routing
• Perform Capacity and Performance management
• Hands-on experience on Adaptive and Dynamic optimization.
• Develop tiering policies for all hosts and configure as per the standards
• Design & implement SAN connectivity (single & dual chassis) with Fiber channel switches to overcome any single point of failure for all hosts
• Experience in performance tuning of 3PAR system and storage based replication.
• Experience in tuning virtual volumes.
• Exposure to DR implementation and management
• Experience in Storage and Fabric microcode upgrade activities
• Excellent knowledge in Configuring SAN Fabric (Brocade 48K & DCX switches) and troubleshooting fabric related events.