San Storage Administrator

Location: Thane

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced SAN Storage Administrator to manage, maintain, and optimize enterprise storage infrastructure. The role involves ensuring high availability, performance, security, and disaster recovery readiness across multi-vendor storage platforms.

Key Responsibilities

SAN Infrastructure Management

• Design, implement, and administer SAN environments including storage arrays, fabrics, switches, and host connectivity.
• Perform zoning, masking, provisioning, and LUN/volume allocation across enterprise environments.

Storage Operations & Performance

• Monitor storage infrastructure health, capacity, and performance.
• Analyze utilization trends, identify bottlenecks, and implement performance improvements.
• Manage storage capacity planning, forecasting, and expansion activities.

Patch, Upgrade & Maintenance

• Execute firmware upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management of storage arrays and SAN switches.
• Ensure compliance with change management processes and maintenance schedules.

Replication & Disaster Recovery

• Implement and support storage replication solutions and DR environments.
• Coordinate DR drills, failover/failback testing, and business continuity activities.

Vendor & Stakeholder Management

• Work with OEMs for troubleshooting, escalations, upgrades, and support.
• Collaborate closely with server, database, virtualization, and network teams.

Documentation & Compliance

• Maintain SOPs, architecture diagrams, audit records, and operational documentation.
• Ensure adherence to ITIL processes, security standards, and compliance requirements.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong expertise in Fibre Channel, iSCSI, SAN Fabrics, Zoning, Masking, and LUN Management

• Hands-on experience with storage platforms such as:

• Dell EMC

• NetApp

• HPE Storage

• Experience with replication technologies:

• SRDF

• SnapMirror

• SyncIQ

• TrueCopy

• VPLEX

• Expertise in Brocade SAN Switches and firmware management

• Strong troubleshooting skills across storage, host, and SAN fabric layers

• Knowledge of Windows, Linux, and AIX storage integration

• Scripting/automation knowledge is an added advantage

Preferred Certifications

• Dell EMC Storage Certification
• NetApp Certification
• HPE Storage Certification
• VMware Certification
• ITIL Foundation

Desired Candidate Profile

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience managing large-scale enterprise storage environments
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to work in a 24x7 support environment when required

If interested please share your updated CV along with below details at [email protected]

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