Walk-in || Storage Engineer

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Storage Engineer with a deep technical focus on HPE Block Storage systems and Brocade SAN fabrics.

Key Responsibilities

1. HPE Storage Administration & Operations

• Provisioning & Lifecycle: Manage end-to-end allocation, volume creation, and host mappings across HPE 3PAR, Nimble, and Alletra (6000/9000) platforms.
• Optimization: Perform data space optimizations, thin-provisioning tuning, deduplication tracking, and automated space reclamations (UNMAP/zero-page).
• Upgrades & Patches: Independently schedule and execute non-disruptive array OS/firmware code upgrades across controllers.
• Decommissions: Safely wipe data, unzone, and completely tear down legacy enterprise storage arrays out of production.

2. Brocade SAN Fabric Management

• Zoning: Configure and maintain secure SAN zoning architectures (WWN, peer zoning, single-initiator/multi-target mappings) on Brocade SAN Switches.
• Switch Maintenance: Execute Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) firmware upgrades, hardware component replacements, and port provisioning.
• Fabric Resiliency: Automate daily switch configurations backups (configupload), run systemic health checks, and gather log collection for auditing.

3. Continuity, Capacity, & Incident Response

• Data Protection: Manage synchronous/asynchronous replications and high-availability architecture like HPE Peer Persistence.
• Power Outage Orchestration: Own the disaster recovery plan for facility electrical interruptions, managing graceful sequential shutdowns and safe system restarts.
• Performance Triage: Diagnose and resolve complex storage performance bottlenecks, unexpected high latency, host multi-pathing (MPIO) drops, or fabric disconnects.
• Vendor SLA Management: Serve as the technical point of contact for HPE and Brocade support tiers, collecting debugging logs and overseeing on-site Field Engineers for hardware replacements.

Qualifications & Skills

• 6-8 years of dedicated enterprise experience in Storage and SAN administration.
• Expert-level knowledge of HPE Block Storage Architecture (3PAR, Nimble, and Alletra arrays).
• Strong competency managing Brocade SAN Switches and Fabric OS (FOS) commands.
• Demonstrated experience handling live data migration, software code upgrades, and multi-node disaster recovery scenarios.
• Proven ability to run command-line log analysis tools, capture support bundles, and interpret array metrics.