Sr. Data Center Consultant to support a Unity NAS to PowerStore NAS migration for a FinTech client

S.i. Systems
Toronto
$65-$75 an hour (estimated)
Full-time

Sr. Data Center Consultant to support a Unity NAS to PowerStore NAS migration for a FinTech client

Duration : 6 months (High possibility of extension)

Location : Hybrid - Etobicoke (2 times / week)

Role : Mix of Operational (including rotating on-call support and willingness to work after-hours as required to implement technology changes and provide support) and Engineering / Architecture works related to the domains outlined below.

They need to understand concepts across domains and silos (IE : virtualization + storage + backup / data protection) and have experience with each.

Must Have Skills :

  • 5+ years of experience as a Data Center Admin / Consultant with experience in working in a physical co-location DC environment (change management, physical security, rack elevations, cabling / connectivity, power / cooling).
  • Strong experience with on-premise primary storage / backup+data protection / virtualization
  • Dell SCG, PowerStore T-series (Unified including FC block and NAS function), PowerMax (preferably V4 or arrays FC block only FCP+NVMe / FC with VMware vSphere virtualization environment and Cisco MDS or Dell / EMC Connectrix C-Series FC switches.
  • Solid understanding of data protection concepts VM snapshots, array snapshots, protection of HA MS SQL Server AGs within a VM (different HA / DR models and options), NAS server (NDMP) and use of tools like Zerto + RP4VM.

Nice To Have Skills :

  • Exposure to supporting Nutanix AOS with AHV hypervisor using HP ProLiant DX hardware.
  • Experience with Dell / EMC AppSync.
  • Experience with Dell / EMC PowerProtect Data Manager (PPDM), PowerProtect Data Domain.
  • Experience with Commvault ideally in an environment where LTO tape media and HSX nodes are used.
  • Some experience with Brocade FC and NetApp FAS / CDOT
  • Experience with Windows and Linux (Red Hat) administration i
  • Experience with Dell PowerEdge rack mount servers and Cisco UCS rack mount (c-Series) + blade (b-Series)

Job Description :

  • Joining a DC migration project in final stages helping with Unity NAS to PowerStore NAS migrations.
  • Help to mature VMware vSphere vulnerability management process with focus on automation.
  • Working on secure disposal and decommissioning of equipment from old DC.
  • Help with a proof-of-concept for Dell PPDM / PPDD infrastructure and potential rapid deployment / migration from Commvault system.

Transitioning long-term retention backups from tape to cloud object storage (familiarity with both PowerProtect DD Cloud Tiering and Azure Blob Storage is ideal).

Must have solid understanding of core data-protection concepts + strategies RTO / RPO, snapshots, replication, etc. ideally with the mentioned platforms.

  • Help with design and deployment of QA and DEV environments using VMware vSphere. Drive integration with Terraform and Ansible for automation within DEV environment to replace Nutanix AOS / AHV with PC Flow provisioning today.
  • Help planning and executing a vSphere 7 to vSphere 8 migration (vCenter, hosts).
  • Working on a branch office technology revamp (including decommissioning of old equipment).
  • 30+ days ago
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