What are the responsibilities and job description for the Storage Systems Administrator position at SSI?
Description
In support of the High-Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) Integrated Technical Services (HITS) task order contract, SSI is looking for a Storage System Administrator who will help support the daily administration of storage environment across a diverse set of applications utilizing HSM (hierarchical storage manager) management software. This includes general storage administration tasks, storage software and hardware support, storage device configuration, support of daily backups, monitoring of storage devices, storage performance tuning and troubleshooting. The successful candidate will support mass storage archive needs in an environment consisting of standalone, virtual machine, and large-scale High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster-based systems
Requirements
- General understanding of Storage environments such as IBM Elastic Storage Server (ESS), Seagate, LSI, or Oracle storage systems, Oracle large scale tape libraries, IBM tape libraries, IBM and Oracle Enterprise class tape drives, as well as Brocade Fiber Channel switches
- General knowledge of Linux and Unix operating systems concepts
- Experience with HSM software such as SAMQFS and Versity Storage Manager.
- Experience and understanding in enterprise backup and data protection technologies such as Veritas NetBackup.
- Tape library and drive storage experience
- Experience working with Tape Backup or long-term Archive Software
- Excellent customer interaction skills including written and verbal communication
- Team oriented individual capable of multi-tasking in a dynamic, demanding environment
- Organizational skills to balance and prioritize work in a dynamic work environment, and persistence to follow-through on tasks
- Ability to provide clear documentation on system administration procedures for routine and complex tasks
- Active security clearance and obtain Top Secret clearance
- Ability to maintain DoD 8570 certification - Security and OS cert, Linux , RedHat, etc. (90 day waiver may be provided to obtain the OS certification)
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of experience (additional experience may be substituted for the degree)
