Purpose of the job

• Responsible to provide the necessary storage and backup services, ensuring high availability and
• optimum performance .
• Developing and enhancing the performance for storage and backup systems .
• Administering and maintaining Storage and Backup systems , SAN switches and archiving systems .
• Automate daily operational tasks
• Manage storage and backup Migrations and related projects
• Act as a mentor to other team members and a technical reference

Duties and responsibilities

• Administer storage and SAN systems including performance monitoring, systems initialization and onboarding
• Demonstrated ability to support Storage and backup infrastructure services hardware, operating system, and software platforms
• Administer Backup and Archiving systems including performance monitoring, systems initialization and onboarding
• Troubleshoot and investigate complex problems
• Define and specify architecture protocols and functional requirements and specifications for storage and backup components.
• Maintain technical awareness of developments within the backup and storage technology industry and evaluate new technologies
• Understanding of IT infrastructure and support areas such as storage, database, networks, backups, security, and operating systems
• Co-operate with project managers and consultants to achieve project goals
• Participate in capacity planning and performance discussions and assist in development and execution of disaster recovery exercises
• Knowledge of data migration strategies and tools for transferring data
• Leads implementations of new storage systems
• Carry out storage migrations as per plans laid out by the Architecture and Planning teams Manages the daily activities of all enterprise storage systems
• Initiate internal projects in coordination with Architecture and Planning teams
• Supervise the backup procedures and ensures backups are executed and tested as per schedules.

Job specification
Education

• Bachelor degree in Computer engineering or similar discipline

Experience

• Minimum 7 years of experience in system administration, infrastructure management, and IT operations.
• At least 5 years of hands-on experience in a senior system administration role, managing enterprise IT environments, servers, and cloud-based infrastructure.
• experience , data lifecycle management disaster recovery planning.
• Strong expertise in automation, scripting, and monitoring tools to improve system efficiency and reliability.
• Experience leading technical projects and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Previous involvement in system migrations, upgrades, and high-availability solutions.
  
  

Skills and abilities

• Work and communicate with a wide range of people peers, vendors, management cross-functional teams
• Consistently demonstrate professional, positive, and approachable attitude/demeanor.
• Demonstrate sensitivity in handling confidential information.
• Formulate and clearly communicate ideas to others.
• Willingness to work flexible hours.
• Ability to work under stress during peak workload periods.
• Work environment involves infrequent exposure .