Storage Administrator

Position: Storage  Administrator (NETAPP) Location: Lorton, VA
Schedule (FT/PT): Full Time
Duration: ~7 years
Shift: Day
Remote Type: No Remote
Clearance: Top Secret
1099/C2C Opportunity Only: $85/$95 /hr Operate, troubleshoot, and modernize NetApp centric hardware and software to include client, server, and network integration components.
Understanding of NetApp best practice solutions in a production environment with enterprise security requirements in mind.
Will interact with system/network administrators, enterprise security, and senior government personnel.
Expert level configurations for FAS based NetApp controllers including but not limited to FAS8040, FAS8020, FAS2552.
Expert knowledge of Clustered Data ONTAP 9.1 and higher to include non-disruptive software upgrades.
Expert knowledge troubleshooting performance and storage access problems with client servers and workstations.
Expert knowledge with SAN and NAS protocols (CIFS, NFS, ISCSI).
Expert knowledge with capacity management to include raid group provisioning, aggregate maintenance, volume creation and maintenance, LUN usage.
Creates and maintains CIFS shares in a Windows domain environment.
Creates and maintains NFS volumes with NFS exports for Linux based servers.
Manages Snapshot schedules to meet customer requirements.
Restores data from volume snapshots as required (CIFS data, NFS volumes, LUNs).
Integrates NFS volumes with VMware administrators for datastore creation and use.
Expert knowledge with NetApp Snapshot and Snapmirror/SnapVault technology.
Expert familiarity with NetApp SnapManager and SnapDrive applications to include SnapManager for Exchange/SQL/Oracle/SMBR and NetApp Virtual Storage Console to include installation and updates.
Expert knowledge with the storage provisioning life cycle; creation, client access, support/troubleshooting, active management, decommission.
Familiarity with creation and maintenance of cluster peers in support of off-site replication for Snapmirror and SnapVault
Daily capacity and spare/broken disk management.
Creates and manages NetApp Logical Interfaces (LIFs), ports, failover groups, management links, broadcast domains, and VLANs.
Creates and manages Storage Virtual Machines.
Expands disk shelving as required.
Primary POC for hardware replacement to include spare drive requests and hardware failures/replacement.
Familiarity with management of cluster switches (CN1610).
Briefs government leadership with refresh strategies and timelines.
Interfaces with vendors for system upgrade/replacement quotes.

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