Senior Storage Administrator Guardian Life

This individual will provide primarily operational support for the Guardian Production, UAT, and Test storage and backup environment. This will involve storage administration tasks such as zoning, lun provisioning, troubleshooting issues, and on-call support. This will also include involvement in requirements gathering for new projects, incident/request fulfillment, collaboration with other infrastructure groups, capacity planning, and overall storage reporting. Strong communication skills and self-starter attitude are key requirements for this position. This position will report into the Manager of Storage Operations. There will be an on-call rotation and second shift responsibilities for this position as well. This person may also be involved in Storage engineering efforts/POC’s in conjunction with the Storage Engineering team.

Qualification

Qualifications:

Competencies/Skills:
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong presentation skills
Strong and demonstrated documentation skills
Must be flexible and able to work in a team environment or alone with same degree of integrity and professionalism throughout.
EMC VMAX, VNX (File and Block), and Centera
EMC SRDFa and RecoverPoint replication technology
Both SAN and NAS experience
Brocade DCX switches and SAN fabric design
Netapp SanScreen, EMC DPA, and other EMC Native tools such as SPA, Unisphere
Knowledge:
Strong Operating System experience in AIX, Redhat Linux, Windows
Strong performance tuning/troubleshooting skills
Basic knowledge of database and operating system technology including AIX, Windows, Oracle, SQL, and UDB
Demonstrated knowledge in Capacity Planning/Forecasting
Education:
Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience
Experience:
5-7 years as Storage Administrator
3-5 years experience in EMC storage/tools and Brocade technology



The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, currently ranked #254 on the Fortune 500, is the country’s fourth largest mutual insurer. As of December 31, 2014, Guardian reports $1.3 billion in operating income, $6.8 billion in capital and $81.1 billion in assets under management. Guardian consistently scores high marks for financial strength from all four major credit rating agencies and enjoys a strong competitive position in each of its four major businesses: Individual Life, Group Insurance, Individual Disability and Retirement Solutions.

As a mutual company, Guardian is owned by its policyholders and the Company’s 6,000 employees and 3,000 financial representatives are aligned with its mission to help individuals, families and small businesses achieve financial security and protection.

Guardian has earned a reputation for financial stability and an unwavering commitment to the long-term interests of its policyholders and customers. This commitment has provided a foundation for Guardian to continue to evolve and thrive for over 150 years.

Guardian states its aspiration in the following way: “To be the trusted mutual partner, delivering financial security how, when, and where our clients prefer.”
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