Storage Engineer/Architect - (US-CT-Stamford)

Storage Engineer/Architect - (US-CT-Stamford)

Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: TPSJA8

Typical Work Hours for this position: Client Business Hours are 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, M-F 

Rate: $485 p/d corp to corp (less on a W-2) 

Play a critical role in the design, assessment, implementation, and management of storage service solutions. 

• Leverage knowledge of storage arrays, storage area network architecture and configuration, storage element creation and presentation, storage-related security, storage network configuration, array-based data replication, enterprise storage management, and backup architecture and practices in developing and implementing a world-class storage solution 

• Conduct storage architecture analysis ranging across multiple technologies (NAS, SAN, tape, etc) and vendors (EMC and NetApp) 

• Assess existing architecture; identify issues, risks, and opportunities relating to current plan, recommending improvements as identified 

• Design, build, and implement flexible and scalable storage and backup solutions; documenting requirements, architecture, and schedule 

• Incorporate DR requirements and needs into the storage/backup design 

• Work with peers on implementation, testing, and maintaining all storage and backup solutions 

• Identify performance requirements and constraints 

• Represent all areas of storage-related efforts to management, as necessary 

• Support other business areas as requested – representing the storage team 

• Define and integrate current best practices (technical, security, process) in storage and backup solution analysis and definition. Interface directly with teammates on all storage-related matters 

• Coordinate regularly with management on solution plans and status 

Preferred Skill Set: 
· Bachelor’s degree preferred 
· Previous experience as a SAN Architect or Systems Engineer administering a storage environment, providing strategy and direction for the storage systems, monitoring and logging of systems, and managing EMC and NetApp Storage Solutions 
· 5 years of experience with storage systems and subsystems configuration and architecture 
· 7 years of experience with enterprise level backup environment configuration and architecture 
· Excellent oral and written communication skills 
· Strong problem solving and analytical skills 


Please quote your best rate and email a resume in Word that makes it obvious how you match the specification 

Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume. 

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