Storage Specialist

Are you an IT Storage Specialist looking for a new challenging role ?

Our Client, an international energy services company have an urgent requirement for a Storage Specialist to administer and take technical lead of a large storage environment.

Your main responsibilities will include support of local current server and network environment for approx 4000 customers based locally and up to 10,000 customers worldwide. You will also act as a technical resource for the local and wider support teams, ensuring availability of services, dealing with planned/unplanned outages and ensuring compliance with change management process.

Responsibilities:

Monitoring of all storage environments (EMC/Netapp/Commvault) both performance and error

Provisioning of storage as and when required

Planning and implementation of future requirements

Management of the Fabric Network (Cisco / Brocade)

Management of the iSCSI environment

Control of the backup environment using Commvault with adherence to retention policies

Backup/Restore integrity checking and testing

Control of DR replication / snapshots

Knowledge of EMC Recoverpoint a distinct advantage

Required:

Ideally qualified to degree level in an IT discipline or equivalent

Good storage experience in EMC and Netapp

Must have excellent communication skills

Ability to document changes with handover of knowledge to the 3^rd line support team.

Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills

Good all round knowledge of Microsoft technologies

Excellent Salary and Benefits on offer for the successful candidate

Experience of working at the sharp end with Cisco equipment is required

We are proud to be working with this dynamic company who deliver quality, innovative and leading edge IT solutions in networking, voice, cabling and software development.

Are you an experienced Cisco Engineer looking to join a technical team who provide design, installation and support services to a varied customer base in the Aberdeen area.

You will be responsible for providing a wide range of services to customers ranging from multi-national corporate customers to smaller local based companies, some with IT managers who seek specialist advice and others with no IT manager where you will be required to provide a complete outsourced IT service. This leads to considerable variety and in our experience the role can be more suited to an individual who is comfortable working in such a way - probably with experience working for an IT service provider. 

The client is looking to increase the existing capability in IP Telephony and network security. 

To be successful in your application you will be required to demonstrate good skills in the following areas, together with a minimum of three / four years Cisco experience.  Cisco carrier certifications or specialised certifications would be advantageous.  CCNA, CCNP or CCIE

REQUIRED:

IP telephony, voice over IP and integration with traditional telephony systems

Advanced networking services including security, VPN and Quality of Service

Local and wide area network equipment

Network management

Traditional telephony or voice mail systems

Unified messaging

Microsoft networking and operating systems

Wireless networking

Excellent Salary depending on experience