Job opening - Senior Storage Administrator at KAR Auction Services (Carmel, IN)

Reporting to the Director of Systems and Data Services (DSDS), maintain responsibility for day to day operations and administration of storage infrastructure.  Perform all duties assigned by the DSDS.  Must know, practice and ensure that company policies and procedures and state and federal laws are followed at all times.  Ensure that no company, employee or customer information is inappropriately divulged to unauthorized parties.

Responsibilities and Duties: 

1. Install and configure upgrades of Disk Subsystems and SANs.  This primarily includes EMC VMAX, EMC CLARiiON, EMC VNX, Cisco MDS storage switches, NetApp Filers and Quantum Tape libraries.

2. Install and configure upgrades of Linux and Solaris drivers, patches, HBA cards, etc as well as helping to define and test standards for such.

3. Research and test new technologies in storage platforms and assi! st in purchasing decisions.

4. Assist with the enterprise backup system (Symantec) as necessary, verify system recoverability, and work with hardware and software vendors as needed.

5. Consult with internal customers to determine needs and provide solutions which fit within corporate and IT goals.

6. Conduct resource utilization monitoring to identify issues and find solutions before impacting business processes and applications.

7. Forecast storage growth and upgrades, monitor storage systems and SAN resource utilization.

8. Architect designs and solutions for Tier 1 systems and applications.

9. Mentor and train Unix administrators.

10. Project management of project work
       Validating that key milestones are reached
       Escalation to DSDS when timelines are estimated ! to fall behind schedule
      &nbs! p;Requesting volunteers for new project requests

11. Weekly reviews with DSDS
       Discuss resource assignments
       Discuss project timelines
       Discuss risk management

12. Provide Team representation in Change Control meeting

13. Provide input to platform support rotation schedule

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