Adecco the world leader in the recruitment of engineering and information technology professionals, has an immediate opening for an Systems Engineer on a 6 month contract opportunity with a leading company in Eagan, MN Position Description:
This is a Lead Systems Engineer position within a Storage team of Technical Services.
This position requires the following qualifications: - Flexible and willing to learn new technologies and applications
- Interoperate with other technical departments
- Able to communicate effectively with internal and external customers possessing a wide range of technical knowledge
- Self-motivated and able to work independently on multiple group projects
- Ability to maintain a positive and cooperative attitude in sometimes stressful situations.
- Proven skills leading complex projects independently
- Proven skills analysing and troubleshooting complex system configurations
- Strong project management skills with the ability to prioritize competing project timelines
- Creative person who looks for new and innovative ways to resolve problems
- Effective team player willing to assist others when needed
- Ability to represent the department from a technology perspective
Primary Responsibilities:
- Coordinating planning, installing and maintaining the storage systems in multiple data centers.
- Troubleshooting storage related issues in a variety of environments
- Acting as a technical resource for Platform, Database, Desktop, Development and Business Systems teams
- Providing quality customer service to internal and external customers
- Acting as lead engineer in the design of storage solutions of low to high complexity.
- Backup and recovery administration
- Managing enterprise storage allocations
- Storage Area Network (SAN) administration
- Network Attached Storage (NAS) Administration
- Participation in a 7x24 rotating pager
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in MIS, Computer Science, Engineering or related technical degree or equivalent experience is required
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- 7+ years of IT experience
- 4+ years of experience with storage
- Advanced knowledge of at least one major storage vendor (EMC, HDS, or Network Appliance)
- Experience managing a large fibre channel SAN environment.
- Proficiency in at least one of the following operating systems: AIX, Solaris, Linux, Windows
Preferred or Desired Qualifications:
- Hands-on experience with equipment from each of the following storage vendors (EMC, HDS, and Network Appliance)
- Experience with tiered storage and the ability to quantify the storage requirements for a particular application.
- Experience in administration and support of Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) on a Unix platform.
- Experience or familiarity with storage virtualization technologies.
If you are interested in this opportunity, email james dangler or call. The Adecco Group is a Fortune Global 500 company and the global leader in HR services. Our group connects over 700,000 associates with our business clients each day through our 6,600 offices in over 70 countries and territories around the world. We offer employment opportunities at any stage in your professional career. Adecco Engineering and Technical offers benefits including Holiday, 401(k), Insurance Benefit Plans and Anniversary Bonus opportunities. Adecco Engineering and Technical is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Overtime: straight time |