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Company Description
Version 1 has celebrated over 28 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. Our expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly changing Digital-First world we live in. We foster strong partnerships with leading technology giants including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, and Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.
We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of Version 1 and what we do:
- UK & Ireland’s premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
- 3400+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
- 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
- Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
- Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW
We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!
Job Description
The SAN and Storage Administrator will be responsible for managing and maintaining the storage infrastructure of the organization. This includes overseeing the SAN (Storage Area Network) environment, ensuring the secure and efficient storage of electronic data, and implementing backup and disaster recovery solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
- SAN Infrastructure Management: Design and implement SAN architecture to meet organizational needs. Manage and maintain SAN switches, and storage devices to ensure optimal performance and reliability. Firmware upgrades, config backup management, Disaster Recovery exercises.
- SAN replication technologies: Synchronous/Asynchronous, stretched Fabric ISL links.
- Data Storage Management: Allocate and provision storage resources to different departments and users. Ensure data integrity and security through regular backups and implementing appropriate access controls.
- SAN Performance Optimization: Tune SAN components, such as switches and storage devices, to maximize performance and minimize latency. Monitor and analyze performance metrics to identify bottlenecks and optimize the SAN environment.
- Storage Capacity Planning: Forecast future storage requirements based on data growth trends. Plan and implement storage upgrades or expansions to accommodate the organization’s evolving needs.
- Troubleshooting and Support: Provide operational support for the SAN environment, including on-call responsibilities. Address and resolve issues related to storage performance, capacity, and availability.
- Refresh Projects: Hardware swaps, refresh projects, upgrades, data migration projects.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
- Relevant certifications such as HPE, Dell EMC, ITIL, or equivalent.
- Experience in SAN administration and storage management in large commercial environments.
Preferred Skills:
- Expertise in SAN, DAS, NAS administration.
- Knowledge of Linux, Unix and Windows environments.
- Experience with enterprise backup solutions.
- Familiarity with compliance policies and procedures.
Work Environment: The SAN and Storage Administrator will work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, collaborating with various departments to ensure the availability, reliability, and security of the organization’s critical data.
Key Technologies:
- EMC Unity Unified Storage (Block and NAS)
- Recovery Point
- VPLEX
- VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V
- Backup Technologies, NetBackup, Veeam, Commvault, Data Guard
- SCOM 2012, 2016, SCCM, WSUS
- HPE Primera, 3PAR, MSA, Nimble
- Pure Storage
- NetApp
- CommVault
- Brocade/Cisco SAN switches
- NetBackup
Additional Information
Why Version 1?
At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.
- Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company’s profits.
- Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
- Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance.
- Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme.
- Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
- Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
- Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
- Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.
And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.
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