Senior Storage Engineer Position Available In Lafayette, Louisiana

Senior Storage Engineer
CGI

Position Description:

Our Northwest Business Unit is seeking a senior storage engineer must be able to work in cross-functional environments and interact with representatives from CGI and our end-clients.
Will work at various CGI/and client sites consulting and executing various engineering initiatives from administration, configuration, deployments, migrations, supporting storage environments, and more.
This position can be located in our Knoxville, TN (preference) or any of our other onshore delivery centers to include Lafayette, LA; Troy, AL; Mobile, AL; Belton, TX; Lebanon, VA; Wausau, WI. However, a hybrid working model is acceptable. Travel also will be required (Knoxville, TN).
Your future duties and responsibilities:
Ability to understand and convey customer needs and your recommendations to other storage professionals
Translating requirements into technical and systems specifications, configurations
Providing technical analysis to ensure solutions are operationally sound
Expert technical capabilities with a wide array of NetApp Suite of Products, Third Party Applications & Tools, SAN, NAS, EMC, Cisco, Nexus, Linux, Windows, VMWare, and other systems
Performing complex technical work which will include administration, configuration, deployments, proof of concepts, documentation, and working with infrastructure (storage, network and servers) in some technical capacity.
Provide various levels of 1st, 2nd and 3rd tier support
Present technical solutions and ideas to Engineering and Operations teams
Ability to run and document testing completed on NetApp hardware & Software suites
Participate in the evaluation of new technologies and releases for Storage
Fully document technical solutions to include, logical and physical system diagrams, data flow diagrams, test plans, and as-built diagrams.

Qualifications:

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:
Possesses 2-5 years of experience to include:

NetApp Technologies:

C-DOT, ONTAP, 7Mode, OnCommand, HWU, SmartSolve, ActiveIQ, as well as with Storage Products and Cisco
Experience with racking, stacking, cabling and hardware deployment of various NetApp Storage Cluster models and switches.
Thorough knowledge of Unix and Windows operating systems
Understanding of NIS, DFS, CIFS, NFS and AD concepts
Experience in storage capacity planning
Experience in storage monitoring
Experience working on projects for data migration, storage monitoring, and/or new application deployment initiatives
Experience in working knowledge of storage, cloud, infrastructure, and enterprise operation systems environments
Strong Problem Solving & Analytical Skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as collaboration skills

Desired Qualifications/Non-Essential Skills Required:

A “go getter” mentality•no sitting idle
Good written and oral communication skills
Must have experience working in skilled diverse technical teams
Must be able to create and present Technical information with both account teams and customers… comfort with leading a conversation
Customer affinity and the ability to build relationships across multiple levels…this person needs to become a trusted advisor

Certifications:

(Nice to have)
NetApp Certified Data Administrator•ONTAP (N50-160)
NetApp Certified Storage Installation Engineer•ONTAP (N50-182)
NetApp Certified Support Engineer (N50-193)

Skills:

Cisco
EMC
Linux
NET App
Nexus
Python
Unix