Storage Engineer

We Go Beyond:

At Beyond, we believe that everyone should “Be You!”. Beyond is a community that upholds a culture of understanding, acceptance, and respect. We believe a person’s individuality, traits, beliefs, and characteristics should be valued and embraced. Living by this ethos is essential to the success of our business. Our goal is to foster a more inclusive environment where every employee visibly demonstrates inclusive behaviors and respect for individuals.

The Storage Engineer is responsible for the management and maintenance of the data storage systems along with the support of a 24/7 operation. This position also works closely with members of the IT management team to select technology platforms and provide input to long term planning and architecture for storage resources. Daily tasks include working with storage-attached systems, disk arrays, FibreChannel switches, NAS appliances, servers, and various storage and backup related software products.

Job Responsibilities​

• Manages the Storage Area Network that provides hard disk space to the servers via the network.
• Maintains and monitors Storage Area Network usage to ensure necessary capacity is available.
• Manages and maintains data backup infrastructure to provide reliable restore capabilities to data owners.
• Develop and maintain tools and automation for storage and backup environment.
• Perform other duties as required and assigned by manager and upper management.
• Follow legal policies as directed.
• Formulate plans for capacity planning and technology forecasting.
• Participate in on-call rotations.

Job Requirements​

• Experience implementing and supporting new technologies and understanding of associated business implications with a basic amount of supervision.
• Ability to execute multiple projects/tasks & deadlines effectively without supervision.
• Minimum of 5 years current experience supporting Windows & Linux storage subsystem components in mission critical production environments.
• Experience with Windows CIFS/SMB protocols, SMB file locks, DFS namespace, NTFS 4+ & FS security​.
• Experience with *nix administration, NFS protocol, Multipath, file uploading/downloading, FS security.​
• Expert knowledge of storage system management tools and software.
• Experience with storage system performance analysis troubleshooting & resolution of complex problems.
• Experience with backup/restore and archiving of data in a large environment, including both disk and tape backups and restores.
• Demonstrate understanding of relationship storage systems have with associated business processes.
• Ability to understand and write scripts in Shell, Python, and/or Perl.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills along with analytical and organizational skills.
• Experience with reporting and alerting software like Nagios/Icinga or similar, Grafana/Prometheus/Graphite or similar.
• Experience with provisioning SAN and NAS storage on Linux and Windows.
• Broad troubleshooting experience.​
• Experience with developing APIs to communicate with storage and backup systems.
• Experience with Ansible/Ansible Tower.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes preferred.

Skills

• ​SMB/NFS: NetApp ONTAP

• S3 Object: NetApp StorageGrid

• SAN: Pure FlashArray
• Fibre Channel: Brocade Switches
• Data Protection: Rubrik, Netbackup, Quantum Tape Libraries
• Automation: Python, Django, Rest API, Ansible
• SAN/NAS: Data migration experience

Education

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience preferred.

Certifications (Preferred)

• Any certification related to above technologies.

Base Pay Range:

$96,000 - $120,000 per year DOE

Who We Are:

We’re a passionate group of collaborative problem solvers and creative innovators, working on cutting-edge technology. From building award-winning retail applications (with amazing AR functionality) to creating leading blockchain and machine learning technologies, each of us embodies a unique value and contributes a diverse perspective to the team.

What We Offer:  

• 401k (6% match)

• Flexible Schedules

• Tuition Reimbursement, Leadership Development Program, & Mentorship Program

• Employee Resource Groups (LatinX, Black Employee Network, LGBTQIA+, Women’s Network, Women In Tech)

• And More…

*Benefits vary based on position, tenure, location, and employee election

Physical Requirements:

This position requires you to sit, stand and perform general office functions. You may also be required to lift up to 25 pounds occasionally. Bending, stooping and reaching are also frequently required.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and associates.  This policy includes our commitment to ensure that all employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability, pregnancy, veteran status (including Vietnam era veterans), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other non-job-related characteristic protected by law.

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