Systems Engineer (Backup/Storage)

Systems Engineer – Backup/Storage

Pearson is the world's leading education company. From pre-school to high school, early learning to professional certification, our curriculum materials, multimedia learning tools and testing programs help to educate millions of people worldwide - more than any other private enterprise. Pearson Lanka is a subsidiary of Pearson Global.Pearson Lanka is a leading provider of software development and remote infrastructure management services to multiple technology groups across Pearson.Its 500+ (and growing) member team based out of the Colombo office at Orion City is a core part of Pearson’s global Learning Technologies organization. Pearson Lanka provides software development & management services to Pearson Teams North America and Australia.

Accountabilities/Responsibility

Provide support services for Storage & Backup Systems.
Experience with documenting processes and procedures
Provide input and support for infrastructure and application development projects that require Backup infrastructure.
Provide on-call assistance for data center operations.
Maintenance of storage/VLTs/ Tape libraries and associated software at top levels of performance by monitoring version upgrades and maintenance releases to ensure that environment is optimally configured.
Consults with other internal IT teams (database administrators, systems administrators, application engineers) on storage & backup solutions.
Works within change management process to ensure that outages are scheduled to minimize impact on clients, but still maintain all hardware and software at optimal levels.
Maintains relationships and coordinate with multiple vendors (IBM, Veritas, EMC)
Tape/Disk based backup, restoration and audit responsibilities.

Technical Competency

Experience as a Storage & Backup Administrator (3yrs).
Manage the backup and restoration of systems using Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM).

Install, maintain, update and administer TSM.
Daily corporate backups using TSM software and monitoring of schedules for failed and missed backups.
Fine-tune and troubleshoot TSM environment for optimal performance and resolve complex issues in a timely manner.Diagnose TSM platform issues (server and client side) and provide Support in complex, business-critical environment including physical and virtual infrastructure.
Manage the backup and restoration of systems using Veritas NetBackup/ EMC Networker.
Knowledge of storage administration and the concepts of file systems, disk partitions, mounts, quotas, mirroring and sizing.
Expert with storage sizing, performance, and high availability.
Evaluates and applies software/firmware upgrades and support packs as required to solve production problems and/or ensure compliance and system integrity.

Non-Technical Competency

Should have very good verbal & written communication skills.
Should be willing to work on extended and irregular hours when required.
Strong self-starter, motivated to help TEAM in their deliverables.
Ability to work on multiple simultaneous tasks in parallel and prioritize between them
Ability to work with minimal supervision.
Ability to be flexible and adapt to any given situation.
Ability to perform multiple tasks concurrently.
Excellent organizational and time management skills.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Experience with security best practices and remediation.

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