Job Description

The NFL is seeking a Storage Engineer to join an innovative team, functioning as a subject matter expert (SME) to make technical decisions on storage systems supporting critical services. The SME will configure, document, and troubleshoot storage systems for applications, media workflows, and game-related services, requiring a strong technical background in high-performance SAN and NAS storage solutions.

Responsibilities

• Install, operate, administer, and maintain storage systems at corporate offices and stadiums
• Respond to technical escalations for storage related service issues
• Set standards and monitor the performance and status of the storage systems
• Function as a subject matter expert for SAN/NAS storage technology
• Manage and maintain storage diagrams, configurations, support, and training documentation
• Provide reports for storage KPIs
• Study state-of-the-art storage technologies
• NAS/SAN/Storage upgrades, provisioning, migrations, security remediation, patching and maintenance
• Develop, design and document road maps for upgrades and implementations of new infrastructure technologies
• Collaborate with engineers and operations team through technical escalations, procedures, and project tasks
• Provide technical support for various activities and internal infrastructure within the company
• Assist in the research, design and documentation for upgrades and adoption of new storage technologies
• Effectively engage with IT project management and reporting project status
• Protect intellectual property and operations by keeping confidential information
• Establish and adhere to set project plans and release dates
• Participate in special projects and perform other duties as directed

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent field experience and related certifications
• 5 - 8 years relevant experience, including hands on storage implementation and lifecycle maintenance
• Advanced knowledge of storage hardware (NetApp preferred)
• In depth experience supporting NetApp storage arrays in complex environments
• Strong knowledge of NAS protocols (SMB/CIFS, iSCSI, NFS, DFS and ZFS)
• Experience with the transfer of data to/from cloud offerings such as AWS S3
• Experience with Cloud-NAS gateways
• Experience with migrating large datasets (block and file level) across vendor platforms
• Knowledge of security models and ACLs
• Experience working with virtualization technology preferably VMWare
• Familiarity with multi-pathing and other high availability configurations on the server side
• Understanding of IP storage networking including VLAN tagging, routing and L2 switching
• Ability to troubleshoot storage related issues on both windows and linux platforms
• Ability to correlate event data between network, storage, and systems
• Strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to work both independently and as a contributor in a team environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Willingness and drive to learn new technologies and concepts
• Ability to identify automation opportunities and implement scripted solutions
• Utilize standard tools and methodology to develop system and support performance metrics
• Ability to monitor and validate backup systems
• Ability to balance project-based workloads and daily tasks
• Strong technical background in a hosted services environment

Benefits

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