Storage Administrator (On-Site)

Description

This day-one on-site position is open to any qualified applicant in the United States.

A qualified candidate must be local to Newport Beach, California, or be open to relocation to Newport Beach, California.

Practice - CIS - Cloud, Infrastructure, and Security Services

About Cloud Infrastructure & Security Services: Cognizant's Cloud, Infrastructure, and Security Services Practice (CIS), is all about embracing digital transformation by driving core modernization holistically across layers. We help customers transform infrastructure and workplace to meet the rapidly evolving needs of the digital era. Our holistic approach delivers key results for our customers by achieving cloud driven modernization and workplace and operational transformation to run the business in a secure environment.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serve as a domain authority and critical issue point for storage technologies

• Work with vendors to resolve storage issues

• Connect with customers and the internal team with transparency

• Work across technical teams to address sophisticated infrastructure issues

• Provide enterprise-level operational support for incident, problem, and change activities

• Assess customer environments for performance and design issues and propose resolutions

• Build and maintain detailed documentation, SOPs, and Runbooks

• Participate in on-call rotation and coordinate with offshore support

• Planning and performing maintenance activities, upgrades, migration, etc

• Level 3/Level 4 skilled storage engineer to lead the storage space under the Data Center operations tower

• Design and implement a new solution in the storage environment

Position Qualifications:

• At least 8 - 10 years of work experience.

• 5 to 8 years of Storage experience in NetApp, Pure Storage, and SAN Switches

• Must have skills: NetApp, Pure, SAN, NAS, and Brocade switches

• Nice to have: Basic VMware vSphere 5.0, Basic networking skills, NetApp/Pure Certifications, Linux Operating systems, PowerShell, Ansible, or Python Scripting

• Solid understanding of supervising and alerting solutions for proactive issue identification

• Hands-on experience in Storage zoning and SAN port provisioning

• Hands on experience on Storage migration, upgrades, and replications

• Troubleshooting experience with Storage, SAN, NAS Connectivity, and performance issues

• Administration experience in the storage of multi-protocol environments like CIFS and NFS with NetApp

• Experience with disaster recovery and data replication technologies

• Strong knowledge of Storage Architecture who can provide best solutions to the customer

Salary and Other Compensation:

Applications will be accepted until 05/31/2024.

The annual salary for this position is between $43,900 to $117,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and is subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

• 401(k) plan and contributions

• Long-term/Short-term Disability

• Paid Parental Leave

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

#LI-AY1 #CB #Ind123

The Cognizant community:

We are a high caliber team who appreciate and support one another. Our people uphold an energetic, collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

• Cognizant is a global community with more than 345,000 associates around the world.

• We don't just dream of a better way - we make it happen.

• We take care of our people, clients, company, communities and climate by doing what's right.

• We foster an innovative environment where you can build the career path that's right for you.

About us:

Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world's leading professional services companies, helping organizations modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they stay ahead in a fast-changing world.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion:

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity, champions equity and values inclusion. We are dedicated to nurturing a community where everyone feels heard, accepted and welcome. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.

Disclaimer:

Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.