Author: garymcneelyit

Location: Remote

Long term contract

Job Description :

Role & Responsibilities

•             Lead a team of Backup & Recovery Administrators and provide 24×7 Production Support.

•             Handle escalated incidents and critical tickets.

•             Anticipate and Predict Risks/Impact on Production Environment and handle Major Changes.

•             Manage and Report Performance Dashboards with Capacity Planning.

•             Design, Migration and upgradation of existing Backup Infrastructure.

•             Includes integrated best-of-breed hardware and software products.

•             Create suggested target backup schedules and operational plans.

•             Design Media retention plans and media management process.

•             Ensure all backup jobs are scheduled appropriately and expediently.

Required Candidate Profile

(Job Requirements/Descriptions)

                Profile:

•             Level-3 Backup & Recovery SME and Administrator.

•             Expert on Veeam.

•             L2 or L2+ Skills on EMC DataDomain & Microsoft DPM

•             Good knowledge on Data duplication, deduplication and replication concepts.

•             Well versed with Backup and Recovery planning and implementation.

•             Media Management & Vendor Coordination.

•             Troubleshooting complex problems.

•             Candidate is expected to have complex production support experience.

•             Backup Solution Server / Client installations.

•             Patching & Upgradation.

•             Advanced documentation skills.

•             Recovery of Backup Server from failure.

•             Change Management Planning and Implementation.

•             Disaster Recovery Support (plan & participate).

•             Backup tool migration.

•             Expert in design, configuration and implementation of Veeam.

•             Knowledge on EMC DataDomain.

•             High Availability Configurations.

•             Custom Design.

•             Performance Management of Backup Infrastructure.

•             Tape Library / Data Domain / VTL configuration.

•             Disk to Disk and Disk to Disk to Tape configurations.

•             Recovery experience with specific backup modules like Oracle, MSSQL, MS Exchange and SharePoint.

•             Knowledge on BMR backup configuration and recovery.

•             Knowledge on backup reporting.

•             Exposure on VMWare / Citrix Virtualized Environment.

•             Strong troubleshooting skills in Backup Infrastructure environment and advanced problem solving skills.

•             Proactive measures and preventive measure for problems/errors.

•             Management of Backup SLAs and KPIs.

•             Liaise with vendors & OEMs for the technical issues / escalations.

•             Drive major incidents and resolutions.

•             Documentation & Operational performance reporting.

•             People management and skills development.

•             Own and Drive Service Improvement plans.

•             Identify, own and mitigate risks.

•             Ensure compliance to client and organization processes and policies.

•             Perform backup performance tuning.

•             Should have relevant scripting knowledge.

•             Preparing scripting tools for automation.

•             Exposure to mid-range & high-end servers and backup appliances.

•             Exposure on clustering & High Availability.

•             License Management.

•             Enable and support the team in resolving day-to-day production issues, disaster recovery exercise, capacity planning and other activities as may be necessary.

•             ITIL Certified preferred.

Job Title – Network Support Engineer
 Location – Fort Wayne, IN (need local or need who can relocate from day 1)

Duration – FULLTIME (NOT FOR C2C)

Job Description:

• Candidate must be located within commuting distance of Fort Wayne, IN or be willing to relocate to the area. This position may require travel in the US.
• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education.
• At least 2 years of experience of Information Technology experience
• At least 1 year of experience working in Network Administration
• Strong experience in Unified Communications
• Must be willing to drive to nearby client locations to resolve customer issues.
• Experience with Cisco networking, telephony, VoIP, gateways, SIP CUBEs, CUCM, CUC, UCCX and Expressway and VoIP applications via GUI and CLI interfaces.
• Understanding of ISDN and SIP trunk
• Knowledge of traditional voice PABX technologies
• Strong experience in Cisco networking like routing and switching & VoIP
• Knowledge of OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP’s basic components, VLANS, switches, and multilayer switching
• Ability to perform capacity and resource planning, access risks, and recommend, design, and implement plans for network system
• Install and commencement of network build work like LAN and WAN
• Providing Enterprise Operational Support for the entire Voice infrastructure first to second-line support (incidents, problems, and other solutions) and Liaising with external vendors in the restoration of services
• Delivery of connectivity services consumed by business units uses LAN, WAN, voice and security technologies
• Provide wireless systems support to for offices, sites and branches and be responsible for Telephony, VoIP solutions assisting with any issues from Client internal users.
• Administration/troubleshooting/remote support
• U.S. citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time


Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong understanding of computer network infrastructure.
• Ability to implement, administer, and troubleshoot network infrastructure devices.
• Knowledge of application transport and network infrastructure protocols.
• Ability to create network diagrams and documentation for design and planning network communication systems.
• Ability to quickly learn technologies and products using documentation and internet resources.
• Ability to think through problems and visualize solutions.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Dependable and flexible when necessary.
• Experience with local area network and wide area network administration.
• Strong technical documentation skills
• Availability to work outside of traditional office hours.

Job Description: 

 Should have 5-7 years of experience as a PLC Programmer. This includes: 

• Detailed knowledge of PLC/ SCADA automation-based control systems 
• Hands on experience on PLC Programming (Preferably in Allen Bradley) with standards. 
• Knowledge of device communication protocols like Ethernet, CIP, ControlNet etc. 
• Good hands on experience in OIT Programming 
• Experience in Device Integration – PLC to SCADA/HMI/OIT communication. 
• Hands on experience on SCADA HMI application development, SCADA Terminologies, Alarming and Trending 
• Solid understanding of Industrial Protocols such as ControlNet, Ethernet, Modbus, OPC, Suite link etc. 
• Good troubleshooting skills on Wonderware Applications and PLC/SCADA system 
• Good knowledge on User Acceptance testing (UAT) and Site Acceptance testing (SAT) 
• Good Understanding of P&ID diagrams 
• Ability to work with minimal supervision 
• Preferably worked in Oil and Gas domain. 
  
    Technical skills:  

• PLC: Rockwell PLC programing (RS500/ RS5000/Studio 5000) 
• SCADA 
• Communication Protocols 
  
   Other Skills & Attributes: 
• Excellent verbal and written English communication 
• Competent user of Microsoft office products including use of Word and Excel 
• Good organizational and time management skills 
• Solid interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively and flexibly with  team 
• Able to set priorities (proactive and self-directed) and manage workloads in order to meet deadlines

Job Title: Storage Engineer (Data Protection Services)

Location: Hartford, CT

Job Description

• Seeking an experienced and versatile Data Protection / Backup and Recovery Services Engineer who will be responsible for the overall architecture design, implementation, and maintenance of an evolving global large-scale, highly available, 24×7, enterprise IT Data Protection Services (DPS) environment. Responsibilities: The overall objectives of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Recommend, implement, and deliver technology solutions based on analysis and business requirements. Manage / Maintain DPS Technology roadmaps, aligned with IT Strategy.
• Develop processes and methodology for testing, deployment, and maintenance to ensure scalability, consistency, and maintainability in an effort to decrease restore time and increase availability. Automation experience desirable.
• Develop logging, metrics, and reporting programs to facilitate performance, security, monitoring, and predictive analysis.
• Monitor performance and troubleshoot problem areas as needed; ensure integrity of connectivity and optimization of sites and systems; provide DPS performance statistics and reports.
• Create and maintain documentation for configuration, system mappings, processes, and service records.
• Produce reports and provide updates to the executive level of management on both positive performance and areas requiring improvement within the stack.
• The ability to manage operational service provider resources to effectively keep the DPS environment running optimally.
• Maintaining an understanding of deployed solutions, potential issues, requirements, and service gaps
• Assuring solutions are aligned with business objectives for resiliency, disaster recovery, and regulatory compliance

Qualifications :

• Strong understanding of DPS Suites.
• Ability to clearly and effectively communicate with all levels of staff and an established history and track record of providing excellent customer service
• Experience with enterprise storage systems (NetApp, Isilon, XtremIO, VMAX,VNX, VNXe, NetBackup, Spectrum Protect )
• Good Experience with Microsoft Windows Server, Linux & HPUX and strong working knowledge of LAN and WAN topologies
• Experience installing, supporting, migrating and troubleshooting DPS technologies.
• Experience with EMC Networker, Data Domain , Avamar, Rubrik , Igneous , Veritas Netbackup, Backup , AWS & Azure Public Clouds
• Expertise in designing and implementing highly available DPS solutions
• Strong knowledge of capacity planning, storage, and general network best practices. Knowledge of infrastructure server hardware. Cisco UCS / HPE Servers / Nutanix Hyperconverged
• Proven ability to meet designated deadlines, exhibit professional business practices, and demonstrate the ability to manage multiple initiatives. Ability to manage tasks and assignments with little supervision”

Job Title –Network Support Engineer
 Location – Madison, WI

Duration – FULLTIME (NOT FOR C2C)

H1B WILL NOT WORK, SHARE YOUR UPDATED RESUME

Job Description:

Candidate must be located within commuting distance of Madison, WI or be willing to relocate to the area. This position may require travel in the US.
• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education.
• At least 2 years of experience of Information Technology experience
• At least 1 year of experience working in Network Administration
• Must be willing to drive to nearby client locations to resolve customer issues.
• Experience with Cisco networking, telephony, VoIP, gateways, SIP CUBEs, CUCM, CUC, UCCX and Expressway and VoIP applications via GUI and CLI interfaces.
• Understanding of ISDN and SIP trunk
• Knowledge of traditional voice PABX technologies
• Strong experience in Cisco networking like routing and switching & VoIP
• Knowledge of OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP’s basic components, VLANS, switches, and multilayer switching
• Ability to perform capacity and resource planning, access risks, and recommend, design, and implement plans for network system
• Install and commencement of network build work like LAN and WAN
• Providing Enterprise Operational Support for the entire Voice infrastructure first to second-line support (incidents, problems, and other solutions) and Liaising with external vendors in the restoration of services
• Delivery of connectivity services consumed by business units uses LAN, WAN, voice and security technologies
• Provide wireless systems support to for offices, sites and branches and be responsible for Telephony, VoIP solutions assisting with any issues from Client internal users.
• Administration/troubleshooting/remote support
• U.S. citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time


Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong understanding of computer network infrastructure.
• Ability to implement, administer, and troubleshoot network infrastructure devices.
• Knowledge of application transport and network infrastructure protocols.
• Ability to create network diagrams and documentation for design and planning network communication systems.
• Ability to quickly learn technologies and products using documentation and internet resources.
• Ability to think through problems and visualize solutions.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Dependable and flexible when necessary.
• Experience with local area network and wide area network administration.
• Strong technical documentation skills
• Availability to work outside of traditional office hours.