Epsilon is the industry's leading marketing services firm, with a broad array of data-driven, multichannel marketing solutions that leverage consumer insight to help brands deepen their relationships with customers. Services include strategic consulting, acquisition and customer database technologies, loyalty management, proprietary data, predictive modeling and a full range of direct and digital agency services, including creative, interactive web design, email deployment, search engine optimization and direct mail production. In addition, Epsilon is the world's largest permission-based email marketer. Epsilon is an Alliance Data company. For more information, visit www.epsilon.com or call 1.800.309.0505.
Responsibilities
* Must be experienced in troubleshooting of complex multi-vendor and geographically separated storage environments.
* 5-10 years in-depth experience working with Storage and Storage related fields
* Technical product experience in the following
- Brocade/McData Fabric switches
- HDS, Netapp, Sun/Oracle, IBM, HP, Dell, and EMC storage
* Must have Expert knowledge of basic RAID, storage tiering, storage architecture concepts, storage virtualization, and storage best practices
* Must have experience in administrating and troubleshooting Brocade Fabrics: zoning, aliasing, QoS, FC routing, etc.
* Must have experience in administration, configuration, and performance troubleshooting of HDS and Netapp storage primarily, additional storage vendor experience is a plus
* Experience with in-system and external replication of storage using HDS or Netapp software.
* Experience with planning and implementing storage migrations for datacenter moves
* Understanding of the fiber channel protocols and storage networking, experience with long distance SAN networking a plus..
* Expert understanding of how server behaviors and IO load patterns affect storage (LUN queuing, multipathing, application IO size, etc ).
* High level of knowledge regarding setup, configuration, and administration with Hitachi Command Suite software. (Device Manager, Tiered storage manager, Tuning Manager, etc)
*Basic Unix and Windows administration understanding and skills, (VI, file manipulation, regedit, AD, UNIX and Windows based file permissions).
*Intermediate understanding of networking required: DNS, netmasks, IP routing, NIS, AD
* Experience with storage configurations in Vmare, Xen, and Oracle RAC environments
Must be thoroughly proficient in the following protocols/technologies:
*FC, SCSI, ISCSI, NFS, CIFS, SAS (FCoE not required but a plus), fiber channel trunking
About the Opportunity
The Storage Administrator will be responsible for the configuration, administration, and troubleshooting of an extensive storage environment across many geographies and business units each with its own unique requirements. Must be able to show initiative and teamwork to resolve projects spanning many disciplines, teams, and data environments. Timely and appropriate response to customers is of the utmost concern. Documenting and reporting to clients their performance and capacity utilization.
* Must have Expert knowledge of basic RAID, storage tiering, storage architecture concepts, storage virtualization, local and datacenter replication practices, and storage best practices
* Must have experience in architecting, administrating, and troubleshooting Brocade Fabrics: zoning, aliasing, QoS, FC routing, and virtual fabrics. (FC to Ethernet bridging experience a plus)
* Must have experience in architecting, administration, configuration, and performance troubleshooting of HDS and Netapp storage solutions primarily, additional storage vendor experience is a plus
* Experience with in-system and external replication of storage using HDS or Netapp software.
* Experience with planning and implementing storage migrations for datacenter moves
* Understanding of the fiber channel protocols and storage networking, experience with long distance SAN networking a plus..
* Expert understanding of how server behaviors and IO load patterns affect storage (LUN queuing, multipathing, application IO size, etc ).
* High level of knowledge regarding setup, configuration, and administration with Hitachi Command Suite software. (Device Manager, Tiered storage manager, Tuning Manager, etc)
Compensation and Benefits
Alliance Data offers a competitive salary, a comprehensive selection of benefit options including 401(k).
Conditions of Employment
All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of drug screen and background checks.
