IBM SAN Storage and Backup admin-6months-Leeds

IBM SAN Storage and Backup admin-6months-Leeds

Posted Today by Kirtana Consulting

Negotiable
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Leeds, UK

Summary: Kirtana Consulting is seeking an IBM SAN Storage and Backup Administrator for a 6-month rolling contract based in Leeds. The role requires extensive experience in managing IBM storage platforms and backup environments, particularly with IBM Spectrum Protect. The candidate will be responsible for storage provisioning, SAN fabric management, and acting as an escalation point for critical incidents. Strong technical skills in scripting and troubleshooting are essential for this position.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage & administer IBM Storage platforms.
  • Perform storage provisioning, zoning, replication, firmware upgrades, and performance tuning.
  • Administer IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) backup environment including schedules, policies, restores, failover, fail back and disk storage operations.
  • Manage SAN fabrics (Brocade/Cisco), zoning, switch upgrades, and fabric health.
  • Experience with datacenter operations, including hardware installation and troubleshooting.
  • Act as L3 escalation for critical storage & backup incidents.
  • Plan and execute DR drills, storage migrations, and capacity expansion.
  • Strong hands-on experience with IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) & IBM FlashSystem/SVC.
  • Solid understanding of SAN/FC, multipathing, VMware/AIX storage integrations.
  • Experience with replication technologies (FlashCopy, GM, MM).
  • Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills.
  • Create technical documentation, SOPs, and automation scripts (Bash/Python/PowerShell), Should have Proficiency in Scripting for automation.

Key Skills:

  • 10+ years of experience with IBM SAN, Lenovo NAS, and Brocade Switch.
  • Proficiency in IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM).
  • Experience with SAN fabrics management (Brocade/Cisco).
  • Strong troubleshooting skills.
  • Experience with datacenter operations.
  • Proficiency in scripting (Bash/Python/PowerShell).
  • Understanding of SAN/FC and VMware/AIX storage integrations.
  • Experience with replication technologies (FlashCopy, GM, MM).

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Leeds

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Kirtana consulting is looking for IBM SAN Storage and Backup admin role for 6months rolling contract in Leeds.

Job description:

Storage: IBM SAN, Lenovo NAS and Brocade Switch (10+ experience Years)

Backup: IBM Backup Tool (Spectrum Protect)

Key Responsibilities

Manage & administer IBM Storage platforms.

Perform storage provisioning, zoning, replication, firmware upgrades, and performance tuning.

Administer IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) backup environment including schedules, policies, restores, failover, fail back and disk storage operations.

Manage SAN fabrics (Brocade/Cisco), zoning, switch upgrades, and fabric health.

Experience with datacenter operations, including hardware installation and troubleshooting.

Act as L3 escalation for critical storage & backup incidents.

Plan and execute DR drills, storage migrations, and capacity expansion

Strong hands-on experience with IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) & IBM FlashSystem/SVC.

Solid understanding of SAN/FC, multipathing, VMware/AIX storage integrations.

Experience with replication technologies (FlashCopy, GM, MM).

Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills.

Create technical documentation, SOPs, and automation scripts (Bash/Python/PowerShell), Should have Proficiency in Scripting for automation.