Seeking a Lead Storage Engineer to install SAN storage system and configures same.  Responsibilities include designs installations and configurations for Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN).  Installs backup/recovery servers, tape library management software, and archive systems management software.  Installs and configures disk arrays, virtual storage devices, storage resource management software, file systems and volume managers.  Has privileged user ability on computer operating systems.  Understands the commands used within the service and how the service is supposed to operate. 

Essential Job Functions

• Acts as the subject matter expert for multiple portfolios of moderate complexity and serves as the system architecture authority within that scope.
• Defines complex technology-based business solutions within scope of project. Mentors and leads project teams in the appropriate use of technology.
• Identifies and evaluates technical architecture models utilizing knowledge of industry and technical trends. Reviews and approves design decisions prior to implementation to ensure adherence to prescribed guidelines.
• Advises client company management regarding IT vision and strategy, technology innovations and enterprise architecture services. Provides production problem diagnosis and technical, offshore strategy and processes support to project team. Implements resolution.
• Leads system design activities or reviews system designs to assure that applications solutions will exhibit expected levels of performance, security, scalability, maintainability, appropriate reusability and reliability upon deployment.
• Leads technology and product general assessments, detailed evaluations, and final selections.
• Leads system performance diagnosis and scalability assessment activities.
• Prepares IT vision and strategy work products, technology and product analysis, white papers, and responses to management queries on technology and product related topics.
• Participates in system solution definition for proposal efforts, as needed, to ensure business requirements are satisfied.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technologies, or related field preferred
• Nine or more years of information technology or technical architecture/design experience
• Experience working with appropriate programming languages, operating systems, hardware and software
• Experience working with company developed technology
• Experience working with industry specific technologies

Other Qualifications

• Strong communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills for interacting with the most senior levels of internal staff, management and clients
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Good project management skills
• Ability to lead and work in a team environment
• Ability to set technical direction for multiple application portfolios
• Ability to identify how information technology can enable the achievement of business objectives