Storage Administrator II

At Gensler, we design for people. We leverage our global perspective and local presence to innovate at every scale. We’re not just designers. We’re tinkerers, craftspeople, visionaries, innovators, and thought leaders. Fueled by passion and entrepreneurial spirit, our people bring new ideas to solve the world’s most challenging problems, like designing a more resilient, inclusive, and equitable future for our communities and cities.

Our people-centered, “People First” culture and “One Firm-Firm” motto promote integrated teams that unite to shape the future of cities. Gensler’s vision is to “Create a Better World through the Power of Design,” and we do that through our deep commitment to our clients and by fostering a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive environment that enables our people to create impactful solutions together.

­­­Your Role

As part of the Co-CEO Hub Technology team, the Storage Administrator 2 will work in a 24x7 fast-paced environment focused on adding value. You will be involved in understanding problems, such as how to best position technologies and services to enhance the challenges across a global firm—managing a globally distributed storage platform that provides our practitioners the best performance, redundancy, and resilience.

What You Will Do

• Perform daily system analysis to assess risks and address them as needed
• Responsible for configuration and support of global storage infrastructure using NetApp, Panzura, Pure, and VMware VSAN technologies
• Builds and configures SAN and NAS storage arrays with working knowledge of CIFS/SMB, NFS, and iSCSI protocols
• Ensure new storage technologies are adequately tested and integrated into existing services
• Assists with the development, testing, and enforcement of disaster recovery, backup, and archival plans against storage technologies
• Create and maintain documentation of storage system environments
• Develop and maintain appropriate operation plans to meet defined service level agreements
• Provide capacity planning and forecasting for all storage environments
• Resolve complex IT issues in a Tier 3 capacity
• Continually review, recommend and initiate change requests as needed
• Suggest improvements based on technology, best practices, or changing requirements
• Manage and coordinate efforts to support the global needs of a 24x7 environment
• Interface with vendors regarding complex issues and see through to resolution
• Participate in rotational on-call pager duties
• Participate in rotational maintenance duties
• Assist and mentor junior members on the team

 Your Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience in building and maintaining storage system environments
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and balance conflicting demands
• Strong analytical skills coupled with technical creativity and vision
• Excellent understanding of computer systems, security, network and systems administration, databases, data storage systems, and telecommunications systems
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to effectively communicate with teams across the entire organization
• Excellent leadership and decision-making skills
• United States citizenship for government project administration
• Fluent English language skills
• Ability to co-lift 50 pounds to complete occasional data center tasks
• Certifications such as NetApp NCTA/NCDA/NCIE, VMware VCP/VCAP, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Azure AZ900 or AZ104, ITIL, CompTIA Server+/Cloud+

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise data migrations to cloud platforms
• Experience working with global file-sharing/collaboration technologies
• Strong knowledge of project management principles
• Strong knowledge of security best practices as they overlap with areas of responsibility
• Extensive familiarity with NetApp (Data Ontap 9+, CVO, ANF), Panzura, Pure Storage, CIFS/SMB/iSCSI/NFS, Active Directory, DFS, NTFS, and cloud platforms (Azure and AWS), VMware
• Scripting languages such as Powershell a plus
• Ansible and Terraform a plus

Life at Gensler

At Gensler, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design. From curated art exhibits to internal design competitions to “Well-being Week,” our offices reflect our people’s diverse interests.

We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401k, profit sharing, employee stock ownership, and twice-annual bonus opportunities. 

As part of the firm’s commitment to licensure and professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programs or classes. We view our professional development programs as strategic investments in our future. 

**The compensation range in Oakland, CA is estimated to be $120-$135k plus bonuses and benefits and contingent upon relevant experience**

**The compensation range in Los Angeles is estimated to be $115-$130k plus bonuses and benefits and contingent upon relevant experience**

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