Questrade Inc., headquartered in Toronto, provides Canadians with high-speed, direct access trading to the U.S. and Canadian stock and options markets as well as forex trading. Since its inception in 1999, Questrade has demonstrated its competitive leadership with a combination of outstanding service, advanced technology and competitive pricing structures. Visit our website at www.questrade.com Position Title SAN Storage and ESX Engineer Purpose The Senior Storage Engineer will assist project and architecture teams with low-level technical direction in the Initiation and Planning phases of our standard Project Management Methodology. These activities include the definition of needs, benefits, and technical strategy; research & development within the project life-cycle; technical analysis and design. After engineering an approved design the engineer will be responsible for implementing the solution, fine tuning, initial support and documentation of the build. The engineer will then complete a knowledge transfer to the Service Desk, Desktop Services and admin staff, including all standard operational documentation. The engineer is continually responsible to provide 3rd level support, research new product releases and features. Job Summary The Senior Storage Engineer's main role is to understand, in low-level detail SAN storage capabilities, (with focus on Hitachi HDS 2300 platform, and brocade SAN switching) and deploy them in best practice, standardized configurations. The engineer will understand SAN fabric in great detail, and is efficient with monitoring tools, and fine tuning of storage devices. In addition, the engineer will be responsible for the deployment, health and efficient operation of the hosts within a Vmware virtualization environment, and will understand the intricacies and integration of VMware with the Storage Area Network. The engineer will stay up-to-date with latest technology and trends, and will always be ready to answer questions with respect to any HDS/Brocade/SAN Storage or VMWARE product. Must have knowledge of HDS management software including Tuning Manager, brocade management, SAN Surfer, SAN Storage concepts including performance intricacies. Job Responsibilities A· Engineering of SA-related solutions for various project and operational needs. A· Design, fine tune and create dynamic storage allocation. Respond to the needs of the business when faced with Storage expansion requirements, and ESX virtualization requirements A· Conscious understanding of the SAN & ESX capabilities, limitations and current capacity A· Provide detailed reporting of SAN & ESX statistics, including the identification and recommendation of addressing bottlenecks, performance enhancements, efficient uses A· In depth understanding of operating systems such as Windows Server 2008, and RHEL 5.x A· In depth HDS/ESX/Brocade A· Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures, including backup procedures and best practices, specifically focusing on ESX backup methods A· Contribute to and maintain system standards. A· Research and recommend innovation, features, patches and security vulnerabilities. Where possible automate system administration tasks. Identify approaches that leverage our resources. A· General Operating System architecture (design, optimization, documentation, communication) A· Must be familiar with standard Change Management procedures based on ITIL A· Thorough knowledge of security principals and practices along with demonstrated ability to stay abreast of new developments and available solutions A· Demonstrated experience with O/S administration, monitoring, reporting and auditing on multiple platforms A· Familiarity with Active Directory, LDAP, Authentication and related principles/standards (e.g. confidentiality, integrity, authentication, privacy and security administration) A· Knowledge of Information Security environments including system, application, database access methods; logging, monitoring and reporting facilities A· Performance tuning, maintenance, and audits to Wintel device policies A· Troubleshoot outages, system functionality, connectivity issues, and policy related problems A· Maintain system health check on managed security devices/platforms A· Apply software updates and perform maintenance to managed applications/platforms when applicable A· Quality Assurance of newly deployed managed devices A· Detailed documentation of Operating System health, strategies and assessments of threats or gaps Required Qualifications A· Bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering A· Relevant certifications ( RHCE, RHCT, MCITP, MCSE, VCP/VCP4, ) A· 5-7 years of solid experience - Extraordinary people and teamwork skills as well as impeccable communication (written/oral) A· 7+ years of experience in a Systems Engineering/infrastructure position A· University/Community College Business Administration, Information Technology or Engineering degree/diploma (or equivalent) or equivalent work experience A· 5-7 years of work experience in an Information Technology environment


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