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Procom is a leading provider of professional IT services and staffing to businesses and governments in Canada. With revenues over $500 million, the Branham Group has recognized Procom as the 3rd largest professional services firm in Canada and is now the largest “Canadian-Owned” IT staffing/consulting company. Procom’s areas of staffing expertise include: Application Development Project Management Quality Assurance Business/Systems Analysis Datawarehouse & Business Intelligence Infrastructure & Network Services Risk Management & Compliance Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Security & Privacy Specialties: Contract Staffing (Staff Augmentation) Permanent Placement (Staff Augmentation) ICAP (Contractor Payroll) Flextrack (Vendor Management System) Job Description Storage & Backup/Recovery Engineer On behalf of our client, Procom Services is searching for a Storage & Backup/Recovery Engineer for a contract opportunity in Plano, TX. Storage & Backup/Recovery Engineer Job Details Seeking a detail oriented, highly organized, goal oriented/driven individual with excellent communication skills to deliver Data Protection, Backup and Recovery services. Candidate will work closely with Program/Project Management, IT Managers, SME’s and project teams to deliver solutions. Roles & Responsibilities Provide day to day global operational activities for Storage and Backup/Recovery teams including administering storage array architecture, SAN infrastructure, Network Attached Storage (NAS), Enterprise Backup/Restore, Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) and Archival and Retrieval. Produce regular reports to assist in cost recovery, capacity planning and consolidation. Responsible for capacity planning and performance analysis of backup and recovery infrastructure. Assist in Data Center consolidation efforts. Analyze problems & elevate to appropriate levels—hardware/software fault detection and vendor liaison. Perform H/W monitoring and maintenance. Responsible for advanced troubleshooting of Storage and Backup/Recovery related issues. Create and manage dataset, schedule and retention policy; monitor Avamar backups and recover failed backups. Configure and manage VMware backups. Ensure backup of critical system/application infrastructure via Avamar. Storage & Backup/Recovery Engineer Mandatory Skills Experience in AVAMAR Backup Tool. Strong knowledge of EMC Avamar concepts. AVAMAR server/client and administrator console installation. Experience in Avamar grid configuration in large‑scale data center deployments. Multi‑site replication experience (Avamar to Avamar). Creating and modifying backup policies and configuring new and existing backup clients. Support of backup clients for multiple operating systems (Windows, RHEL) and applications (SQL, Oracle, MySQL). AVAMAR system migration concepts. Comfortable using GUI and CLI. In‑depth troubleshooting and support on Avamar servers, storage nodes, NDMP accelerators. Data Domain experience, including integration with Avamar and Data Domain; supporting DDBOOST plug‑in (SQL, Oracle); multi‑site replication (collection, mtree, directory); extended retention. Experience in storage platforms: EMC VMAX (Block), VNX (NAS/SAN), Clarion (Block); NetApp FAS Series NAS/SAN (Cdot or 7‑Mode); SAN switches such as Brocade or Cisco; other storage systems (HP, Pure, Hitachi, Oracle ZFS) is a plus. Minimum 2 years of experience in Storage and Backup/Recovery platforms with multi‑vendor solutions (EMC, NetApp). Team player with good communication skills. Ability to tackle new challenges with little direction. Experience with vSphere 5.0 is a plus. Basic Windows and/or Linux administration skills. Basic understanding of network infrastructure (routing, DNS, etc.). Ability to work under a process‑centric ITIL framework. ASAP Storage & Backup/Recovery Engineer Assignment Length 6+ months Additional Information All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Please send your resume in Word format only. #J-18808-Ljbffr Procom Consultants Group

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