Lead Storage Administrator

Garmin International seeks Lead Storage Administrator (Data Protection) (Olathe, KS; Multiple positions):

Essential Functions

• Leads administration of technology by contributing expertise in researching new technologies and proposing cost effective solutions.
• Facilitates team discussions and plans and contributes innovative suggestions within the area of discipline.
• Provides technical mentoring, guidance and training for less experienced Storage Administrators (levels 1-3)
• Designs and develops basic integrated solutions to meet business requirements or enhance the performance of Garmin’s Storage Area Network and Network Attached Storage environments.
• Performs and evaluates cost analyses and vendor comparisons from small-large-scale projects to ensure cost-effective, efficient operations. Measures feasibility of various approaches and makes recommendations
• Provides 24x7 on-call support
• Continuously develop technical subject matter expertise on established and emerging storage technologies as they relate to CIFS, NFS, SSD Storage, Storage Snapshots, Site Replication and Data Mining.
• Automated storage device management, configuration, and provisioning with Ansible NetApp cluster mode
• Communicates effectively regarding system operations and environment changes
• Adhere to SOX, PCI, and other regulatory requirements as dictated
• Demonstrates an understanding of Garmin’s Change Control process and upholds the importance of compliance.
• Understands and avoids capacity, redundancy, and health constraints of storage systems
• Ensures that all security requirements are met or exceeded
• Provides significant contributions to defining team roadmap and priorities
• Develops reliable solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity
• Demonstrates broad understanding of Garmin's business model, including Engineering, Operations, Finance, Sales, and Marketing
• Researches new technologies and proposes cost effective solutions
• Leads major incident troubleshooting involving multiple disciplines
• Provides innovation within the area of expertise
• Facilitates team discussions and meetings
• Recognized as an expert in the assigned discipline at Garmin and applies extensive technical expertise and analysis to initiatives
• Contributes input to broader technology solutions outside of the discipline
• Coordinates department level non-project changes

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or Engineering, Information Technology, Electronics or Electrical Engineering, Management Information Systems, Computer Information Systems or a related field

Demonstrated experience in the following:

• Designing and implementing basic scripting and coding to automate technical needs such as backup, recovery and configuration.
• Solving moderately complex technical problems
• Successfully recommending and implementing/installing industry regulated standards and technology solutions related to data protection and storage
• Ability to efficiently explain and document the findings and best practices for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Developing business flow and data flow diagrams
• Dell EMC storage, NetApp storage and SAN
• Data protection products: NetWorker, Data Domain, Avamar, ECS or similar
• High availability, cluster systems, and disaster recovery
• Documenting different RTO and RPO requirements
• Complex virtualized environments
• Lifecycle management of data protection technologies

In lieu of a Bachelor’s plus nine years of experience, a Master’s plus seven years of experience in the requirements noted above is acceptable.

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Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits