Storage Systems Administrator

Boston College Introduction

Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,654 full-time undergraduates and 5,072 graduate and professional students. Ranked 37 among national universities, Boston College has 923 full-time and 1,336 FTE faculty, 2,822 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.9 billion.

Job Description

Boston College is seeking a highly motivated Storage Systems Administrator to join our IT team. In this role, you will collaborate closely with Systems, Applications, Architecture, Network, and Security services to develop, maintain, and enhance a secure, high-integrity hybrid enterprise storage and compute infrastructure critical to the university community.

You will provide comprehensive support for SAN and NAS storage, backup/recovery environments, virtualization infrastructure, and container technologies by implementing and monitoring both hardware and software. This role is vital to our security, disaster recovery, and business continuity efforts. Additionally, you will work with ITS management to evaluate and leverage Cloud solutions where appropriate.

Work Model: Hybrid. 3 days in-person required at the discretion of management.
Title and salary commensurate with relevant experience based on the following titles and hiring ranges:

Senior Storage Systems Administrator -Salary range 107,000 to 134,000: Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field. Five years of experience implementing and administering high volume storage solutions in an enterprise environment.

Storage Systems Administrator - Salary range 92,000 to 115,700: Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field. Three years of experience implementing and administering high volume storage solutions in an enterprise environment.

Associate Storage Systems Administrator - Salary range 76,000 to 95,000: Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field. One year of experience in a technical environment with some storage operations or server technology responsibilities.

Requirements

• Education & Experience: BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Storage Expertise: Advanced knowledge of enterprise storage solutions, including expertise in SAN, NAS, and backup platforms such as Pure Storage, NetApp, or Cohesity.
• Protocols & Infrastructure: Deep understanding of FC, NFS, and CIFS protocols, as well as NAS and SAN snapshot technologies.
• Virtualization & Hardware: Proficiency with VMware vCenter, ESXi and Cisco UCS hardware.

- Linux & Automation: Strong Linux administration skills and experience with scripting (Bash, PowerShell, Python, or Ansible) and - Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and Ansible.

• Modern Technologies: Familiarity with containerized workloads using Kubernetes and OpenShift.
• Operations: Proven experience in performance monitoring, virtualization analysis, disaster recovery planning, and business continuity improvements.
• Soft Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong leadership ability, and a collaborative, team-oriented mindset.
• Availability: Ability to provide off-hours support and participate in an on-call rotation.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience with Oracle RAC or Cloud Platforms is a significant plus.

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