Senior NetApp Storage Administrator / NetApp Migration Specialist

Job Title : Senior NetApp Storage Administrator / NetApp Migration Specialist

Location : Dallas,TX

Client: TCS

Rate: $30/hr on C2C

Positions: 3

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NetApp Storage Administrator

10+ years of NetApp storage experience

Migration expert - NetApp native tools-based migration

Deep expertise in managing and supporting NetApp ONTAP environments.

Design, deploy, and maintain NetApp storage solutions (ONTAP,Cloud Volume Ontap and Azure Netapp Files).

Ability to plan, lead, and execute data migrations in a NetApp environment.

Lead engineering support for SAN/NAS environments and ensure optimal performance and reliability.

Provision storage: create volumes, LUN mapping, NAS shares, and ensure OS-level availability.

Manage capacity planning, performance tuning, forecasting, and trending.

Roles & Responsibilities

Deep expertise in managing and supporting NetApp ONTAP environments.

Design, deploy, and maintain NetApp storage solutions (ONTAP,Cloud Volume Ontap and Azure Netapp Files).

Ability to plan, lead, and execute data migrations in a NetApp environment.

Lead engineering support for SAN/NAS environments and ensure optimal performance and reliability.

Provision storage: create volumes, LUN mapping, NAS shares, and ensure OS-level availability.

Manage capacity planning, performance tuning, forecasting, and trending.

Demonstrated experience configuring SVM-to-SVM data protection relationships, ensuring replication of not just volume data but also NFS exports, SMB shares, RBAC settings, and SVM configuration metadata.

Proficient in setting up secure cluster peering and SVM peering, enabling cross-cluster data replication for SVM-DR environments.

Experienced in executing baseline transfers and managing scheduled incremental updates for SVM-level disaster recovery, ensuring minimal disruption and fast, consistent updates

Hands-on experience performing SVM failover and reactivation of primary systems, leveraging Snap Mirror s fast, nondisruptive DR activation capabilities.

Proficient in monitoring SVM-DR relationships, verifying snapshot retention alignment with protection policies, and validating replication health for business continuity.

Strong teamwork skills with the ability to work independently and maintain a positive attitude.

Extensive experience with migration processes- snpmirror.

Proficiency with key NetApp tools such as Snap Mirror, Active IQ, and System Manager.

Solid understanding of NFS, SMB/CIFS, and FC protocols.

Experience in NetApp storage provisioning, replication, and performance troubleshooting.