Interactive Business Systems has partnered with a Cincinnati, OH company to locate a Data Storage Manager for a full-time position.

Responsibilities:

• Researching advanced technology trends in area(s) of expertise
• Identifying emerging trends and initiating research projects for team members
• Designing innovative solutions using new technologies
• Recommending short-term alternatives when appropriate
• Creating prototypes and leading initial development and testing through to production
• Defining enterprise-wide scoped SLAs to ensure requirements are met or exceeded
• Escalating problems as required based on SLAs
• Developing client satisfaction and capacity planning metrics
• Evaluating and recommending new projects or tools for the organization
• Overseeing cost benefit analysis and presenting options to management teams
• Assisting in the resolution of support issues escalated by senior operations or development personnel
• Making recommendations and influencing long-term technology strategy and planning for multiple business units; assisting in development of RFPs and responses to new business opportunities
• Creating CRFs for assigned tasks and ensuring CRFs are approved in accordance with project timeline
• Defining production readiness and transition acceptance criteria and ensuring criteria are completed before new system implementation.

Required Skills and Experience:

• High school diploma required; Bachelor's degree in IT discipline, preferred
• 10+ years of experience in Information Technology
• 8+ years of top-level administrative experience with a wide range of operating systems (MS Windows Server, Linux and mobile operating systems)
• 8+ years of experience performing storage administration, management, and configuration including the storage provisioning process, thin provisioning, SAN troubleshooting and VMWare connectivity
• 7+ years of top-level Directory Services experience with LDAP and MS Active Directory and ADFS
• Current knowledge of enterprise class LAN (Office LAN, Data Center LAN), WAN, VPN, Citrix, VDI and network security (IPSec, Firewalls, DMZ), preferred
• 5+ years of experience in configuring VMWare EXS, vSphere, vMotion; specific vCloud experience, preferred
• At least 5 years of experience providing capacity planning, performing server and storage consumption analysis, and assisting with disaster recovery and testing
• At least 5 years of experience functioning as a project lead in the implementation of server and storage solutions
• At least 5 years of experience in the administration and management of backup solutions is required; specifically experience with Veritas NetBackup and NetBackup Accelerator, preferred
• At least 3 years of experience creating and maintaining comprehensive documentation as it relates to server and storage equipment and configurations
• Must be willing and able to work overtime implementing production changes during approved change windows or assisting in problem resolution

Interested candidates should send a resume and brief cover note to the attention of Samantha Clements at Interactive Business Systems (sclements@ibs.com)

About IBS: IBS, Interactive Business Systems, Inc., is an IT solutions and staffing company known for achieving business objectives and bottom-line results through the smart architecting, implementation and management of technology. In three decades of developing the technology applications, tools, environments and teams that foster top business performance, we have become an industry-leading IT services provider.