Sr. Solutions Architect

Job Type: Contract, 9months w2

Location: New York NY

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Solution Architect to design, implement, and manage complex data protection and disaster recovery solutions using Avamar and Data Domain systems. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in designing and implementing data protection and disaster recovery solutions, as well as a deep understanding of Avamar and Data Domain features and capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

* Design and implement Avamar and Data Domain solutions to meet customer needs.

* Configure and manage Avamar replication, Cloud Tier, and Data Domain systems

* Describe and configure Avamar features and capabilities, including data protection, disaster recovery,

and data management

* Perform Avamar server maintenance activities, including disk replacement and node upgrades

* Identify and configure Data Domain features and architecture, including data replication, recovery, and security

* Design and implement Data Domain solutions for VTL, cloud disaster recovery, and data archiving

* Develop and implement data protection strategies and solutions using Avamar and Data Domain

* Collaborate with customers to understand their data protection and disaster recovery needs and

develop customized solutions

* Perform system monitoring, maintenance, capacity management, and troubleshooting for Avamar and

Data Domain systems

* Develop and maintain technical documentation for Avamar and Data Domain solutions

* Stay up to date with the latest Avamar and Data Domain features and capabilities

Requirements

* 10+ years of experience in designing and implementing data protection and disaster recovery solutions

* In-depth knowledge of Avamar and Data Domain features and capabilities

* Experience with Avamar replication, Cloud Tier, and Data Domain systems

* Strong understanding of data protection and disaster recovery concepts and strategies

* Excellent communication and collaboration skills

* Ability to work with customers to understand their needs and develop customized solutions

* Strong technical skills, including knowledge of networking, storage, and data protection technologies

* Experience with system monitoring, maintenance, capacity management, and troubleshooting

* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

* Ability to stay up to date with the latest technologies and trends in data protection and disaster recovery.

Project Tasks:

* Daily Operations/Implementation

* Check and confirm all systems maintenance are running fine and take necessary action to resolve if any

on all ten Avamar servers (Two physical servers & eight virtual servers) and eleven Data Domains (Two

DD 9800 model & Nine DD9900 model)

* Monitor Daily backup failures (VM Snapshot, NAS, DB2, Oracle, file system backups)

* Restore request as needed by customer.

* Create DPA reports for customer.

* Please check LPR backups complete on both MDC/PSAC2

* Computer Crimes NAS backup, check current year is completing and you may have to manually

manage backups for older years.

* Work with support for any hardware issues such as disk or memory failures and work with CE's

* Knowledgeable with Elastic Cloud to support in case of any troubleshooting issues such as updating

certificates, Disk replacements and reporting with support.

* Perform upgrades to Data Domain

* Monitor CloudIQ for DPS and resolve open issues.

* Perform upgrades to Avamar & DPA

* Attend meetings with Customer to go over any issues related to backup.

* Attend CAB (ServiceNow) meetings.

* In addition to the day to day operations outlined above, the resource will be responsible for multiple

active projects at any given time based on direction from the customer. Current projects the resource will

be work on are:

* Data protection capacity expansion project - Managing and rebalance Data Domain data across all

the arrays in the CC cluster. Responsibilities include design, deployment, and data migration

* Avamar virtualization project - design and implementation of Avamar virtualization and reduce the

hardware, power, and maintenance cost across all data centers. As of date there are eight

virtualized Avamar across multiple DC and two physical Avamar servers at 1PP, MDC and PSAC2.

There is one virtual Avamar ready to be deployed at PSac2 DC and is waiting for DD. And there is

one Data Domain DD9900 to be built at 1PP and a virtual Avamar to be deployed

* DPS MDC refresh project - Design implements the latest data domains (DD9900s) at 1PP DC data

center. Migrate data off the Avamar LPR/PS01 DD9800/9900 from MDC to 1PP, and load balance

the data to MDC PS01/PS02/PS03 core DD. * DPS PSAC2 refresh project - Design implements the

latest data domains (DD9900s) at 1PP DC data center. Migrate data off the Avamar LPR/PS01

DD9800/9900 from PSAC2 to 1PP, and load balance the data to PSAC2 PS01/PS02/PS03 core DD.

* Recalling Data off PAQ ECS to PSAC2 Data Domain and migrating data to balance across Core DD

(Almost done, less than 10% to be recalled and then migrated)

* Works with customer server team, network team, application team, and security team (example

request via ServiceNow - for Avamar VM build, Firewall, plug plan (Ports), VLAN, cabling, backup

requirements such as scheduling/retention, etc.

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