Prestigious Enterprise Firm, located in Chicago, is currently seeking a candidate who will work closely with the IT and business groups for the planning and monitoring of the Firm's internal network storage environments including Storage Area Networks (SAN), Network Attached Storage (NAS), direct attached storage and data protection. Will perform support, maintenance, project activities and associated reporting functions with minimum supervision from the team lead. Demonstrates technical expertise to best meet the needs and objectives of the assigned project, assignment, or task. Provides excellent troubleshooting skill set, as it pertains to the data storage product arena. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Assures the support and maintenance of the Firm's storage environments and related components including monthly and/or ad hoc status reporting. Ensures the success of the functional Systems teams, as it relates to storage, backup and related technologies. Works with sponsors and other stakeholders to achieve cross-functional goals. Applies advanced and comprehensive functional knowledge to resolve complex issues. Develops and implements changes to processes to ensure continuous process improvement and effective governance. Interacts regularly and effectively with the Firm's IT Leadership Teams Contributes to the on-going maintenance of Storage Management policies, procedures and communications Supports a continuously improving environment by contributing to the problem management process and performs corrective and/or ongoing actions as assigned by the team lead. Stays aware and knowledgeable of critical issues, opportunities and constraints affecting the availability and manageability of the Firm's storage environmentServes as role model and mentor to other team members, upholds the Firm's values, exhibits ethical behavior and shares knowledge and expertise. Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the Duties and Responsibilities above satisfactorily and meet the requirements belowEducation and/or Experience:Required: Bachelor's degree in Computer related curriculum or equivalent work experience 5 years storage support and management experience Ability to get things done with minimal oversight Ability to lead teams and work on teams as a contributor Display effective time-management skills Demonstrated competency in Storage Management, including Disk and/or Tape Backup-related support, maintenance and reporting role 5 years minimum hands on experience supporting EMC SAN, NAS technologies. 4 years of hands on experience supporting Hitachi AMS and Thunder SAN arrays. Experience in the disciplines of Disaster Recovery, HSM, ILM and advanced backup technologies such as Virtual Tape Libraries Excellent Vendor Management skills Excellent verbal and written communication skills Excellent troubleshooting, reporting and performance improvement skills Ability to work off hours for scheduled and emergency maintenance and/or upgrades. Preferred: Minimum 12 months at current level Understand basic corporate finance, management and accounting principles Commvault and other disk backup products EMC disk products (CLARiiON, Centera, Celerra, NAS, etc.) Cisco SAN Switch products EMC Control Center (ECC) and other storage management software. EMC Proven Professional Storage Virtualization Data De-duplication To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here