Cohesity Storage Engineer

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Cohesity Storage Engineer

Required Clearance: Must be able to pass a federal background Investigation and obtain a Public Trust
Location: Kansas City, MO
Remote Flexibility: 100% Remote

Position Responsibilities:

• Provide day-to-day engineering level support of Cohesity v6.* to include but not limited to:
  • Cohesity administration
  • Design, build, test, deploy, configure, integrate (specifically via API) and upgrade the Cohesity platform and clusters (via API for both on-premise and commercial cloud environments)
  • Agentless VM backups (VMWare, Nutanix)
  • Automated backups and restores of physical and virtual files and databases (Oracle, MySQL, SQL, DB2)
  • Creating and managing protection jobs, file service views, and policies
  • Related troubleshooting for all
• Design and solve complex problems with automation first techniques utilizing client provided automation tools, particularly with BASH or Python scripting and Ansible Automation Platform or Ansible Tower.
• Maintain and contribute to enterprise source code and configuration (git) repositories.
• Automate and improve the automation of Cohesity backup functions.
• Responsible for patching and vulnerability management of Cohesity and related technologies.
• Utilize system tools to monitor performance, capacity, availability and perform storage system tuning.
• Provide 24x7/365 remote support services and on-premises facility response as needed.
• Identifies/documents potential risks and develops risk-mitigation options to proactively address availability.
• Document and perform changes and resolve incidents and problems using clients Configuration Management Tools and Systems.
• Participates in Post-Incident Reviews to document lessons learned to create/update automation/tooling.
• Analyzes system logs and identifies, remediates and documents issues.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of current and changing industry/vendor best-practices for respectively assigned functional areas.
• Schedule, perform and maintain backups as necessary (including restoration) to facilitate data integrity, data storage and backup/recovery procedures, as required.
• The contractor must demonstrate an understanding of business impacts of issues and how they relate to IT business customers.
• Provide knowledge transfer documentation to the client as required.

Storage Services

• Installation and ongoing maintenance of:
  • Cohesity v6.* and Helios reporting
  • Integration between Cohesity and supporting platforms such as VMware, Kubernetes, Ansible, etc.

Essential Skills, Experience, and Certifications:

• As a requirement of this position, all candidates must be either a U.S. Citizen or have official legal status in the United States. In accordance with 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(2)(C), Epsilon will not consider candidates for this position who do not meet the aforementioned conditions.
• 4+ years demonstrated experience supporting Cohesity with no more than a 12 month break in support
• Ability to script in Bash or Python.
• Familiarity with Linux system administration.
• Strong written and oral communication skills in the English language. All contractor employees must be able to read, write, speak and understand English.
• Contractor personnel performing in a leadership capacity shall be capable of directing contractor personnel and interfacing with the Government and customers.
• Exceptional customer service skills.
• Strong time-management and prioritization skills.
• Ability to communicate applicable technical subject matter expertise to management and others.
• DISC follows the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) service operation best practices. It is important for the employees to demonstrate experience based on ITIL framework:
  • ITIL v4 foundation knowledge (or certification).
  • Ability to apply and provide feedback on service operation model and practices.

Preferred Skills

• Cloud Insights experience
• Working knowledge of commercial cloud storage solutions like S3 and Blob (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Physical and Mental Job Requirements:
Listed below are the physical or mental requirements necessary in the job's performance. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

• Prolonged periods of computer desk work.
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, and other computer components.
• Speaking and hearing sufficient to converse and understand conversations, both in-person, telephone and virtual meetings.
• The cognitive skills needed to complete tasks, including abilities such as learning, remembering, focusing, categorizing, and integrating information for decision making, problem-solving, and comprehending.
• Ability to learn new tasks, remember processes, maintain focus, complete tasks independently, make timely decisions in the context of a workflow, and the ability to communicate with managers and co-workers.
• Mental aptitude to respond appropriately in high pressure situations or deadline driven environments.
• Maintain a professional emotional response when working with others.

Epsilon Benefits:
Medical, Dental, Vision Plan
AD&D and Life Insurance
Paid Federal Holidays
Paid Time Off
401(k) Retirement Plan
Education reimbursement
Referral Bonuses

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