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Job Summary

DeepSource is seeking a Senior Storage and Backup Engineer to be based on-site at a client's premises in Riyadh. This full-time role is responsible for the day-to-day administration, monitoring, and support of enterprise storage and backup infrastructure.

The position requires deep hands-on expertise across the Dell EMC storage portfolio, including PowerMax, Data Domain, PowerScale, ECS, and PowerFlex. A strong understanding of VMware virtualization and SAN/Ethernet fabric networking is essential for ensuring data availability, performance, and resilience within the client's environment.

Core Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, and support Dell EMC PowerMax 8500 & 2500 storage arrays, ensuring optimal performance, capacity planning, and availability.
• Manage and maintain Data Domain and Cyber Recovery Solution (CRS) environments, including backup job monitoring, troubleshooting, and isolated recovery vault operations.
• Administer PowerScale (scale-out NAS) environments, including cluster health monitoring, capacity management, and performance tuning.
• Support and maintain ECS (Elastic Cloud Storage) object storage infrastructure.
• Administer PowerFlex software-defined infrastructure, including deployment, scaling, and performance optimization.
• Provide hands-on support for VMware environments, including vSphere, vCenter, Aria (formerly vRealize), VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), NSX-T, vRealize Automation (vRA), and vRealize Orchestrator (vRO).
• Manage and troubleshoot SAN and Ethernet fabric connectivity, zoning, and performance across the storage environment.
• Support VDI environments (Citrix) with a focus on storage performance and backend infrastructure health.
• Monitor daily backup and replication jobs, proactively identifying and resolving failures within SLA windows.
• Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and lifecycle management across all storage platforms.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, virtualization, network, and security teams to ensure integrated, resilient IT operations.
• Maintain accurate documentation of configurations, procedures, and incident resolutions.
• Participate in disaster recovery planning, testing, and execution.
• Act as the primary on-site point of contact for storage and backup-related incidents, escalations, and change requests.

Required Technical Expertise

• Dell EMC Storage: PowerMax, Data Domain, PowerScale, ECS, PowerFlex.
• VMware Virtualization: vSphere, vCenter, Aria, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), NSX-T, vRealize Automation (vRA), vRealize Orchestrator (vRO).
• Networking: SAN and Ethernet fabric connectivity, zoning, and performance.
• VDI: Support for Citrix VDI environments with a focus on storage performance.
• Operations: Capacity planning, performance tuning, lifecycle management, and incident resolution for storage and backup.

Qualifications and Experience

• 0-1 years of experience in a related storage and backup engineering role.
• Demonstrated deep hands-on expertise with enterprise storage and backup infrastructure.
• Solid understanding of SAN/Ethernet fabric networking principles and troubleshooting.
• Strong knowledge of VMware virtualization environments and related components.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position requiring the selected candidate to work on-site at the client's premises in Riyadh.

About DeepSource

DeepSource is dedicated to providing robust and reliable infrastructure solutions to its clients.