Storage Engineer Cover Letter

I am excited to be applying for the position of storage engineer. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

Previously, I was responsible for technical guidance on management of virtualized environments on NAS/SAN solutions built on IBM XIV, NetApp FAS and Nutanix hardware.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• BS or equivalent in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
• Excellent knowledge of storage hardware in SAN environments, RAID configurations, iSCSI-protocol and -initiators and current MPIO-software and –policies
• Knowledge of networking (including SAN topology, network load balancing)
• Enterprise Operating System troubleshooting
• Experience with Equallogic PS Storage
• Current Enterprise Server Operating systems (Microsoft Hyper-V, Linux, VMware ESXi or UNIX)
• Relevant industry certifications (SCSP, CCNA, LPIC or VCP)
• Fluent in a 2nd additional language – German or Italian

Please consider me for the storage engineer opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In the previous role, I was responsible for daily administration and resolution of advanced maintenance and performance issues on NetApp Clustered Data OnTAP, NetApp SANtricity, OnCommand Insight;.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Proficient with Brocade SAN Fabric technologies
• Knowledge in CLI based programming languages (Bash, Perl, .)
• Well-developed verbal, written, interpersonal, and presentation skills
• Experience with software debuggers
• Should be proficient in Operating Systems and kernel architecture
• Should be familiar with OS performance analysis and trouble shooting
• Should be familiar with storage and IO paradigms
• Strong project management skills, with experience in organizing, planning, and executing projects from vision through implementation, involving internal personnel, contractors and vendors

Please consider me for the storage engineer opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In the previous role, I was responsible for storage management and optimization of both SAN and NAS/NFS infrastructures on netapp.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Experience using and administrating cloud object storage (AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage)
• Strong working knowledge of storage industry in both data protection and storage areas
• Solaris or Linux) with a comprehensive understanding of TCP/IP
• High levels of motivation, initiative and a proactive or 'self starter' approach to work
• Experience managing and understanding of backup and multi-vendor storage solutions that are SAN attached
• Working knowledge of server / storage system hardware including power supplies, system boards, memory, I/O devices along with storage protocols (FC, iSCSI, FCoE)
• Knowledge of the principles of project management
• Senior Storage Engineer with EMC, Net App, and Isilon with NFS, CIFS and Fiber Channel experience

I am excited to be applying for the position of storage engineer. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for troubleshooting support and advanced analysis of requests within the anti-virus environment for both Windows, OS X and NAS (currently using VirusScan for NetApp).

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Determine storage structural requirements by analyzing customer operations and applications
• Deployment of Linux applications on a new platform, including recompiling, patching, configuration management
• Large-scale configuration management with tools such as puppet, salt, ansible
• Implementing and optimizing storage and backup infrastructure
• Managing enterprise HCI, SAN, NAS and backup environments
• Understanding of storage solutions from EMC (VNX, VMAX, Unity, Avamar, Data Domain) and Nutanix
• Hand on experience on Adaptive Optimization, Performance monitoring and management using CLI and System Reporter, vendor management, FLASH CACHE, RAID protection
• Well versed with 3PAR CLI, SSMC, System Reporter, EMC CLI, Unisphere, SRM, HDS CLI, HCS and Tuning Manager

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the storage engineer position.

Previously, I was responsible for netApp Expertise: Cluster Mode, Snap Mirror/CIFS Management.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Experience managing and architecting Enterprise Storage Arrays
• Support the design, creation, and deployment of software services in the private cloud computing environment
• Work closely with developers on application design, performance, and troubleshooting
• Help detect opportunities in applications for performance improvement through education
• Mentors and maintains relationships with peers to share their knowledge and experience
• Build and maintain software supporting the enterprise storage infrastructure
• Flexibility to adapt to rapidly changing technologies
• Brocade switch zoning and configuration