Server and Storage Engineer
About the Role We are seeking a seasoned Server Storage Engineer to join our IT infrastructure team in Abu Dhabi The ideal candidate will design deploy and maintain enterprisegrade server and storage solutions ensuring high availability optimal performance and robust security You will work closely with crossfunctional teams to support critical business applications and drive continuous improvement initiatives Responsibilities Design implement and maintain VMware virtualization environments using vSphere Deploy and manage Dell EMC VxRail hyperconverged infrastructure Configure and administer SAN and NAS storage arrays including provisioning zoning and performance tuning Install configure and support physical and virtual servers running Windows and Linux operating systems Monitor system health perform capacity planning and optimize resource utilization Troubleshoot hardware storage and virtualization issues to ensure minimal downtime Implement backup replication and disaster recovery solutions Develop and maintain technical documentation runbooks and standard operating procedures Collaborate with network security and application teams to integrate server and storage solutions Participate in change management patching and upgrade activities Provide oncall support and escalate incidents as needed Skills Required Qualifications Bachelor s degree in Computer Science Information Technology or related field Minimum of 8 years experience in server and storage engineering Expertise in VMware vSphere virtualization technologies Handson experience with Dell EMC VxRail hyperconverged platforms Proficiency in SAN environments Fibre Channel iSCSI and NAS solutions Strong knowledge of enterprise server hardware Dell HP Cisco Experience with Windows Server and Linux distributions RHEL CentOS Ubuntu Solid understanding of networking fundamentals TCP IP VLANs routing Proven ability to perform capacity planning performance tuning and troubleshooting Excellent verbal and written communication skills Preferred Qualifications VMware Certified Professional VCP or equivalent certification Dell EMC Proven Professional EMCISA EMCIE or similar storage certification Experience with automation and scripting PowerShell Python Ansible Familiarity with cloud integration AWS Azure and hybrid architectures ITIL Foundation or advanced IT service management certification Project management experience or PMP certification Knowledge of backup and recovery tools Veeam Commvault