Storage Architect

Responsibilities: As the Associate Storage Architect, you will assist with the design, documentation and maintenance of the storage and/or the backup/restore infrastructure in order to meet agreed upon SLAs. Additionally, the Associate Storage Architect will be share accountability for utilizing and make suggested modifications to our measuring and reporting tools as required for customer SLA sign-off. The Associate Architect will help integrate our operational best practices in order to merge the customer's storage operations with the Storage Managed Services Run Book. You must maintain a working knowledge of emerging storage technologies and provide input to the SMS team and customer regarding continuous improvement opportunities. Responsibilities include: Participate as a technical expert and is responsible for the delivery of the technical architectural design, strategies and plans that will be a delivered in the engagement. Translate high-level requirements into specific designs for large-scale, high-performance storage systems & distributed computing environments. Design steps will include requirements analysis, performance analysis, bench-marking and bandwidth analysis, detailed design of the system. Equipment integration steps include system configuration, system component testing, network testing, benchmarking, test procedure development, and system integration. Other tasks may include creating & maintaining bill of materials and interconnect diagrams, supporting site surveys and facility work in preparation of delivery of hardware to sites, helping with the resolution of system issues at deployed sites, and developing the appropriate documentation. Perform other duties as required.If you are not a local candidate but are relocating, please inform me of your arrangements (i.e., date and city/state you are relocating to).Kforce (NASDAQ: KFRC) is a full-service specialty staffing firm providing flexible and permanent staffing solutions for organizations and career management for individuals in the specialty skill areas of information technology, finance & accounting, human resources, engineering, pharmaceutical, health care and scientific. Backed by more than 1,500 recruiting specialists, Kforce operates in more than 40 markets in North America. For more information, please visit our web site at