Senior Storage Systems Engineer (U.S. Citizen, on-site DC)

Job Description

Job DescriptionDescription:

NOTE: This is a full-time employment opportunity (No C2C, subcontractor or 1099 engagements, please.) The candidate MUST be a U.S. Citizen, must be able to complete/pass/hold a public trust investigation, and be local to the Washington DC metro area. This position is on-site, ET time zone work schedule and other schedules as required.

Daily Responsibilities

• Maintain and support data storage systems. Support day-to-day operations, including business continuity and disaster recovery.
• Create and maintain an intelligent and secure data storage infrastructure, including deployment, implementation, configuration, and administration.
• Coordination and cross-collaboration with agency management, staff, project managers, and vendors.
• Plan, design, and evaluate hardware and software; provide recommendations to enhance and improve enterprise data storage systems as a whole.
• Develop test plans, conduct proof of concepts and validations, and provide completion reports.
• Develop comprehensive documentation, architecture diagrams, and standardized procedures. Conduct knowledge transfer sessions and brown bag sessions on road maps. Create documentation with step-by-step procedures and reports, including but not limited to status updates, after action reports, SOPs, system baseline change requests, and configuration management plans.
• Maintain and update procedures, technical documentation, and follow the change management procedures.
• Performance and capacity planning, trending, preparing reports and presentations.
• Customer service and coordination with the client.
• Position requires the ability to work shifts to provide support 24/7, participate in on-call rotations, and be available on demand to address technical problems and support weekend activities.

Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen as mandated by our government client.
• Must be able to complete/pass/hold a public trust investigation.
• Must be local to the Washington DC metro area to be on-site daily.
• 10+ years of related storage engineering experience in similar roles.
• Experience with SAN and NAS storage architectures, design, administration, and support of SAN, NAS storage systems.
• Expertise in enterprise-level NetApp storage systems/arrays and Cisco M DS SAN switches.
• Expert knowledge in Microsoft File NAS. managing, modifying, applying, and fixing share and Windows NTFS Folder and file permissions, access, ACLs on active directory groups and users.
• Knowledge and understanding of Fiber Channel SAN and NAS Storage- NVMe-oF, NVMe, NVMeTCP, FCoE, FCIP, FC Block, iSCSI, Object, and File storage.
• Experience and knowledge of Cisco MDS9000 Multilayer SAN switches; knowledge of VMware; knowledge of Commvault data protection software and IntelliSnap; knowledge of AWS Cloud products.
• Experience in architecture, configuration and support of Cloud storage solutions and services AWS FSXn, Blue XP workload factory, Trident, etc. but not limited to NetApp products.
• Knowledge of Container technology such as Kubernetes & Dockers, persistent storage types; knowledge of active directory, DFS, group policies.
• Programming experience in PowerShell, Power BI, shell, Python scripting, application, and web development tools, JSON, YAML, proficient in using Microsoft and Office automation products such as Visio, Excel, and PowerPoint tools.
• Must have strong problem determination and solving skills, making sound judgment, and the ability to assess the impact on upstream and downstream components. Assess and take appropriate actions to resolve technical issues, address threats and risks proactively from security vulnerabilities.
• Effective communication, both orally and in writing, with senior staff, information systems professionals, and the non-technical user community.
• BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Information Sciences, Engineering or related IT discipline or equivalent experience (10+ years).

Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The annual salary range for this position is $119,463 – $160,100.