Engineer Sr-Storage Engineer

Job Category Information Technology – Senior Storage Engineer Salary Negotiable Location Fort Belvoir, VA US Clearance Level Must Currently Possess Top Secret / SCI Eligible US Citizenship Certifications (Baseline) CompTIA Security+ CE CompTIA CySA+ GIAC Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP) GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC) ISC² Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) Certifications (ActiveComputing Environment (ACE)) Storage/Backup: Dell Unity (e.g., Dell ISM), NetApp NCDA, or generic equivalent (such as CompTIA Server+ or Cloud+). Veritas NetBackup Education /h3> Bachelor’s degree with 8-12 years of experience or master’s degree with 6-10 years of experience. (specific years of experience and/or certification will be considered in lieu of degree) Schedule Full-time Potential for Teleworking Situational Travel None Shift Day Job Job Description DEi is seeking a candidate to support large-scale migration and operations on a large, high-profile DoD contract. The I3TS program provides enterprise-wide IT support to enable DTRA’s J6 / Information Management & Technology Directorate (ITD) to consolidate, modernize, and continuously innovate the delivery of IT services and mission capabilities to DTRA’s internal and external mission partners operating in CONUS and OCONUS locations. The Storage Engineer SME provides senior technical leadership for enterprise storage services. This role architects, implements, and sustains highly available storage platforms supporting mission-critical I3TS workloads across primary, alternate, and regional environments. The engineer drives performance optimization, capacity planning, and resilient backup and recovery strategies to meet recovery objectives, continuity requirements, and operational service levels. This position ensures storage operations align with organizational and federal compliance requirements and coordinates closely with EOC, infrastructure, network, and security teams. The primary responsibilities will be to: Install, configure, and administer enterprise storage systems from multiple vendors to include, but not limited to, Dell EMC, Powerflex and Quantum Install, configure, and administer Rubrik server and client software. Schedule and monitor backup policies. Generate backup status reports as required Administer Cisco Brocade fiber channel switch fabrics. Configure single initiator zone sets and monitor switch utilization and performance Create and secure SMB file shares Coordinate with server administrators to create, secure, and mount NFS exports Develop and implement Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations plans in accordance with customer requirements Install, configure, maintain, and administer Linux and Windows servers in support of storage operations such as Rubrik, Media, DSM and Master servers Build capacity management dashboards that improve visibility into enterprise storage use, health, resilience, and provide ongoing resources for planning for enterprise infrastructure lifecycle replacement Configure Rubrik policies. Troubleshoot and resolve backup job failures Coordinate with vCenter administrators to provision Storage Area Network (SAN) resources to VMWare ESX cluster datastores as required Configure and manage volume snapshots. Assist customers with point-in-time file restores Schedule and monitor volume replication for disaster recovery Monitor health and availability of infrastructure applications and systems Work with vendors to troubleshoot and resolve hardware and software failures Coordinate with Change Management to deconflict and schedule hardware maintenance activities, system and firmware updates, and other configuration changes Execute system changes during scheduled maintenance windows Monitor and evaluate system performance and capacity trends Resolve tier 2 and tier 3 service requests Identify opportunities to automate operations. Develop automated solutions that take advantage of Dell and NetApp system APIs Seek opportunities for continuous improvement to support effective and efficient operations Work with Cloud Storage solutions as needed for Cloud applications Work independently with minimal supervision Mentor junior team members Required Qualifications Experience supervising others Extensive experience administering enterprise-level data storage systems (Dell Storage Center, Dell Compellent, and Data Domain preferred) with a demonstrated understanding of the following services and technologies SAN administration including provisioning of LUNs, managing fiber channel zoning, and mapping storage to servers NAS administration including NFS and SMB file sharing Integration with VMWare ESX Server Data migration strategies Snapshots Volume replication Managing file and share permissions in an Active Directory environment Storage monitoring and performance tuning Understanding of Cloud storage management Extensive experience managing and administering Veritas Rubrik Experience with scripting technologies such as PowerShell Working knowledge of Unix or Linux based operating systems Working knowledge of Distributed File System (DFS) Excellent communication skills Ability to mentor junior team members Ability to complete complex projects with minimal direction Experience working independently to support a 24/7/365 customer environment Experience contributing to deliverables and meeting performance metrics Experience coordinating with senior management and customers Candidate must, at a minimum, meet DoD 8570.11- IAT Level II certification requirements (currently Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, GSEC, or SSCP along with an appropriate computing environment (CE) certification) An active Top Secret/SCI clearance is required for this position. Due to the nature of the government contracts we support, US Citizenship is required. #J-18808-Ljbffr