Data Center - Storage Engineer

Peraton; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions provider seeks an experienced Data Center Storage Engineer to support a national intelligence program. The successful candidate will provide technical oversight for storage area networks, ensuring compliance with security standards, and maintain system performance. Applicants should have a Bachelor's degree with significant experience in storage technologies and hold an active TS/SCI clearance. This position may require additional certifications and offers opportunities for growth within engineering and operations.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree.
• Ability to obtain a Poly clearance.
• Knowledge on iSCSI and Fiber Channel infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical oversight of storage systems.
• Ensure system security compliance.
• Develop and maintain automated environments.
• Monitor system utilization and perform backups.

Skills

Active Top Secret/ Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance

Knowledge of backup software technologies

Knowledge of storage hardware technologies

Certifications: Netapp Certified Data Administrator (NCDA), ONTAP

Knowledge of SAN fabric technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree or Master's degree with relevant experience

Tools

Netbackup

TSM

Actifio

HP storage

Brocade

Job description

Basic Qualifications

• Active Top Secret/ Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance with ability to pass/obtain a Poly clearance.
• Minimum of 8 years relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree (Master’s degree and 6 years of relevant experience or PhD with 3 years relevant experience).
• 4 years experience may be used in lieu of a Degree.
• Knowledge of backup software technologies.
• Knowledge of storage hardware technologies.
• Knowledge of SAN fabric technologies.
• Certifications: Netapp Certified Data Administrator (NCDA), ONTAP or equivalent.

Desired Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Poly clearance.
• Knowledge on backup software technologies: TSM, Netbackup, or Actifio are preferred.
• Knowledge on storage hardware technologies: HP storage, Actifio Appliance, or Hitachi are preferred.
• Knowledge of SAN fabric technologies: Brocade is preferred.
• Knowledge of iSCSI and Fiber Channel infrastructure.
• Certifications: NetApp and Vmware.

SECURITY CLEARANCE

This Position requires an Active TS/SCI and the ability to obtain a Poly, US Citizenship is required to hold this clearance.

Peraton is seeking an experienced Data Center Storage Engineer to join our national intelligence program that delivers engineering, application development, deployment, operations, upgrades and sustainment of products and services to achieve our client’s global missions.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical oversight of hardware and software systems, with a focus on storage area network administration.
• Provide professional service within the parameters specified in the site's service level agreement and/or that meet or exceed the customer requirements.
• Ensure system security is compliant with customer policy including patching and auditing.
• Implement and maintain network standards and guidelines.
• Monitor system utilization including data storage management, performance metrics and service levels.
• Ensure reliable backup and recovery of necessary data.
• Develop and maintain automated environments including reporting, event notifications and actions, software updates and service packs.
• Report on capacity and proactively plan for additional storage.
• Allocate storage to servers, configuring fiber channel switches, and capacity planning for the SAN, in addition to OS level support related to implementing and maintaining system security and data recovery processes, providing technical support, utilizing automation tools for delivering applications, managing assets, monitoring performance, event notifications and automating desktop support.
• Coordinate and communicate activities, status updates, outage notifications and schedule information.
• Perform account maintenance.
• Troubleshoot network communications.
• Maintain and document SAN cabling plans. Installs, configures, administers, and optimizes servers (hardware and operating systems).
• Interface with users as an integral part of this role.
• Maintain network system documentation.

Position is Contingent on Contract Award