Data Storage Engineer

Leidos LLC; Plyers Mill Estates (MD); On-site; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health and Wellness programs

Income Protection

Paid Leave and Retirement

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Data Storage Engineer to support the NDOC in Bethesda, MD. You will design, install, and maintain enterprise storage across on‑premise and cloud environments for maximum availability and performance.

The role requires strong experience with Rubrik, Dell EMC, Python/PowerShell scripting, and Unix/Linux systems, plus excellent communication skills. Based in Bethesda with 24/7 support expectations.

Qualifications

• Extensive storage engineering experience with enterprise storage systems.
• Experience with lifecycle design, architecture, and deployment of storage solutions.
• Proven ability to mentor junior staff and work in an Agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable enterprise storage architectures across on‑premise and cloud environments (multi-petabyte scale).
• Install, configure, and administer storage systems from vendors (Dell EMC, Quantum).
• Develop and maintain system documentation and disaster recovery plans.

Skills

Veritas Rubrik

PowerShell

Unix/Linux

DFS

Excellent communication

Mentor junior team members

Education

Bachelor's degree + 8 years experience

Tools

Dell Storage Center

Dell Compellent

Data Domain

Rubrik

Cisco Brocade

vCenter

VMware ESX

NetApp API

Job description

Unleash Your Potential At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customer’s success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business. If this sounds like an environment where you can thrive, keep reading! The Mission Leidos is seeking a Data Storage Engineer to support the National Digital Exploitation & OSINT Center (NDOC). This role requires technical expertise in storage engineering, system administration, and operations. This role is responsible for optimizing the configuration of the enterprise storage infrastructure to maximize availability, performance, and capacity. This role participates in the lifecycle process of purchasing, installing, maintaining, and replacing storage devices across on-premise and cloud IT environments. This role collects and evaluates metrics to optimize storage operations. This individual identifies risks, performs assessments, and analyzes risk mitigation strategies. Finally, this individual is responsible for developing and maintaining system documentation and procedures in accordance with customer requirements. The Customer utilizes an Agile Framework to plan and successfully complete all initiatives. The work location is in Bethesda at the Intelligence Community Campus.

Full Life Cycle Engineering Duties and Primary Tasks

Systems Engineering / Architecture / Lifecycle Design Design and engineer scalable enterprise storage architectures supporting performance, resiliency, high availability, and mission growth requirements across on-premise and cloud environments. Develop logical and physical storage architectures, reference designs, and engineering roadmaps aligned to customer mission requirements and future capacity demands. Perform systems design and engineering analysis for storage modernization initiatives, including solution trade studies, technology evaluations, and engineering recommendations. Engineer lifecycle replacement strategies for enterprise storage infrastructure, balancing risk, obsolescence, cost, and operational continuity. Develop and maintain engineering artifacts including architecture diagrams, low-level designs, interface documentation, data flow mappings, and implementation plans. Apply systems engineering principles to storage integration, interoperability, performance optimization, and infrastructure resilience. Perform engineering analysis of system dependencies, failure modes, and technical risks; develop mitigation strategies to improve reliability and supportability.

Advanced Engineering / Design Responsibilities Engineer and optimize storage solutions for multi-petabyte environments supporting virtualization, GPU/compute-intensive workloads, and mission-critical applications. Provide engineering support for performance modeling, capacity forecasting, and lifecycle planning using operational metrics and trend analysis. Contribute to disaster recovery architecture, data protection engineering, and continuity solution design for enterprise storage services. Experience with systems engineering lifecycle methodologies, including requirements development, systems design, architecture, integration, testing, sustainment, and lifecycle refresh. Demonstrated knowledge of storage systems architecture, lifecycle engineering, and infrastructure modernization principles. Familiarity with model-based or traditional systems engineering disciplines, architecture frameworks, and engineering documentation practices preferred.

Install, configure, and administer enterprise storage systems from multiple vendors to include, but not limited to, Dell EMC and Quantum

Install, configure, and administer enterprise storage systems from multiple vendors to include, but not limited to, Dell EMC 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.

Basic Qualifications

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Disaster Recovery and COOP storage backup and recovery within and across the data centers and the Cloud
• Ability to analyze cloud migration approaches to support customer decision making for effective and efficient cloud migrations
• Experience managing Distributed File System (DFS) namespaces #NMECDTP-Leidos

Pay and Benefits

Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law. Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here.

• competitive compensation
• Health and Wellness programs
• Income Protection
• Paid Leave and Retirement

Commitment and Diversity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

Original Posting: April 24, 2026 For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Leidos Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Securing Your Data Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information at any part of the employment application process. And Leidos will communicate with you only through emails that are sent from a Leidos.com email address. If you receive an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information, please report the email to [e-mail].

Clearance Requirement

Due to the nature of the government contracts we support, US Citizenship is required. TS/SCI with Poly required for Position or TS/SCI and willingness to obtain a poly.

Education

Bachelor's degree with 8 years of relevant experience, Master's degree with 6 years. Education equivalency of Associate’s with 12 years of related experience or High School Diploma with 14 years of related experience can be used in lieu of Bachelor’s degree.

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) 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 fibre 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