Information Technology Senior Consultant 5 Laurel, MD 7/15/2026

Avid Technology Professionals, LLC; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Avid Technology Professionals, LLC in Laurel, MD seeks an Information Technology Senior Consultant 5 with hands-on NetApp storage expertise. The role covers SAN/NAS environments, storage protocols (S3, CIFS, NFS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel), and backup/recovery tooling across data centers and virtualization platforms.

Strong HA, security fundamentals, and the ability to collaborate in a team are essential. The candidate will leverage extensive storage experience to design, implement, and optimize

Qualifications

• Hands-on NetApp experience is required.
• Extensive experience with SAN and NAS storage technologies and concepts.
• Strong knowledge of storage protocols including S3, CIFS, NFS, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel.
• Experience with capacity planning and sizing storage/backups (Veritas NetBackup, Cohesity, Rubrik, CommVault).
• Proficiency in storage performance tuning and optimization.
• Experience in data center migrations and storage replication technologies.
• Senior‑level design, development, implementation, and maintenance of large‑scale storage systems.
• Strong HA concepts and practical implementation in storage environments.
• Solid understanding of hardware basics (disk, memory, CPU, NIC, HBA, RAID, I/O) and TCP/IP basics.
• Experience connecting storage arrays to hypervisors (Nutanix, VMware VCF, OpenStack).
• Knowledge of federal security hardening requirements (FISMA, STIG).
• CompTIA Security+ or similar certification for IAT Level II DoD 8570 compliance.
• Excellent written and oral communication; strong collaboration and teamwork.

Skills

NetApp

SAN & NAS

S3, CIFS, NFS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel

Backup and recovery tools

Veritas NetBackup

Cohesity

Rubrik

CommVault

Data center migrations

Storage performance tuning

Storage replication

High availability concepts

TCP/IP fundamentals

Nutanix / VMware VCF / OpenStack

Security best practices (FISMA, STIG)

CompTIA Security+ or equivalent

Communication and teamwork

Ability to take direction

Job description

Information Technology Senior Consultant 5

• Laurel, MD

Hands on NetApp experience a MUST

• Hands-on engineering experience with NetApp and other storage technologies and concepts (Storage Area Network - SAN & Network Attached Storage - NAS)
• Must have knowledge and understanding of protocols such as S3, CIFS, NFS, iSCI, and Fiber Channel Block Storage (SAN)
• Experience with capacity planning and sizing storage and backup environments (to include Veritas NetBackup, Cohesity, Rubrik, & CommVault)
• Experience in performance tuning and optimizing storage and backup environments
• Experience with data center migrations and storage replication technologies
• Senior‑level experience with the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of large‑scale systems, preferably across multiple hardware platforms and data centers
• Strong understanding of high availability concepts with practical experience and implementation of key components in storage environments
• Strong understanding of fundamental hardware concepts: disk, memory, CPU, NIC, HBA, firmware, RAID, performance concepts (I/O, paging, swapping, system calls), iSCSI, Fiber Channel, Ethernet
• Strong understanding of essential TCP/IP concepts: TCP, UDP, ICMP, SMTP, SNMP, LDAP, DNS, NTP, etc.
• Experience connecting storage arrays to Hypervisor Technologies (NUTANIX, VMWARE VCF, OpenStack)
• Understanding of security best practices and federal hardening requirements (FISMA, STIG, etc.)
• CompTIA Security+ or similar certification for IAT Level II DoD 8570 compliance
• Proficient written and oral communication skills
• Strong collaborative attitude and ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to take direction