Information Technology Senior Consultant 5 with Security Clearance

Avid Technology Professionals; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Avid Technology Professionals is seeking a Senior IT Consultant in Laurel, MD with hands-on NetApp experience. You will engage in storage design, implementation, and optimization across large-scale environments, including SAN/NAS, replication, and backup technology.

Ideal candidates have deep knowledge of storage protocols (S3, CIFS, NFS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel) and proven ability to lead complex migrations and performance tuning in data centers.

Qualifications

• Hands-on NetApp experience required.
• Strong knowledge of SAN/NAS storage concepts.
• Familiarity with storage protocols (S3, CIFS, NFS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel).
• Experience with backup and recovery tooling (NetBackup, Cohesity, Rubrik, CommVault).
• Ability to design, size, and optimize large-scale storage environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement storage solutions across data centers.
• Lead storage migrations and replication projects.
• Optimize performance and availability of storage and backup environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet project goals.

Skills

NetApp experience

Storage tuning

Data center migrations

Storage replication

Tools

Veritas NetBackup

Cohesity

Rubrik

CommVault

Job description

Avid Technology Professionals 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