Security-Cleared Storage Systems Administrator

General Dynamics - IT; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Competitive pay

Paid time off

Job summary

General Dynamics - IT is seeking a Storage Systems Administrator to operate, secure, and optimize enterprise storage platforms across global environments. The role focuses on high availability, data integrity, and secure access while aligning with modernization and lifecycle initiatives.

You will collaborate with engineering, cybersecurity, and virtualization teams to implement storage solutions, perform firmware updates, and maintain documentation and diagrams for sustainment and audits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT or 8+ years IT experience in lieu of degree.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with a favorable polygraph.
• DoD 8140 Information Assurance Workforce certification requirements (e.g. Security+ CE).
• Hands-on experience administering enterprise storage platforms (SAN/NAS, clustered storage, backup/replication) in multinetwork environments.
• Strong proficiency with storage provisioning, permissions/security management, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Administer, operate, and maintain enterprise storage systems (SAN/NAS, object storage, backup/replication) across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.
• Monitor storage performance, health, capacity, and availability, performing diagnostics and remediation.
• Support data backup, recovery, replication, and DR operations across networks.
• Manage storage provisioning, access controls, share permissions, and user/group mappings.
• Troubleshoot storage issues involving connectivity, protocols, and hardware dependencies.
• Perform lifecycle tasks including firmware updates and configuration changes.
• Coordinate with engineering, cybersecurity, server, virtualization, and monitoring teams.
• Maintain storage diagrams, SOPs, and operational artifacts supporting sustainment and change control.
• Apply security patches and platform hotfixes, ensuring compliance with enterprise baselines.

Skills

Storage administration

SAN/NAS

Backup/replication

Security hardening

Documentation

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT

Job description

General Dynamics - IT is seeking a Storage Systems Administrator to operate, secure, and optimize enterprise storage platforms across global environments. The role focuses on high availability, data integrity, and secure access while aligning with modernization and lifecycle initiatives.

You will collaborate with engineering, cybersecurity, and virtualization teams to implement storage solutions, perform firmware updates, and maintain documentation and diagrams for sustainment and audits.