Senior Storage Administrator

Peraton; Radford (VA); Remote; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a highly skilled storage and systems administrator to support ALTESS environments in Radford, VA or remotely. You will own enterprise storage across Windows, Solaris, Linux, and VMware, ensuring availability, security, and fast access for mission-critical workloads.

The role includes data restoration workflows, policy enforcement, and ongoing optimization. The ideal candidate has 12+ years experience without a degree (or equivalent combinations), active DoD clearance, DoW

Qualifications

• Experience with DoD 8140 and security clearance.
• Background in Computer Science or IT.
• Active DoW Secret security clearance.
• US Citizenship.
• DoD 8140 qualified for DCWF 451 – System Administrator at Intermediate proficiency.
• Experience in storage, backup, and data center operations.

Responsibilities

• Manage, maintain, deploy, troubleshoot, and support servers and enterprise storage systems.
• Design, install, configure, secure, and maintain highly available data storage systems and storage networks.
• Implement new system hardware and software, and contribute to SOPs and policies.
• Refresh data between environments for development teams.
• Install and configure backup software across Windows, Solaris, and RHEL platforms.
• Monitor operations and produce utilization and capacity reports.

Skills

DoD 8140 qualified (Intermediate)

Interpersonal skills

Storage design & maintenance

Storage networks admin (SAN/NAS)

VMware vSphere 7.x/8.x

Windows/Solaris/RHEL admin

IP-based networking

PowerShell & Bash scripting

Tools

NetApp NCDA

Dell storage

VMware VCP-DCV

Red Hat RHCSA

CompTIA Server+

Job description

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Responsibilities

Every hour of every day, soldiers, acquisition professionals, and federal partners around the world count on systems that simply cannot go down. That is where PL ALTESS comes in. As the Agile Center of Excellence for the Program Executive Office Enterprise (PEO Enterprise), the U.S. Army Product Lead Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Enterprise Systems and Services (PL ALTESS) runs enterprise-class data centers that host hundreds of programs, thousands of virtual servers, and millions of users worldwide, 24x7x365. Our team delivers the full spectrum of IT services: data center and Service Operations Center operations, network and systems administration, cybersecurity, cloud and application modernization, disaster recovery, and lifecycle testing across physical, virtual, and cloud architectures spanning multiple geographic locations. If you want your work to matter at mission scale, this is the place.

The opportunity: Data is the mission, and you will keep it available, protected, and fast. Working alongside the OS and Storage teams, you will own highly available enterprise storage across Windows, Solaris, Linux, and VMware for ALTESS and its customers.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Manage, maintain, deploy, troubleshoot, and support servers and enterprise storage systems for ALTESS and its customers.
• Design, install, configure, secure, and maintain highly available data storage systems and storage networks.
• Implement new system hardware and software, and contribute to local operating procedures and policies.
• Refresh data between environments at the request of application development teams.
• Install and configure backup software across Windows Server, Solaris, and RHEL platforms.
• Monitor ongoing operations and produce utilization and capacity reports to identify problems and corrective actions.
• Maintain storage and network policies and standards.
• Recommend, demonstrate, and implement technologies that expand, upgrade, and increase efficiency in the environment.

Qualifications

WHAT YOU BRING (REQUIRED)

• Minimum of 12 years w/o a degree; Minimum of 10 years with AS/AA; Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD
• DoD 8140 qualified for DCWF 451 – System Administrator at the Intermediate proficiency level
• Computing environment / platform certification for the technologies supported (e.g., NetApp NCDA or Dell storage, VMware VCP-DCV, Red Hat RHCSA, CompTIA Server+); may be waived for 30 days after project start
• Background in Computer Science or IT.
• Active DoW Secret security clearance
• US Citizenship
• 3+ years designing, installing, configuring, securing, and maintaining highly available enterprise data storage systems.
• 3+ years maintaining storage and network policies and standards.
• 3+ years refreshing data from one environment to another for application development staff.
• 3+ years creating, maintaining, and following SOPs for repeatable processes, disaster recovery, and common problem resolution.
• 3+ years with MS Windows, Solaris, and RHEL/Oracle Linux environments.
• 3+ years administering storage networks (SAN/NAS, Fibre Channel, iSCSI).
• 3+ years with VMware vSphere 7.x/8.x.
• 3+ years with IP-based network communication.
• Experience installing and configuring backup software on Windows Server 2019 and later, Solaris 11, and RHEL 8 and later.
• Experience with both PowerShell and Bash scripting, plus strong CLI skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a team-player mindset.

WHAT SETS YOU APART (DESIRED)

• 3+ years supporting cybersecurity patch management, STIGs, SRGs, RMF, SCA-V, and CORA.

WORKLOCATION:

• Radford, VA or Remote

Target Salary Range

$112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement

Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed athttps://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.