Senior Storage Architect – Enterprise SAN & Data Management

Linchpin Solutions, Inc.; Quantico (VA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with matching

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid vacation, sick time, holidays

Short-Term Disability, Long Term Disab

Life insurance

Job summary

Linchpin Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Senior Storage Design Engineer to join our IT engineering team supporting DoD environments. You will implement and administer scalable SAN storage, perform capacity planning, workload sizing, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to optimize enterprise storage architectures.

An Active DoD Secret Clearance is required; onsite with up to 10% travel. The role demands 10 years of IT experience, a Bachelor's in CS or related field, and certifications (CCNA,

Qualifications

• 10 years of relevant IT experience.
• Experience with NetApp ONTAP storage, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS and SAN design.
• Ability to design and implement scalable storage for enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with upgrading and managing storage systems and HA/DR.
• Professional certifications listed in Education.

Responsibilities

• Provide capacity and performance management, design, configuration, and integration.
• Perform Disaster Recovery.
• Design, develop, and Integrate Storage Attached Network (SAN) design, configuration, and integration included.
• Configure and integrate NetApp Data on Tap 8.x design.
• HA/DR solution management.
• Data de-duplication, mirroring, and retention.
• Design storage devices based on capacity analysis and requirements.
• Install and integrate storage devices, systems and components.
• Develop, configure, and integrate Virtual Storage Console for VMware.
• Handle networking ports/protocols, IA, routing, and LAN; SQL HBSS integration.
• Create and restore data from Snapshots.

Skills

Provide capacity and performance mgmt

Disaster Recovery

SAN design and integration

NetApp ONTAP design

HA/DR solution management

Data deduplication, mirroring, and ret

Capacity use analysis

Storage device installation

VMware VSC integration

Networking ports/protocols IA/LAN

SQL 2008 r2/HBSS storage integration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Certified Cisco Network Associate (CCNA)

CASP+; CISSP; CSSLP; RHCSA

IASAE II / IAT III

Tools

ONTAP 9.x

Ontap CLI

iSCSI

NFS

CIFS

FlexVols

Block Storage (LUNs)

Affine: AFF series

SP and BMC consoles

Active IQ (AIQ)

SnapCenter, SnapMirror, Snapshots

System Manager

Job description

Linchpin Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Senior Storage Design Engineer to join our IT engineering team supporting DoD environments. You will implement and administer scalable SAN storage, perform capacity planning, workload sizing, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to optimize enterprise storage architectures.

An Active DoD Secret Clearance is required; onsite with up to 10% travel. The role demands 10 years of IT experience, a Bachelor's in CS or related field, and certifications (CCNA,