Senior Storage Architect - NetApp, Dell EMC, DoD (SCI)

Global Enterprise Services, LLC; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Global-Enterprise-Services, LLC is seeking an experienced Senior Storage Engineer to design, deploy, and manage enterprise storage for Fort Belvoir, VA. The role emphasizes NetApp and Dell Unity environments, with a focus on performance, uptime, and security in a DoD context.

The ideal candidate has a Top Secret/SCI clearance, DoD IAT Level II certification, and deep experience with storage architectures, virtualization, and DR capabilities.

Qualifications

• Top Secret/SCI clearance required.
• DoD 8570.11-IAT Level II cert (Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, GSEC, or SSCP).
• Advanced knowledge of storage systems architecture and lifecycle engineering.
• Experience with NetApp, Dell EMC, Hitachi, VMware vSAN, and related storage technologies.
• Strong understanding of SANs, Fibre Channel, and storage protocols.
• Proven troubleshooting across storage, virtualization, and server environments.
• Experience with Windows and Linux server environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering, administration, and support of enterprise storage environments focusing on NetApp and Dell Unity.
• Design scalable storage solutions for file, block, and hybrid workloads.
• Provision, configure, upgrade, migrate, and decommission storage systems.
• Manage aggregates, volumes, SVMs, snapshots, replication, quotas, tiering, and protocol configurations.
• Administer NetApp, Dell EMC, Hitachi arrays; manage pools, LUNs, file systems, NAS, and replication.
• Support SAN/NAS infrastructures including FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB/CIFS.
• Ensure DISA STIG and DoD security compliance; lead hardening efforts.
• Monitor storage health, capacity, utilization, and performance; plan expansions.
• Troubleshoot storage, replication, latency, pathing, and connectivity across hosts and networks.
• Plan data migrations with minimal downtime; implement DR capabilities and runbooks.
• Mentor junior admins; develop and maintain storage documentation.
• Evaluate emerging storage solutions to optimize performance and efficiency.
• Collaborate with vendors for troubleshooting and resolution.

Skills

Storage architecture

NetApp

Dell EMC

Hitachi storage

VMware vSAN

Fibre Channel

SAN/NAS protocols

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

NetBackup

Commvault

Veeam

Ansible

PowerCLI

Job description

Global-Enterprise-Services, LLC is seeking an experienced Senior Storage Engineer to design, deploy, and manage enterprise storage for Fort Belvoir, VA. The role emphasizes NetApp and Dell Unity environments, with a focus on performance, uptime, and security in a DoD context.

The ideal candidate has a Top Secret/SCI clearance, DoD IAT Level II certification, and deep experience with storage architectures, virtualization, and DR capabilities.