Senior Storage Engineer

Leidos LLC; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 92,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos seeks a Senior Storage Engineer to design, implement, and optimize enterprise storage platforms in Fort Belvoir, VA. You will ensure storage availability, performance, scalability, and security across production and non-production systems, working with NetApp, Dell Unity, and other arrays.

The role requires Top Secret/SCI clearance and hands-on expertise in SAN/NAS, data protection, and lifecycle management, with leadership to mentor junior staff and drive efficiency across the storage

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8–12 years of relevant experience or master’s with 6–10 years
• Current Top Secret/SCI clearance at time of consideration
• IAT Level II certification requirements (Security+CE, CCNA-Security, GSEC, or SSCP)
• Advanced knowledge of storage systems architecture, lifecycle engineering, and infrastructure modernization
• Experience with NetApp, Dell EMC, Hitachi, VMware vSAN and other storage technologies
• Strong knowledge of SANs, Fibre Channel, and storage technologies

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering, administration, and support of enterprise storage environments with primary focus on NetApp and Dell Unity platforms.
• Design and maintain highly available, scalable storage solutions for file, block, and hybrid workloads.
• Perform provisioning, configuration, upgrades, migrations, and decommissioning of storage systems.
• Manage and optimize storage environments, including aggregates, volumes, SVMs, snapshots, replication, quotas, tiering, and protocol configuration.
• Administer NetApp, Dell EMC, Hitachi storage arrays, including pools, LUNs, file systems, NAS servers, snapshots, replication, FAST VP/tiering, and host connectivity.
• Support SAN and NAS infrastructure, including Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NFS, and SMB/CIFS protocols.
• Ensure system compliance with DISA STIG and DoD security requirements by leading hardening efforts.
• Monitor storage health, capacity, utilization, and performance; identify trends and remediation strategies.

Skills

Storage architecture

SAN/NAS administration

Data protection

Performance tuning

Lifecycle management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

NetApp

Dell EMC

Hitachi storage arrays

VMware vSAN

VMware vSphere

NetBackup

Commvault

Veeam

Ansible

PowerCLI

Job description

Leidos is seeking an experienced Senior Storage Engineer to design, implement, administer, and optimize enterprise storage platforms in Fort Belvoir, VA. This role is responsible for ensuring storage availability, performance, scalability, security, and operational resilience across production and non-production systems. The ideal candidate brings deep hands‑on expertise in storage architecture, SAN/NAS administration, data protection, performance tuning, lifecycle management, and cross‑functional infrastructure support. Candidates must demonstrate a high degree of problem‑solving ability in a complex environment and be able to communicate effectively, both to the customer and to team members. Clearance: Current Top Secret/SCI clearance at time of consideration.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead engineering, administration, and support of enterprise storage environments with primary focus on NetApp and Dell Unity platforms.
• Design and maintain highly available, scalable storage solutions for file, block, and hybrid workloads.
• Perform provisioning, configuration, upgrades, migrations, and decommissioning of storage systems.
• Manage and optimize storage environments, including aggregates, volumes, SVMs, snapshots, replication, quotas, tiering, and protocol configuration.
• Administer NetApp, Dell EMC, Hitachi storage arrays, including pools, LUNs, file systems, NAS servers, snapshots, replication, FAST VP/tiering, and host connectivity.
• Support SAN and NAS infrastructure, including Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NFS, and SMB/CIFS protocols.
• Ensure system compliance with DISA STIG and DoD security requirements by leading critical hardening efforts.
• Monitor storage health, capacity, utilization, and performance; identify trends and recommend remediation or expansion strategies.
• Troubleshoot storage, replication, latency, pathing, and connectivity issues across hosts, hypervisors, and network fabrics.
• Plan and execute data migration efforts between legacy and target storage platforms with minimal downtime.
• Implement and support business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities, including snapshot policies, replication, failover, and recovery testing.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior administrators and team members to foster a deeper understanding of storage technologies.
• Develop and maintain documentation related to storage architecture, processes, and procedures.
• Evaluate and recommend emerging storage solutions to continuously optimize system performance and efficiency.
• Support projects to enhance the security, efficiency, or capability of the storage environment.
• Work with vendors and third‑party providers for troubleshooting and issue resolution.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with 8–12 years of prior relevant experience or master’s degree with 6–10 years of prior relevant experience. Additional technical experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Current Top Secret/SCI clearance at time of consideration.
• Candidate must, at a minimum, meet DoD8570.11‑IAT LevelII certification requirements (currently Security+CE, CCNA‑Security, GSEC, or SSCP) at time of consideration.
• Advanced knowledge of storage systems architecture, lifecycle engineering, and infrastructure modernization principles.
• Demonstrated experience with NetApp, Dell EMC, Hitachi, VMware vSAN and other storage technologies.
• Strong working knowledge of enterprise computing environments (physical, virtual, hybrid) and server virtualization platforms (e.g., VMware).
• Working knowledge of virtualization such as VMware vSphere and backup technologies such as NetBackup, Commvault and Veeam.
• Strong knowledge of SANs, Fibre Channel fabric, and storage technologies.
• Deep understanding of DISA STIGs, system hardening, and DoD security compliance frameworks.
• Develop storage standards, architecture documentation, operational procedures, and support runbooks.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across systems, virtualization, and storage layers.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience supporting large‑scale Windows and Linux server environments.
• ITIL5 Foundation Certification.
• Experience with storage migrations using native and third‑party tools.
• Knowledge of backup platforms such as Commvault, Veeam, NetBackup, or similar.
• Familiarity with automation tools such as Ansible or PowerCLI for automation tasks.
• Experience in regulated, highly available, or mission‑critical environments.
• Prior work within the Department of War and familiarity with its IT environments.

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Original Posting: September24,2026
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least3days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than3days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range: Pay Range$92,300.00-$166,850.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $17.2billion for the fiscal year ended January2,2026. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That’s why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here.

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Commitment and Diversity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.