Senior Storage Engineer

Full-Visbility; Quantico (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Full Visibility LLC seeks a Senior Storage Engineer to design and manage a petabyte-scale, multi-site storage environment for critical federal systems. You will own the storage lifecycle, from architecture to decommissioning, with 24/7 operations and strong autonomy, while supporting STIG and RMF/ATO needs.

The role involves implementing Dell EMC ECS, DataCore Swarm, VAST Data, and NetApp ONTAP across SAN/NAS, scripting with PowerShell/Bash, and leveraging Ansible for provisioning.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance; must be able to obtain CI Poly.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field with 6+ years of experience.
• Enterprise storage and infrastructure engineering experience in a production environment.
• Hands-on SAN, NAS, or object storage admin at enterprise scale.
• Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Rocky) and Windows Server administration.
• Storage protocols: iSCSI, NFS, SMB/CIFS, and S3.
• PowerShell and Bash scripting; familiarity with Ansible or Puppet.
• Dell EMC ECS, DataCore Swarm, VAST Data, or NetApp ONTAP.
• Hyperconverged infrastructure (VxRail, VxFlex) and virtualization (VMware ESXi, Hyper-V).
• Spectra Logic tape and archive operations.
• STIG remediation and RMF/ATO support.
• Storage vendor management and procurement.

Responsibilities

• Own the full storage lifecycle — architecture, procurement, deployment, optimization, compliance, and decommissioning.
• Forecast growth and execute migrations, refreshes, and consolidations.
• Install, configure, upgrade, and troubleshoot object storage platforms (Dell EMC ECS, DataCore Swarm, VAST, NetApp ONTAP).
• Automate provisioning with Ansible; maintain firmware and OS patching.
• Support ATO activities through security justifications and documenting STIG findings.

Skills

Storage engineering

SAN/NAS/Object storage

Linux server admin

Windows Server admin

Scripting: PowerShell & Bash

Ansible or Puppet

Dell EMC ECS

NetApp ONTAP

DataCore Swarm

VAST Data

VMware ESXi

S3

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering / CS / Information Systems

Tools

Dell EMC ECS

DataCore Swarm

VAST Data

NetApp ONTAP

Ansible

Puppet

Spectra Logic tape

Job description

Quantico, United States | Posted on 09/21/2026

Full Visibility LLC is a federally certified Small Business that delivers innovative technical solutions to address the nation’s most critical and sensitive missions. Founded in 2006, our extensive technical capabilities and expertise support federal and state government agencies with over 100 cleared technical experts specializing in mission solution areas of Digital, AI & Analytics, Cyber, and Engineering.

With offices in the National Capital Region, Quantico, VA, and Huntsville, AL -- we deliver critical technical solutions to various federal government agencies and departments.

Job Description

Full Visibility is seeking a Senior Storage Engineer to architect and administer a petabyte-scale, multi-vendor storage environment supporting mission-critical federal systems across geographically dispersed sites. This role owns the full storage lifecycle — architecture, procurement, deployment, optimization, compliance, and decommissioning — and serves as the program’s technical authority on storage, working with a high degree of autonomy in support of continuous 24/7 operations . Candidate must possessan active Top Secret/SCI eligibleclearance and mustbe able to obtain a CI Poly successfully.

The Senior Storage Engineer will be responsible for designing and managing tiered, multi-site storage architectures that meet capacity, performance, availability, and SLA requirements while forecasting growth and executing storage migrations, refreshes, and consolidations. The Senior Storage Engineer will install, configure, upgrade, and troubleshoot object storage platforms including Dell EMC ECS, DataCore Caringo Swarm, and VAST, while administering S3-compatible storage and supporting S3 API integrations. The Senior Storage Engineer will administer multi-vendor SAN/NAS environments, including NetApp ONTAP clusters, as well as Dell PowerEdge servers, blade infrastructure, and Spectra Logic BlackPearl tape and archive systems. The Senior Storage Engineer will automate provisioning with Ansible, maintain firmware and OS patching, and ensure infrastructure meets security and compliance requirements. Additionally, the Senior Storage Engineer will support ATO activities through technical documentation and security justifications while identifying , remediating, and documenting STIG findings for audits.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret Clearance/with SCI and mustbe able to obtain a CI Poly successfully.
  
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering , Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field with at least six (6) years . Equivalent experience considered in lieu of a degree.
  
• Enterprise storage and infrastructure engineering experience in an production environment.
  
• Hands-on SAN, NAS, or object storage administration at enterprise scale.
  
• Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Rocky) and Windows Server administration.
  
• Storage protocols: iSCSI, NFS, SMB/CIFS, and S3.
  
• PowerShell and Bash scripting; familiarity with Ansible or Puppet.
  
• Dell EMC ECS, DataCore Swarm, VAST Data, or NetApp ONTAP.
  
• Hyperconvergedinfrastructure ( VxRail , VxFlex ) and virtualization (VMware ESXi , Hyper-V).
  
• Spectra Logic tape and archive operations.
  
• STIG remediation and RMF/ATO support.
  
• Storage vendor management and procurement.
  

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This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: local market conditions, and candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience. A reasonable salary range for this position is 140 - 215 K.

About Full Visibility

Full Visibility LLC is a federally certified Small Business that delivers innovative technical solutions to address the nation’s most critical and sensitive missions. Founded in 2006, our extensive technical capabilities andexpertisesupport federal and state government agencies with over 100 cleared technical experts specializing in mission solution areas of Digital, AI & Analytics, Cyber, and Engineering.

Our technologists are recognized as industry leaders withdemonstratedexpertisein innovating and transforming our client environments in support of national security and law enforcement. Headquartered in Tysons, VA – with locations in Chantilly, VA, Quantico, VA, and Huntsville, AL – we have specialized experience supporting sensitive missions and an understanding of the niche skillsets required to overcome challenges in these environments. Our clientsbenefitfrom an enthusiastic and reliable team of talent with high employee morale and retention based on our FULL EMPLOYEE approach where each employee’s professional and personal well-being is considered. Our focus on employee development, success, and morale isdemonstratedby our consecutive top ranking as the Best Place to Work by the Washington Business Journal as a twelve-time honoree. Full Visibility has also been included on the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America list eight times since 2014.

Full Visibility currently has over 20 active contracts with 100 billable staff supporting 21 clients in the Intelligence and Law Enforcement communities. As part of our commitment to partnerships, we are teammates with 13 prime contract holders. Additionally, Full Visibility holds contracts on several vehicles, such as GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), DISA SETI (as IE TEK JV member), DIA SITE III, HCaTS , as well as several classified vehicles. Our portfolio includes experience serving the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, and Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as commercial clients.

Full Visibility LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability or genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law in employment.