Senior Storage Engineer

VERISIGN; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

VERISIGN in Reston, VA seeks an experienced Senior Storage Engineer to implement, operate, and continuously improve highly available infrastructure supporting mission-critical enterprise allocations and services.

The role requires deep technical expertise in SAN/NAS, VMware virtualization, Linux, data protection, and disaster recovery. You will lead storage architecture and collaborate with engineering teams to ensure resilience and performance across data centers.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in engineering or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years system and operation engineering experience in enterprise environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with SAN/NAS storage and virtualization tech.
• Experience with DR/BCP, backup, replication, and data protection.

Responsibilities

• Implement, support, and optimize enterprise infrastructure for mission-critical apps.
• Engineer and administer SAN, NAS, and storage platforms (block/file/object).
• Maintain highly available storage across multiple data centers.
• Configure Fibre Channel SAN environments and Brocade switching.
• Support Dell PowerMax, Infinidat Infinibox, VAST Data, NetApp platforms.
• Support VMware vSphere/ESXi integration with storage and networking.
• Administer Linux (RHEL) infrastructure; troubleshoot across stack.
• Implement storage replication, data protection, DR/recovery solutions.
• Maintain DR/BCP architectures and recovery procedures.
• Perform capacity planning, performance analysis, forecasting, lifecycle mgmt.
• Diagnose issues spanning storage, SAN, virtualization, OS, networking, apps.
• Support automation via Ansible, REST APIs, and shell scripting.
• Create architecture diagrams, standards, and operational procedures.

Skills

VMware vSphere/ESXi

Linux administration

Storage concepts

Data protection

Disaster recovery

Capacity planning

Automation scripting

Troubleshooting complex infra

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field

Tools

Dell PowerMax

Infinidat Infinibox

VAST Data

NetApp

Brocade Fibre Channel

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Storage Engineer to implement, operate, and continuously improve highly available infrastructure supporting mission-critical enterprise allocations and services.

The ideal candidate will have deep technical expertise in enterprise storage, SAN/NAS technologies, VMware virtualization, Linux, data protection, and disaster recovery/business continuity. This position requires a highly experienced hands-on engineer capable of independently solving complex infrastructure problems and providing technical leadership across multiple technology domains.

Responsibilities:

• Implement, support, and optimize enterprise infrastructure supporting mission critical applications and services
• Engineer and administer enterprise SAN, NAS, and storage platforms, including block, file, and object storage technologies
• Maintain highly available storage architectures across multiple data centers.
• Configure, administer, troubleshoot, and optimize Fibre Channel SAN environments, using Brocade switching technology
• Support enterprise storage platforms such as Dell Powermax, Infinidat Infinibox, VAST Data, or comparable enterprise storage technologies
• Support VMware vSphere/ESXi infrastructure and its integration with enterprise storage and networking
• Support Linux-based infrastructure, primarily Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or comparable enterprise
• Implement storage replication snapshots, data protection, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery solutions
• Maintain DR/BCP architectures, procedures, and recovery strategies for critical systems
• Perform capacity planning, performance analysis, forecasting, and infrastructure lifecycle management
• Diagnose complex infrastructure problems spanning storage, SAN, virtualization, operating systems, networking, and applications
• Support automation and scripting to improve infrastructure deployment, configuration, monitoring, and operational efficiency
• Create and maintain architecture diagrams, engineering standards, implementation plans, operational procedures, and technical documentation
• Collaborate with application, database, network, security, backup, and infrastructure engineering teams
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other engineers and serve as a subject matter expert for enterprise storage and infrastructure technologies
• Participate in production support and resolution of critical infrastructure incidents as required

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in engineering or related technical field or equivalent practical experience
• 10+ years system and operation engineering experience
• Extensive experience supporting enterprise infrastructure in highly available production environments
• Strong hands-on experience with enterprise SAN and NAS storage technologies
• Strong understanding of enterprise storage concepts including:
• Block and file storage
• RAID and data protection
• Thin Provisioning
• Snapshots and clones
• Replication
• Storage efficiency technologies
• Performance analysis and optimization
• Capacity management
• Multipathing
• High availability and resiliency
• Strong understanding of Fibre Channel concepts including zoning, WWNs, multipathing, fabric design, redundancy, and troubleshooting
• Experience with enterprise storage platforms from vendors such as Dell Technologies, Infindat, VAST Data, and Netapp
• Strong experience with VMware vSphere/Esxi and enterprise virtualization environments
• Experience administering and troubleshooting (Linux, AIX)
• Experience designing and supporting backup, recovery, replication, disaster recovery, replication, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex production infrastructure issues involving multiple technologies and vendors
• Experience with infrastructure capacity planning and performance analysis
• Strong understanding of high-availability and resilient infrastructure design principles
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with engineers, application teams, vendors, and leadership
• Experience with object storage and S3-compatibile storage technologies
• Experience with infrastructure automation using Ansible, REST APIs, and shell scripting
• Experience performing large-scale storage migrations and technology refreshes
• Experience working in environments with strict availability, security, compliance, and change-management requirements

This position is based in our Reston, VA office and offers a hybrid work schedule.

The pay range is $164,300 - $222,300.

The anticipated annual base salary range for this position is noted above, however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience. Verisign offers a discretionary bonus which is based on individual and company performance, and certain roles may be eligible for discretionary stock awards.