Senior Storage Engineer

Full Visibility LLC; United States; On-site; USD 220,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Full Visibility LLC seeks a Senior Storage Engineer to architect and administer a petabyte-scale, multi-vendor storage environment supporting federal systems across dispersed sites.

You will own the full storage lifecycle from architecture to decommissioning, with 24/7 operations and TS/SCI eligibility to obtain CI Poly. This role involves designing, deploying, and optimizing complex storage ecosystems across multiple locations.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a technical field.
• Enterprise storage/infrastructure experience in production environments.
• Hands-on SAN, NAS, or object storage administration at 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.

Responsibilities

• Architect and administer petabyte-scale, multi-site storage environments.
• Design and manage tiered storage architectures meeting capacity, performance, and SLA requirements.
• Install, configure, upgrade, and troubleshoot object storage platforms (Dell EMC ECS, DataCore Swarm, VAST, NAS/SAN).
• Automate provisioning with Ansible and maintain firmware/patching.
• Support ATO activities and document STIG findings for audits.

Skills

Top Secret clearance

SCI eligibility

SAN/NAS administration

Linux administration

Windows Server administration

S3 storage

PowerShell scripting

Bash scripting

Ansible familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Dell EMC ECS

DataCore Swarm

VAST Data

NetApp ONTAP

S3

Spectra Logic tape

Ansible

Puppet

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 possess an active Top Secret/SCI eligible clearance and must be 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 eligibility.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering , Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field. 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.

Desired

• Dell EMC ECS, DataCore Swarm, VAST Data, or NetApp ONTAP.
• Elasticsearch/ELK cluster administration.
• 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.

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 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.

Our technologists are recognized as industry leaders with demonstrated expertise in 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 clients benefit from 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 is demonstrated by 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.

Contact [e-mail] for any questions or concerns related to this position or our company.

To review our company benefit offerings please visit https://www.fullvisibility.com/benefits .

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 220 - 24 0K.