Senior Storage Engineer - Remote DoD IT Security

Empower AI

Radford (VA)

Remote

USD 87,000 - 135,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Empower AI is seeking a Senior Storage Administrator to manage and secure enterprise storage across Windows, Solaris, and Red Hat environments. The role supports ALTESS and government IT services, with remote eligibility and possible on-site/hybrid work in the Roanoke/Radford area.

The ideal candidate has DoD security clearance, 3+ years in storage design, deployment, and policy enforcement, and strong scripting and CLI skills to ensure high availability and compliant operations.

Qualifications

CompTIA Security+.
Computing Environment Certification (e.g., MCSE, Server+, CCNA, RedHat, Palo) - may be waived for 30 days after project join date.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field is preferred; equivalent years of hands-on enterprise storage administration experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
Active DoD Secret Security Clearance.
Three or more years' experience in design, installation, configuration, security, and maintenance of highly available enterprise data storage systems.
Three or more years' experience maintaining storage and network policies and standards.
Three or more years' experience refreshing data between environments at the request of application development staff.
Three or more years' experience creating, maintaining, and following Standard Operating Procedures for repeatable processes, disaster recovery, and common problem resolution.
Three or more years experience with MS-Windows, Solaris, and RHEL/OEL Linux environments.
Three or more years' experience administering applicable storage networks.
Three or more years' experience with VMware 7.x or greater.
Three or more years' experience with IP-based network communication.
Experience installing and configuring backup software with Windows Server 2019, Solaris 11, and RedHat Enterprise Linux 7 and higher.
Experience with both Windows PowerShell and Bash shell scripting.
Strong CLI skills.
Strong interpersonal skills and willingness to be a team player.

Responsibilities

Manage, maintain, deploy, troubleshoot, and support enterprise servers and storage systems for ALTESS and its customers.
Assist with implementing new system hardware and software and provide input for local operating procedures and policies.
Monitor ongoing system operation and produce utilization reports to identify problems and corrective actions.
Recommend, demonstrate, and implement technologies to expand, upgrade, and increase efficiency of the current environment.
Design, install, configure, secure, and maintain highly available enterprise data storage systems.
Maintain storage and network policies and standards.
Refresh data between environments at the request of application development staff.
Administer applicable storage networks and support backup software across Windows Server, Solaris, and RHEL/OEL Linux environments.