Senior Storage Engineer TS/SCI Onsite Herndon

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT); Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Health and wellness packages

Internal mobility support

Education and certifications support

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) seeks a Storage Engineer to support the deployment of storage and backup systems for intelligence community operations at the Herndon site. You will collaborate with customers and vendors to evaluate technologies, design solutions, and implement next‑gen storage capabilities.

The role requires a TS/SCI with Polygraph, 10+ years of related experience, and a degree or equivalent experience.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph is required.
• Ten (10+) years of related systems engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s or 14+ years of relevant IT experience in lieu of a degree.
• Expertise with enterprise storage and backup platforms (e.g., NetApp, Dell/EMC, Pure Storage, Cohesity, Rubrik, NetBackup) and hyper‑converged solutions (VxRail, Nutanix).
• Full lifecycle SAN administration experience including utilization analysis and capacity planning.
• Experience with VMware and virtualization.
• Proficiency in Windows and Red Hat administration.
• Familiarity with cloud storage solutions (AWS, Azure, Oracle).
• Broad understanding across related technology domains such as virtualization, networking, Intel-based systems, data center migration, and disaster recovery.
• Location: At Customer Site – Herndon area.

Responsibilities

• Participating in requirement analysis, solution design, testing, and implementation of next generation Storage and Backup systems, both on and off premise.
• Collaborating with the Customer Technical Leads, storage vendors, and cloud providers to evaluate emerging storage technologies.
• Developing and maintaining the storage demonstration environment in the designated test lab.
• Develop and execute test plans for storage and backup solutions.
• Performing root cause analysis for major issues and recommend improvements.
• Providing storage upgrade recommendations and support system integration activities.
• Providing Tier 3/4 support to storage and backup platforms.
• Conducting system security engineering with a Storage/SAN focus.
• Installing, monitoring, and optimizing storage solutions.

Skills

Storage Management

System Safety Engineering

Systems Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

14+ years IT experience in lieu of degree

Tools

NetApp

Dell/EMC

Pure Storage

Cohesity

Rubrik

NetBackup

VxRail

Nutanix

VMware

Windows

Red Hat

AWS

Azure

Oracle

Job description

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) seeks a Storage Engineer to support the deployment of storage and backup systems for intelligence community operations at the Herndon site. You will collaborate with customers and vendors to evaluate technologies, design solutions, and implement next‑gen storage capabilities.

The role requires a TS/SCI with Polygraph, 10+ years of related experience, and a degree or equivalent experience.