Storage Architect

Benz Technology Inc; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 170,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Training budget

Job summary

Benz Technology is seeking a Storage Architect to design and lead the deployment of enterprise storage and backup platforms for a federal environment, based in Fort Meade, MD. You will serve as the technical authority for storage strategy, ILM, and performance optimization with shared ownership alongside government stakeholders.

Responsibilities include architecting storage systems, driving ILM designs, delivering roadmaps, and conducting performance analyses to enable actionable improvements.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience designing and deploying enterprise storage platforms.
• Experience with enterprise backup solutions (e.g., Commvault, Veeam, Veritas NetBackup).
• Strong understanding of storage protocols: FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB/CIFS.
• Experience with ILM design and implementation.
• Ability to perform storage performance analysis and translate findings into architectural recommendations.
• Experience in a government or large enterprise customer-facing environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, configure, deploy, upgrade, and support enterprise storage platforms.
• Lead development of ILM designs with requirements gathering.
• Share operational ownership of storage provisioning with the government’s Storage Manager.
• Deliver architectural designs, strategies, and roadmaps on an ongoing basis.
• Conduct end-to-end performance analysis of the storage infrastructure, present findings, and provide actionable improvement recommendations.
• Track emerging storage and backup technologies and advise federal staff on future technology direction.

Skills

Enterprise storage design

Storage performance analysis

ILM design

Customer-facing experience

Tools

NetApp

Dell EMC

Pure Storage

HPE

Commvault

Veeam

Veritas NetBackup

Job description

Fort Meade, MD TS/SCI with Polygraph Full-Time $170,000 – $215,000 Actively hiringActive TS/SCI clearance required. Benz Technology is unable to sponsor security clearances. U.S. citizenship required.About the RoleAs a Storage Architect, you will design and lead the deployment of enterprise storage and backup platforms for a federal customer environment. You will serve as the technical authority for storage infrastructure strategy, Information Lifecycle Management, and ongoing performance optimization. This is a high-impact role with shared operational ownership alongside government stakeholders.ResponsibilitiesDesign, architect, configure, deploy, upgrade, and support enterprise storage and backup platforms and their management toolsLead the development of new storage infrastructure and Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) designs, including requirements gathering and analysisShare operational ownership of storage provisioning and availability with the government’s Storage ManagerDeliver technical architectural designs, strategies, and roadmaps on an ongoing basisConduct end-to-end performance analysis of the storage infrastructure, present findings, and provide actionable improvement recommendationsTrack emerging storage and backup technologies and advise federal staff on future technology directionRequired QualificationsHands-on experience designing and deploying enterprise storage platforms (e.g., NetApp, Dell EMC, Pure Storage, HPE)Experience with enterprise backup solutions (e.g., Commvault, Veeam, Veritas NetBackup)Strong understanding of storage protocols: FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB/CIFSExperience with Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) design and implementationAbility to perform storage performance analysis and translate findings into architectural recommendationsExperience in a government or large enterprise customer-facing environmentDesired QualificationsExperience with software-defined storage (SDS) platformsFamiliarity with cloud-integrated or hybrid storage architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP)Experience with storage tiering and data deduplication/compression technologiesKnowledge of ITIL or other IT service management frameworks as applied to storage operationsWhy engineers join Benz15% employer 401(k) — vested day one, no match required28 paid days off per year$7,500 annual tuition reimbursement$2,500 training & development budget28 years in business — our engineers stay through recompetes