Storage Architect

Fuse Engineering; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Fuse Engineering in Laurel, MD seeks an experienced storage engineering professional to design, deploy, and sustain storage and backup platforms. You will lead ILM design efforts, manage provisioning and availability at government sites, and stay ahead of evolving storage technologies to guide strategic directions.

The role requires senior-level experience in storage architecture with hands-on NetApp and backup technology, plus the ability to work within a high-security federal environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on NetApp storage engineering experience required.
• Experience with SAN/NAS storage architectures and ILM concepts.
• Knowledge of backup and archiving solutions across large-scale environments.
• Strong understanding of storage protocols and network adjacencies.
• Ability to design and implement scalable storage infrastructure for government environments.
• Familiarity with data center migrations and performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, configure, deploy, upgrade, and support storage and backup platforms.
• Provide technical leadership for storage infrastructure development and ILM designs.
• Share ownership of storage provisioning and availability at government customer sites.
• Keep current with storage/backup tech to guide future directions.
• Deliver architectural designs, strategies, and ongoing plans.
• Perform end-to-end performance analysis and present improvement recommendations.

Skills

NetApp

Storage protocols

Troubleshooting

TCP/IP basics

Security best practices

Tools

Veritas NetBackup

Cohesity

Rubrik

CommVault

Job description

• Design, architect, configure, deploy, upgrade, and support various storage and backup platforms and associated management tools.


• Provides technical leadership and is responsible for the development of new storage infrastructure and Information Lifecycle Management designs, including requirements and analysis.


• Shares ownership of the operational responsibility for storage provisioning and availability at government customer site with the Customer/Government Storage Manager.


• Keep abreast of current developments in storage and backup technology to assist Federal staff in assessing the future direction of storage and backup technology.


• Responsible for the delivery of the technical architectural design, strategies and plans that will be delivered on an ongoing basis.


• Performs end-to-end analysis on the performance of the storage infrastructure, presents findings, and submits recommendations for improvement.

Description

• Design, architect, configure, deploy, upgrade, and support various storage and backup platforms and associated management tools.


• Provides technical leadership and is responsible for the development of new storage infrastructure and Information Lifecycle Management designs, including requirements and analysis.


• Shares ownership of the operational responsibility for storage provisioning and availability at government customer site with the Customer/Government Storage Manager.


• Keep abreast of current developments in storage and backup technology to assist Federal staff in assessing the future direction of storage and backup technology.


• Responsible for the delivery of the technical architectural design, strategies and plans that will be delivered on an ongoing basis.


• Performs end-to-end analysis on the performance of the storage infrastructure, presents findings, and submits recommendations for improvement.

Benefits To Working In This Role

• opportunity to work on critical, high-impact projects that contribute to national security


• A high-growth environment with numerous opportunities for professional growth


• A collaborative team environment that values innovation and efficiency

Requirements

Hands on NetApp experience a MUST

Top Secret SCI w/ Polygraph Clearance Required

• Hands-on engineering experience with NetApp and other storage technologies and concepts (Storage Area Network - SAN & Network Attached Storage - NAS)


• Must have knowledge and understanding of protocols such as S3, CIFS, NFS, iSCI, and Fiber Channel Block Storage (SAN)


• Experience with capacity planning and sizing storage and backup environments (to include Veritas NetBackup, Cohesity, Rubrik, & CommVault


• Experience in performance tuning and optimizing storage and backup environments


• Experience with data center migrations and storage replication technologies


• Senior-level experience with the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of large-scale systems, preferably across multiple hardware platforms and data centers


• Strong understanding of high availability concepts with practical experience and implementation of key components in storage environments


• Strong understanding of fundamental hardware concepts: disk, memory, CPU, NIC, HBA, firmware, RAID, performance concepts (I/O, paging, swapping, system calls), iSCSI, Fiber Channel, Ethernet


• Strong understanding of essential TCP/IP concepts: TCP, UDP, ICMP, SMTP, SNMP, LDAP, DNS, NTP, etc..


• Experience connecting storage arrays to Hypervisor Technologies (NUTANIX, VMWARE VCF, OpenStack).


• Understanding of security best practices and federal hardening requirements (FISMA, STIG, etc.)


• CompTIA Security+ or similar certification for IAT Level II DoD 8570 compliance


• Proficient written and oral communication skills


• Strong collaborative attitude and ability to work in a team environment


• Ability to take direction