Storage Architect - TS/SCI Eligible

Apex Systems; Newington (VA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 99,000; Part time

Job summary

Apex Systems is seeking a Storage Administrator for a 6-month contract to hire in the Alexandria, VA area. The role requires 3-5+ years of storage administration experience across SAN, NAS, and DAS, with hands-on NetApp and Dell EMC expertise. A TS/SCI clearance is required or ability to obtain one; sponsorship is unavailable.

The position pays $50-72.11/hr or $110-150k conversion annually. Responsibilities include provisioning storage for servers and virtual environments, performing firmware

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of experience administering enterprise storage environments.
• Experience with SAN, NAS, and DAS storage technologies.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise storage platforms such as NetApp and Dell EMC.
• Knowledge of Fiber Channel, iSCSI, NFS, SMB/CIFS, and object storage protocols.
• Experience configuring and managing storage provisioning, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
• Experience with storage monitoring and reporting tools.
• Familiarity with virtualization platforms such as VMware vSphere, Hyper‑V, or Nutanix.
• Knowledge of backup and recovery technologies (Veeam, Rubrik, and NetBackup).

Responsibilities

• Administer, Maintain, and support enterprise storage infrastructure.
• Monitor storage performance, availability, and capacity.
• Provision storage resources for servers, virtual environments, and applications.
• Perform firmware upgrades, patches, and hardware maintenance.
• Implement backup, replication, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Maintain documentation for storage configurations, procedures, and disaster recovery plans.
• Ensure compliance with organizational security and data protection standards.

Skills

Storage management

Security clearance

Documentation

Storage administration

Troubleshooting

Virtualization

Backup & recovery

Education

CompTIA Security+

Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field

Tools

NetApp

Dell EMC

VMware vSphere

Hyper-V

Nutanix

Veeam

Rubrik

NetBackup

Job description

Apex Systems is seeking a Storage Administrator for a 6-month contract to hire in the Alexandria, VA area. The role requires 3-5+ years of storage administration experience across SAN, NAS, and DAS, with hands-on NetApp and Dell EMC expertise. A TS/SCI clearance is required or ability to obtain one; sponsorship is unavailable.

The position pays $50-72.11/hr or $110-150k conversion annually. Responsibilities include provisioning storage for servers and virtual environments, performing firmware