Storage Engineer

Piper Companies; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k

Paid time off

Sick leave

Public holidays

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking an onsite Storage Engineer to join a government consulting firm supporting a mission-critical federal program based in Fort Belvoir, VA. The role focuses on ensuring data availability, infrastructure reliability, and continuity of operations in a highly secure environment.

Responsibilities include managing storage infrastructure, coordinating with security teams, and driving automation to optimize performance and uptime.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in supporting enterprise storage environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience with replication, snapshots, and storage provisioning.
• Experience supporting Linux and Windows servers with attached storage.
• Experience with backup and recovery technologies.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States and hold an active U.S. Government TS/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

• Manage enterprise data storage infrastructure to ensure system reliability, scalability, and optimal performance.
• Partner with infrastructure and security teams to support data protection initiatives and storage architecture improvements.
• Investigate and resolve infrastructure issues impacting storage availability, recovery operations, or application performance.
• Support lifecycle management activities, including platform enhancements, capacity planning, upgrades, and maintenance efforts.
• Identify opportunities to streamline operations through automation and proactive monitoring practices.

Skills

SAN/NAS storage

Storage performance tuning

Linux servers

Windows servers

Backup & recovery

Automation & monitoring

TS/SCI clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

NetApp

Rubrik

Veeam

LUN/volume management

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking an onsite Storage Engineer to join a government consulting firm supporting a mission-critical federal program based in Fort Belvoir, VA. This opportunity offers the chance to work within a highly secure enterprise environment where data availability, infrastructure reliability, and operational continuity are critical to mission success.

Responsibilities of the Storage Engineer Includes:

• Manage enterprise data storage infrastructure to ensure system reliability, scalability, and optimal performance
• Partner with infrastructure and security teams to support data protection initiatives and storage architecture improvements
• Investigate and resolve infrastructure issues impacting storage availability, recovery operations, or application performance
• Support lifecycle management activities, including platform enhancements, capacity planning, upgrades, and maintenance efforts
• Identify opportunities to streamline operations through automation and proactive monitoring practices

Qualifications of the Storage Engineer Includes:

• 5+ years of experience supporting enterprise-level storage environments and technologies, such as SAN and/or NAS platforms
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Experience with replication, snapshots, storage performance tuning, RAID configuration, storage provisioning, LUN/volume management
• Experience supporting Linux and/or Windows servers with attached storage
• Working knowledge of enterprise backup and recovery technologies and concepts
• Ability to proactively monitor infrastructure health, troubleshoot performance concerns, and implement corrective actions across storage and server platforms
• Must be eligible to work in the United States and hold an active U.S. Government TS/SCI Clearance

Compensation of the Storage Engineer includes:

• Salary range: $130,000 - 140,000 (based on experience)
• Comprehensive Benefits: Cigna Medical, dental, vision, 401k, PTO, sick leave as required by law, and holidays

This job opens for applications on September 8th, 2026. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.

Keywords: NetApp, SAN, NAS, LUN, RAID configuration, replication, Rubrik, Veeam, enterprise storage, infrastructure administration, Linux, backup, recovery