Storage Engineer

Zachary Piper Solutions; Quantico (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Storage Engineer to support enterprise storage platforms in a large-scale mission-critical environment at Quantico, VA. This role provides Tier II/III storage administration for SAN/NAS and backup technologies to ensure high availability and security.

The ideal candidate holds a DoD 8570 IAM III or IAT III certification, an active Secret clearance, and 10+ years in IT storage. Experience with NetApp, Dell EMC, or Pure Storage is required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years IT experience in systems/storage environments.
• Active Secret Security Clearance required.
• DoD 8570 IAT Level III or IAM Level III certification required.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, maintain, troubleshoot, and remediate SAN/NAS storage environments.
• Provision storage resources and manage capacity and backup/replication solutions.
• Ensure vulnerability remediation and DISA STIG compliance across storage platforms.
• Upgrade storage hardware/software and support virtualization efforts.
• Provide Tier II/III escalation support and document incidents.

Skills

Security clearance

Storage administration

Vulnerability management

SAN/NAS tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

NetApp

Dell EMC

Pure Storage

HP 3PAR/Nimble/Primera

Nutanix

Infinidat/Infinibox

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Storage Engineer to support a company focused on enterprise infrastructure, cybersecurity, and storage operations within a large-scale mission-critical environment. This position is 100% onsite at Quantico, VA. The Storage Engineer will provide Tier II/III support for enterprise storage platforms, SAN infrastructure, and backup technologies while ensuring system availability, security, and compliance. Join a team responsible for maintaining and securing critical storage environments that support high-priority operational missions.

Responsibilities for the Storage Engineer include:

• Monitor, maintain, troubleshoot, and remediate issues within SAN, NAS, and enterprise storage environments.
• Provision storage resources, manage capacity planning, and configure backup and replication solutions.
• Perform vulnerability remediation, patching, and DISA STIG compliance activities across storage platforms.
• Upgrade storage hardware and software while supporting virtualization and infrastructure modernization efforts.
• Provide Tier II/III escalation support and document incidents, resolutions, and configuration changes.

Required Qualifications for the Storage Engineer include:

• 10+ years of IT experience supporting systems administration, network administration, infrastructure operations, or enterprise storage environments.
• Experience with SAN technologies such as NetApp, Dell EMC, Pure Storage, HP 3PAR/Nimble/Primera, Hitachi, IBM, Nutanix, Infinidat, or similar enterprise storage platforms.
• Strong knowledge of Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NAS, CIFS, NFS, VMware, Windows Server, Linux, vulnerability management, patching, and DISA STIG implementation.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline preferred; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Active Secret Security Clearance required.
• DoD 8570 IAT Level III or IAM Level III certification required (CISSP, CASP+, CISM, CISA, CAP, GSLC, CCISO, CCNP Security, GCED, GCIH, CCSP, or equivalent).

Compensation for the Storage Engineer include:

• Salary Range: $120,000 - $150,000 depending on experience
• Full Benefits Package: PTO, Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Tuition Reimbursement, Sick Leave as required by law

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