Storage Engineer

DAn Solutions; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

DAn Solutions in Sterling, VA seeks a Storage Systems Engineer to support on-site government storage and backup environments. You will participate in requirement analysis, design, testing, and implementation of next generation storage and backup solutions in a secure lab and production systems.

Candidates should have hands-on experience with major storage platforms, virtualization, and cloud storage, and be able to deliver tests and root-cause analyses while aligning with security requirements

Qualifications

• Experience with storage and backup systems in diverse environments.
• Ability to analyze requirements, design solutions, and test implementations.
• Experience with storage platforms and capacity planning.
• Familiarity with cloud storage options and virtualization.

Responsibilities

• Participating in requirement analysis, solution design, testing, and implementation of storage and backup systems.
• Collaborating with Gov Technical Leads, storage vendors, and cloud providers.
• Developing and maintaining the storage demonstration environment in the test lab.
• Developing and executing test plans for storage and backup solutions.
• Performing root cause analysis and recommending improvements.
• Providing Tier 3/4 support for storage and backup platforms.
• Ensuring systems security engineering with a Storage/SAN focus.
• Installing, monitoring, and optimizing storage solutions to achieve ATO.

Skills

Requirement analysis

Testing

Solution design

Collaboration

Storage administration

Tools

NetApp

Dell/EMC

Pure Storage

Cohesity

Rubrik

NetBackup

VxRail

Nutanix

VMware

Windows

RedHat

AWS

Azure

Oracle

Job description

REQUIRES AN EXISTING/ACTIVE TS/SCI WITH CI POLYGRAPH - NO REMOTE WORK, MUST WORK ON SITE

Job Description

In this role, a typical day will include:

• Participating in requirement analysis, solution design, testing, and implementation of next generation Storage and Backup systems, both on and off premise
• Collaborating with the Gov Technical Leads, storage vendors, and cloud providers to evaluate emerging storage technologies
• Developing and maintaining the storage demonstration environment in the designated test lab
• Develop and execute test plans for storage and backup solutions
• Performing root cause analysis for major issues and recommend improvements
• Providing storage upgrade recommendations and support system integration activities
• Providing Tier 3/4 support to storage and backup platforms
• Conducting system security engineering with a Storage/SAN focus
• Installing, monitoring, and optimizing storage solutions to achieve Authorize to Operate (ATO)

What you'll need:

• Expertise with NetApp, Dell/EMC, Pure Storage, Cohesity, Rubrik, NetBackup, or hyper‑converged solutions (VxRail, Nutanix)
• Full life‑cycle SAN administration experience, including utilization analysis and capacity planning
• Experience with virtual environment such as VMWare
• Proficiency with Windows and RedHat administration
• Familiarity with Cloud storage solutions (AWS, Azure, or Oracle)
• Broad understanding across technology towers i.e.: Storage, Virtualization, Intel, Networking, Data Center Migration and Disaster Recovery