Storage Engineer - 174524

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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

401k

PTO

Paid holidays

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions in Fort Belvoir, VA is seeking an onsite Storage Engineer to support a government program focused on mission-critical data storage, reliability, and secure operations.

The role requires coordinating with infrastructure and security teams, managing SAN/NAS storage, backups, and recovery, and driving automation and monitoring to improve performance and availability for Linux/Windows platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in enterprise storage environments (SAN/NAS)
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Experience with replication, snapshots, RAID, storage provisioning, LUN/volume management
• Experience with Linux and/or Windows servers with attached storage
• Knowledge of backup and recovery technologies
• Ability to monitor infrastructure health, troubleshoot storage and server performance
• Eligible to work in the United States with active TS/SCI clearance

Responsibilities

• Manage enterprise data storage infrastructure for reliability, scalability, and performance
• Collaborate with infrastructure and security teams on data protection and storage architecture
• Investigate and resolve storage availability, recovery, or performance issues
• Support lifecycle management including upgrades and maintenance
• Identify opportunities to automate operations and implement proactive monitoring

Skills

Storage engineering

System administration

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

NetApp

SAN

NAS

Rubrik

Veeam

LUN/RAID 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 16th, 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

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