Storage Engineer - Active TS/SCI with CI Poly

ENS Solutions, LLC; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free platinum-level medical/dental/vis

401k contribution from day 1

PTO + 11 federal holidays

Disability insurance

Group term life insurance

Tuition & certification assistance

Relocation assistance

Job summary

ENS Solutions, LLC is seeking a Storage Engineer to support government activities in Annapolis Junction, MD, Sterling, VA, or Colorado Springs, CO. The role involves engineering storage and backup solutions, automating data access, and collaborating withgov teams and cloud providers.

The candidate will develop test plans, maintain demos, and provide Tier 3/4 support, with emphasis on ATO and security engineering across SAN, virtualization, and cloud storage environments.

Qualifications

• Expertise with enterprise storage and backup platforms and hyper-converged solutions.
• Full lifecycle SAN administration with capacity planning.
• Experience with VMware and virtualized environments.
• Windows and Red Hat administration proficiency.
• Familiar with cloud storage (AWS, Azure, Oracle) and related tech.
• Broad knowledge across virtualization, networking, and data center migration.

Responsibilities

• Engineer storage and backup solutions, on/off premise.
• Collaborate with Gov Leads, vendors, and cloud providers.
• Develop and maintain storage demo environments.
• Create and execute test plans for storage systems.
• Perform root cause analysis and recommend improvements.
• Provide storage upgrade recommendations and system integration.
• Offer Tier 3/4 support for storage and backup platforms.
• Conduct system security engineering with a Storage/SAN focus.
• Install, monitor, and optimize storage to achieve ATO.

Skills

Enterprise storage

Backup platforms

SAN administration

VMware

Windows administration

Red Hat administration

Cloud storage (AWS, Azure, Oracle)

VxRail/Nutanix

Virtualization

Data center migration

Education

High School or equivalent

Associate’s degree

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

VMware vSphere

Windows Server

Red Hat

NetApp

Dell EMC

Pure Storage

Cohesity

Rubrik

NetBackup

VxRail

Nutanix

Job description

Our work depends on a Storage Engineer joining our team to support Government activities in Annapolis Junction, MD, Sterling, VA, or Colorado Springs, CO.

As a Storage Engineer supporting the Government, you will be trusted to engineer solutions for storage devices and backup technologies, as well as automating data share and access management.

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)

• High School and 12+ years / Associate’s and 10+ year /Bachelor’s Degree and 8+ years/ Master’s Degree and 6+ years of relevant years of experience required.
• Expertise with enterprise storage and backup platforms (e.g., NetApp, Dell/EMC, Pure Storage, Cohesity, Rubrik, NetBackup) and hyper-converged solutions (VxRail, Nutanix).
• Full lifecycle SAN administration experience including utilization analysis and capacity planning
• Experience with VMware and virtualized environments
• Proficiency in Windows and Red Hat administration
• Familiarity with cloud storage solutions (AWS, Azure, Oracle)
• Broad understanding across related technology domains such as virtualization, networking, Intel-based systems, data center migration, and disaster recovery

Essential Network Security (ENS) Solutions, LLC is a service-disabled veteran owned, highly regarded IT consulting and management firm. ENS consults for the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) providing innovative solutions in the core competency area of Identity, Credential and Access Management (ICAM), Software Development, Cyber and Network Security, System Engineering, Program/Project Management, IT support, Solutions, and Services that yield enduring results. Our strong technical and management experts have been able to maintain a standard of excellence in their relationships while delivering innovative, scalable and collaborative infrastructure to our clients.

Why ENS?

• Free Platinum-Level Medical/Dental/Vision coverage, 100% paid for by ENS
• 401k Contribution from Day 1
• PTO + 11 Paid Federal Holidays
• Long & Short Term Disability Insurance
• Group Term Life Insurance
• Tuition, Certification & Professional Development Assistance
• Workers’ Compensation
• Relocation Assistance

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI tools are an important part of daily work at ENS Solutions, and we are committed to their responsible and ethical use. To ensure a fair and equitable candidate evaluation based on individual skills, knowledge, and experience, candidates are not permitted to use artificial intelligence or other assistive tools during interviews, whether in person or virtual, unless explicit permission has been granted in advance.