Storage Engineer: SAN/NAS, DR & Performance Tuning

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company; Pierre (SD); On-site; USD 78,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company is seeking a Storage Engineer, Mid to design and support high-performance data storage for enterprise apps and virtual infrastructures. You will balance hands-on administration with design tasks and collaborate with server, virtualization, and backup teams.

The role emphasizes capacity planning, DR planning, and maintaining data protection workflows while ensuring security clearances and citizenship requirements are met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field or equivalent experience.
• Typically 4–7 years of experience in storage administration or infrastructure engineering.
• Strong understanding of SAN/NAS technologies and enterprise storage platforms (NetApp, EMC, cloud storage).
• Experience with data protection, disaster recovery planning, and root cause analysis in storage environments.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance; U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Configure and manage SAN and NAS systems, including zoning, LUN presentation, and performance tuning for latency-sensitive workloads.
• Design and implement snapshot, replication, and backup strategies that meet recovery time and recovery point objectives.
• Conduct capacity planning and forecast storage growth, providing recommendations for expansion and tiering.
• Troubleshoot storage-related issues that surface in virtualized or application environments using logs and monitoring data.
• Document storage architectures, standards, and runbooks to support consistent operations and audits.
• Collaborate with backup and virtualization teams to align storage operations with broader infrastructure strategies.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication

Organizational skills

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

NetApp

EMC

Cloud storage

Job description

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company is seeking a Storage Engineer, Mid to design and support high-performance data storage for enterprise apps and virtual infrastructures. You will balance hands-on administration with design tasks and collaborate with server, virtualization, and backup teams.

The role emphasizes capacity planning, DR planning, and maintaining data protection workflows while ensuring security clearances and citizenship requirements are met.