Storage System Administrator

Davita Inc.; Virginia; On-site; USD 86,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a seasoned Storage System Administrator with a strong background to oversee storage administration tasks related to the IRS MIDS contract. This role requires effective communication, teamwork, and the ability to work flexible hours. Key duties include ensuring system security compliance, monitoring performance metrics, and providing technical oversight of hardware and software systems. The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor's degree and substantial experience in storage system management, alongside strong problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience or 9 years in lieu of a degree required.
• Strong knowledge in Storage Infrastructure administration and troubleshooting.
• Ability to manage Virtual Machines and perform scripting for installs.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical oversight of storage area network administration.
• Monitor system utilization and ensure reliable backup and recovery.
• Coordinate activities and maintain network system documentation.

Skills

Storage Infrastructure administration

Troubleshooting

Virtual Machines management

Performance tuning

Scripting knowledge

Storage management tools

Network System Administration

Capacity planning

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

SNOW

VROPS

PowerShell

Job description

We are looking for a seasoned Storage System Administrator. This position requires a storage system administration background in support of the IRS MIDS contract and will handle a variety of storage admin responsibilities. The candidate must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, be comfortable working in a team environment, and willing to work flexible hours. On-call and after hours support is a requirement of this position.

What you will do:

1. Provide technical oversight of hardware and software systems, focusing on storage area network administration.
2. Deliver professional service within the parameters of the site's service level agreement and meet or exceed customer requirements.
3. Ensure system security compliance, including patching and auditing.
4. Implement and maintain network standards and guidelines.
5. Monitor system utilization, data storage management, performance metrics, and service levels.
6. Ensure reliable backup and recovery of data.
7. Develop and maintain automated environments for reporting, event notifications, software updates, and service packs.
8. Report on capacity and proactively plan for additional storage needs.
9. Allocate storage to servers, configure fiber channel switches, and plan capacity for the SAN.
10. Coordinate activities, communicate status updates, outage notifications, and schedule information.
11. Perform account maintenance.
12. Troubleshoot network communications.
13. Maintain and document SAN cabling plans, install, configure, administer, and optimize servers (hardware and OS).
14. Interface with users as an integral part of this role.
15. Maintain network system documentation.
16. Provide root cause analysis for major incidents and problems.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree and 5 years of experience, or 9 years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience in Storage Infrastructure administration.
• Experience managing Virtual Machines.
• Experience troubleshooting servers.
• Knowledge of Virtual Network/Storage Architecture and Connectivity planning.
• Performance tuning and management experience.
• Design and implement Storage Server Virtualization Solutions.
• Strong knowledge of Storage management tools.
• Knowledge of remote system administration.
• Understanding capacity planning, performance monitoring, and tuning.
• Scripting knowledge for scripted installs; familiarity with Virtual Center.
• Strong understanding of Storage & Networking concepts.
• Ability to contribute to internal knowledge management systems.
• Must be a US Citizen and have resided in the US for the last three years.
• Ability to obtain and maintain the required agency clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of monitoring tools like SNOW, VROPS, VRO, HPE One View.
• Scripting experience with PowerShell/PowerCLI.
• Experience with tools related to remote system administration, automation, incident, change, and problem management, configuration management, and capacity planning.

Overview and Compensation

Peraton is a national security company delivering solutions across land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The target salary range is $86,000 - $138,000, depending on experience and other factors.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Peraton is an equal opportunity employer, including for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans. All candidate information is confidential. Please apply directly through the employer’s website.