Storage Systems Administrator - TS/SCI w/Poly

General Dynamics Information Technology; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Disability & life insurance

Full flex work weeks

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology is seeking a Storage Systems Administrator to support enterprise storage platforms, including SAN/NAS, across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. The role requires active TS/SCI clearance and DoD 8140 information assurance familiarity.

You will monitor performance, manage backups/replication, and coordinate with cross-functional teams for secure, reliable storage operations while maintaining documentation and compliance with security baselines.

Qualifications

• Experience administering enterprise storage platforms (SAN/NAS, backup/replication) in complex multinetwork environments.
• Strong provisioning, permissions/security management, troubleshooting, and performance tuning skills.
• Hands-on experience with firmware updates, configuration changes, and storage hardening.
• Familiarity with patching, vulnerability remediation, and configuration compliance processes.

Responsibilities

• Administer, operate, and maintain enterprise storage systems across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.
• Monitor storage performance, health, capacity, and availability; perform diagnostics and tuning.
• Support data backup, recovery, replication, and disaster recovery operations; validate scheduled jobs.
• Manage provisioning, access controls, share permissions, and user/group mappings for secure data access.
• Troubleshoot storage connectivity, protocols, access, hardware dependencies, and integration with compute and network services.
• Coordinate with teams to integrate new capabilities and support tech refresh while maintaining security and reliability.

Skills

Storage administration

SAN/NAS

Backup/replication

Security best practices

Documentation

US citizen

Education

Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related field

8+ years IT experience in lieu of a degree

Job description

Storage Systems Administrator

Own your opportunity to support national defense. Your work will help keep critical operations secure and connected across the global enterprise directly, contributing to a mission that protects our nation every day.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, operate, and maintain enterprise storage systems, including SAN, NAS, object storage, and backup/replication technologies across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.
• Monitor storage performance, health, capacity, and availability, performing diagnostics, tuning, and remediation to ensure optimal service delivery.
• Support data backup, recovery, replication, and disaster recovery operations, validating scheduled jobs and ensuring data resilience across multiple networks.
• Manage storage provisioning, access controls, share permissions, and user/group mappings to maintain secure and compliant data access.
• Troubleshoot storage‑related issues involving connectivity, protocols, access, hardware dependencies, and integration with compute, virtualization, and network services.
• Perform lifecycle tasks including firmware updates, configuration changes, performance improvements, and operational maintenance of storage infrastructure.
• Coordinate with engineering, cybersecurity, server, virtualization, and monitoring teams to integrate new capabilities, support technology refresh, and maintain secure, reliable storage operations.
• Maintain documentation, SOPs, storage diagrams, and operational artifacts supporting sustainment, change control, and continuous improvement.
• Apply security patches, firmware updates, and platform hotfixes across storage systems, ensuring timely compliance with enterprise security baselines and configuration standards.
• Identify and remediate noncompliant storage components by reviewing vulnerability and compliance reports, addressing patching failures, and validating corrective actions across assigned environments.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• Experience Requirements: Storage Directory Systems Administrator Senior – Requires a Bachelor’s degree in an IT‑related field or 8+ years of relevant IT experience in lieu of a degree. Storage Directory Systems Administrator Principal – Requires a Bachelor’s degree in an IT‑related field or 10+ years of relevant IT experience in lieu of a degree.
• Clearance: Active TS/SCI clearance with a favorable polygraph.
• Certification: Meet DoD 8140 Information Assurance Workforce certification requirements (e.g., Security+ CE, etc.).
• Hands‑on experience administering enterprise storage platforms (e.g., SAN/NAS, clustered storage, backup/replication systems) in complex, multinetwork environments.
• Strong proficiency with storage provisioning, permissions/security management, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
• Experience implementing secure configuration practices, storage hardening, and compliance with enterprise security requirements.
• Familiarity with patching, firmware updates, vulnerability remediation, and configuration compliance processes.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex storage, access, replication, and performance issues across distributed infrastructure.
• Strong documentation, communication, and cross‑team collaboration skills.
• US citizen required.
• Location: Onsite.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401(k) with company match, and competitive pay.
• Paid time off, vacation, sick, personal, holidays, parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
• Short and long‑term disability, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance.
• Full flex work weeks when possible.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans