Systems Storage Administration, Advisor

Peraton; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton in Northern Virginia is seeking an experienced Storage Administrator to support a national intelligence program. The role requires active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain Poly and focuses on SAN storage management, backups, and data recovery.

You will oversee hardware and software systems, ensure security and patching compliance, perform capacity planning, and deliver reliable storage services across networks, with occasional travel within the NCR as needed.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with poly eligibility.
• 8+ years relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree; 6+ years with a Master's; 3+ years with a PhD.
• 4 years of experience may be used in lieu of a degree.
• Knowledge of backup software technologies.
• Knowledge of storage hardware technologies.
• Knowledge of SAN fabric technologies.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical oversight of hardware and software systems, with a focus on storage area network administration.
• Provide professional service within the parameters specified in the site's service level agreement and/or that meet or exceed the customer requirements.
• Ensure system security is compliant with customer policy including patching and auditing.
• Implement and maintain network standards and guidelines.
• Monitor system utilization including data storage management, performance metrics and service levels.
• Ensure reliable backup and recovery of necessary data.
• Develop and maintain automated environments including reporting, event notifications and actions, software updates and service packs.
• Report on capacity and proactively plan for additional storage.
• Allocate storage to servers, configuring fiber channel switches, and capacity planning for the SAN, in addition to OS level support related to implementing and maintaining system security and data recovery processes, providing technical support, utilizing automation tools for delivering applications, managing assets, monitoring performance, event notifications and automating desktop support.
• Coordinate and communicate activities, status updates, outage notifications and schedule information.
• Perform account maintenance.
• Ensure reliable backup and recovery of necessary data.
• Troubleshoot network communications.
• Maintain and document SAN cabling plans. Installs, configures, administers, and optimizes servers (hardware and operating systems).
• Interface with users as an integral part of this role.
• Maintain network system documentation.
• Travel: Travel may be required within the National Capital Region (NCR) on an as needed basis for customer or corporate requirements.

Skills

ts/ sci clearance knowledge

backup software

storage hardware

san fabric

iscsi fibre channel

netapp

vmware

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Backup software technologies

Storage hardware technologies

SAN fabric technologies

iSCSI and Fibre Channel

NetApp

Vmware

Job description

Basic Qualifications:

• Active Top Secret/ Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance with ability to pass a Poly clearance.

• Minimum of 8 years relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree (Master’s degree and 6 years of relevant experience or PhD with 3 years relevant experience).
• 4 years of experience may be used in lieu of a degree.

• Knowledge of backup software technologies.

• Knowledge of storage hardware technologies.

• Knowledge of SAN fabric technologies.

Desired Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI with Poly clearance.

• Knowledge on backup software technologies: TSM, Netbackup, or Actifio are preferred.

• Knowledge on storage hardware technologies: HP storage, Actifio Appliance, or Hitachi are preferred.

• Knowledge of SAN fabric technologies: Brocade is preferred.

• Knowledge of iSCSI and Fiber Channel infrastructure.

• Certifications: NetApp and Vmware.

SECURITY CLEARANCE:

This Position requires an Active TS/SCI and the ability to obtain a Poly, US Citizenship is requiredTo hold this clearance.

Peraton is seeking an experienced Storage Administrator to join our national intelligence program in Northern Virginia that delivers engineering, application development, deployment, operations, upgrades and sustainment of products and services to achieve our client’s global missions.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical oversight of hardware and software systems, with a focus on storage area network administration.

• Provide professional service within the parameters specified in the site's service level agreement and/or that meet or exceed the customer requirements.

• Ensure system security is compliant with customer policy including patching and auditing.

• Implement and maintain network standards and guidelines.

• Monitor system utilization including data storage management, performance metrics and service levels.

• Ensure reliable backup and recovery of necessary data.

• Develop and maintain automated environments including reporting, event notifications and actions, software updates and service packs.

• Report on capacity and proactively plan for additional storage.

• Allocate storage to servers, configuring fiber channel switches, and capacity planning for the SAN, in addition to OS level support related to implementing and maintaining system security and data recovery processes, providing technical support, utilizing automation tools for delivering applications, managing assets, monitoring performance, event notifications and automating desktop support.

• Coordinate and communicate activities, status updates, outage notifications and schedule information.

• Perform account maintenance.

• Ensure reliable backup and recovery of necessary data.

• Troubleshoot network communications.

• Maintain and document SAN cabling plans. Installs, configures, administers, and optimizes servers (hardware and operating systems).

• Interface with users as an integral part of this role.

• Maintain network system documentation.

• Travel: Travel may be required within the National Capital Region (NCR) on an as needed basis for customer or corporate requirements.

Position is Contingent on Contract Award