Systems Storage Administration, Advisor

Peraton; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k)

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Peraton is seeking an experienced Storage Administrator for our national intelligence program in Northern Virginia. The role focuses on SAN storage administration, backups, and data security to support mission-critical operations.

This position requires an active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain a poly, U.S. citizenship is required. Target salary range is $104,000–$166,000 with benefits and potential bonuses based on performance and location.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of backup software technologies.
• Knowledge of storage hardware technologies.
• Knowledge of SAN fabric technologies.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical oversight of storage hardware and software systems.
• Ensure system security and patching per policy.
• Monitor storage utilization and performance metrics.
• Plan capacity and manage SAN storage allocations.
• Maintain and document SAN cabling and hardware configurations.
• Coordinate activities and communicate status and outages.

Skills

Backup software

Storage hardware

SAN fabric

iSCSI/FC

NetApp/VMware certs

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

NetApp

VMware

Brocade

Actifio

Job description

About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

About The Role

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

Qualifications

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 on 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 required To hold this clearance.

Details

Target Salary Range: $104,000 - $166,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

EEO

Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.