TS/SCI Cleared Storage Operations Specialist

Jobtailor; Colorado; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a highly skilled storage systems engineer to join a global, 24/7 operations team. You will secure and optimize physical and virtual storage during the SDLC, perform hands-on troubleshooting, and coordinate with senior staff to ensure compliant, high-availability storage environments.

Responsibilities include incident analysis, backups, DR/COOP exercises, capacity monitoring, and patch management across storage nodes.

Qualifications

• Must hold a current Top Secret SCI clearance with ability to obtain poly prior to start.
• NCDA or equivalent vendor certification.
• DOD 8140 Certification applicable to role (minimum Security+)
• Hands-on experience with enterprise storage systems and IT hardware/software.

Responsibilities

• Provide 24/7 storage operations support during the SDLC.
• Perform incident analysis, troubleshooting, and break/fix for storage hardware/software.
• Coordinate with senior staff to ensure secure operations of storage systems.
• Manage data shares, network drives, and shared storage allocations and permissions for storage solutions.
• Execute backups, replication, verification, and restoral services to meet SLAs.
• Participate in DR and COOP exercises.
• Monitor capacity, performance, and SLAs to prevent incidents.
• Maintain data security for data at rest and in transit.
• Apply patch management across workstations, servers, and storage nodes.
• Develop test cases and scripts for testing; validate new designs in Lab before deployment.
• Draft SOPs and knowledge base articles for contract deliverables.

Skills

Incident analysis

Troubleshooting

Security awareness

Learning agility

Education

AA + 10+ years

BS/BA + 8+ years

MS/MA + 6+ years

PhD + 4+ years

Tools

NetApp ONTAP

Brocade

Data Domain

Dell FluidFS

Dell Storage Center

Storage hardware

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a highly skilled storage systems engineer to join a global, 24/7 operations team. You will secure and optimize physical and virtual storage during the SDLC, perform hands-on troubleshooting, and coordinate with senior staff to ensure compliant, high-availability storage environments.

Responsibilities include incident analysis, backups, DR/COOP exercises, capacity monitoring, and patch management across storage nodes.