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ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 78,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, seeks a Storage Engineer, Mid, to design and support high‑performance data services for enterprise apps and virtual infra. You will balance hands‑on admin work with design tasks like new arrays, tuning, and data protection workflows.

Collaborate with server, virtualization, and backup teams to align storage with capacity, performance, and resilience requirements; candidates typically have 4–7 years in storage, a related degree, and the ability

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Typically 4-7 years of experience in storage administration or infrastructure engineering.
• Strong understanding of SAN/NAS technologies and enterprise storage platforms (e.g., NetApp, EMC, cloud storage).
• Experience with data protection, disaster recovery planning, and root cause analysis in storage environments.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance; U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Configure and manage SAN and NAS systems, including zoning, LUN presentation, and performance tuning for latency-sensitive workloads.
• Design and implement snapshot, replication, and backup strategies that meet recovery time and recovery point objectives.
• Conduct capacity planning and forecast storage growth, providing recommendations for expansion and tiering.
• Troubleshoot storage-related issues that surface in virtualized or application environments using logs and monitoring data.
• Document storage architectures, standards, and runbooks to support consistent operations and audits.
• Collaborate with backup and virtualization teams to align storage operations with broader infrastructure strategies.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT, CS, or related field

Job description

The Storage Engineer, Mid designs and supports storage solutions that deliver reliable, high-performance data services for enterprise applications and virtual infrastructures. This role balances hands‑on administration with design-oriented tasks such as implementing new arrays, tuning existing environments, and improving data protection workflows. The engineer works closely with server, virtualization, and backup teams to ensure storage changes align with capacity, performance, and resilience requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Configure and manage SAN and NAS systems, including zoning, LUN presentation, and performance tuning for latency-sensitive workloads.
• Design and implement snapshot, replication, and backup strategies that meet recovery time and recovery point objectives.
• Conduct capacity planning and forecast storage growth, providing recommendations for expansion and tiering.
• Troubleshoot storage-related issues that surface in virtualized or application environments using logs and monitoring data.
• Document storage architectures, standards, and runbooks to support consistent operations and audits.
• Collaborate with backup and virtualization teams to align storage operations with broader infrastructure strategies.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Typically 4-7 years of experience in storage administration or infrastructure engineering.
• Strong understanding of SAN/NAS technologies and experience with enterprise storage platforms (for example, NetApp, EMC, cloud storage).
• Experience with data protection, disaster recovery planning, and root cause analysis in storage environments.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance; U.S. citizenship required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with hybrid or cloud-integrated storage architectures.
• Intermediate-level vendor certifications or storage-focused training.

Compensation Ranges

Compensation ranges for ASM Research positions vary depending on multiple factors; including but not limited to, location, skill set, level of education, certifications, client requirements, contract-specific affordability, government clearance and investigation level, and years of experience. The compensation displayed for this role is a general guideline based on these factors and is unique to each role. Monetary compensation is one component of ASM's overall compensation and benefits package for employees.

EEO Requirements

It is the policy of ASM that an individual's race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation or national origin are not and will not be considered in any personnel or management decisions. We affirm our commitment to these fundamental policies.

All recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications is done without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, or age. All decisions on employment are made to abide by the principle of equal employment.

Physical Requirements

The physical requirements described in "Knowledge, Skills and Abilities" above are representative of those which must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary functions of this job. (For example, "light office duties" or "lifting up to 50 pounds" or "some travel" required.) Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualifying disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the primary functions.

Disclaimer

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

$78,400 - 129,400

EEO Requirements

It is the policy of ASM that an individual's race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, gender identity, veteran status, sexual orientation or national origin are not and will not be considered in any personnel or management decisions. We affirm our commitment to these fundamental policies.

All recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications is done without regard to race, color, religion, sex, veteran status, disability, gender identity, or age. All decisions on employment are made to abide by the principle of equal employment.