Storage Architect

Description

•Design, architect, configure, deploy, upgrade, and support various storage and backup platforms and associated management tools.

•Provides technical leadership and is responsible for the development of new storage infrastructure and Information Lifecycle Management designs, including requirements and analysis.

•Shares ownership of the operational responsibility for storage provisioning and availability at government customer site with the Customer/Government Storage Manager.

•Keep abreast of current developments in storage and backup technology to assist Federal staff in assessing the future direction of storage and backup technology.

•Responsible for the delivery of the technical architectural design, strategies and plans that will be delivered on an ongoing basis.

•Performs end-to-end analysis on the performance of the storage infrastructure, presents findings, and submits recommendations for improvement.

Benefits to working in this role:  

• opportunity to work on critical, high-impact projects that contribute to national security 

• A high-growth environment with numerous opportunities for professional growth 

• A collaborative team environment that values innovation and efficiency

Requirements

Top Secret SCI w/ Polygraph Clearance Required

Hands on NetApp experience a MUST

• Hands-on engineering experience with NetApp and other storage technologies and concepts (Storage Area Network - SAN & Network Attached Storage - NAS) 

• Must have knowledge and understanding of protocols such as S3, CIFS, NFS, iSCI, and Fiber Channel Block Storage (SAN) • Experience with capacity planning and sizing storage and backup environments (to include Veritas NetBackup, Cohesity, Rubrik, & CommVault 

• Experience in performance tuning and optimizing storage and backup environments 

• Experience with data center migrations and storage replication technologies 

• Senior-level experience with the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of large-scale systems, preferably across multiple hardware platforms and data centers 

• Strong understanding of high availability concepts with practical experience and implementation of key components in storage environments 

• Strong understanding of fundamental hardware concepts: disk, memory, CPU, NIC, HBA, firmware, RAID, performance concepts (I/O, paging, swapping, system calls), iSCSI, Fiber Channel, Ethernet 

• Strong understanding of essential TCP/IP concepts: TCP, UDP, ICMP, SMTP, SNMP, LDAP, DNS, NTP, etc..

• Experience connecting storage arrays to Hypervisor Technologies (NUTANIX, VMWARE VCF, OpenStack). 

• Understanding of security best practices and federal hardening requirements (FISMA, STIG, etc.)

• CompTIA Security+ or similar certification for IAT Level II DoD 8570 compliance 

• Proficient written and oral communication skills

• Strong collaborative attitude and ability to work in a team environment

• Ability to take direction