Senior Engineer - Storage

EchoStar•Gilbert, AZ

4d•Onsite

About The Position

This role tackles the challenge of maintaining high-availability storage infrastructure within a mission-critical spacecraft operations environment. The Senior Engineer ensures seamless data flow and storage reliability, as well as data protection, preventing downtime that could jeopardize active missions. By automating complex workflows and upgrading legacy hardware, this position bridges the gap between traditional data center management and modern, scalable infrastructure-as-code architectures.

Requirements

Deep technical expertise in managing enterprise-grade storage arrays such as Dell Unity, Dell PowerVault, and Pure FlashArray
Proficiency in designing, deploying, and maintaining Cisco MDS fiber channel storage fabrics and zoning
Familiarity with VMware environments and the management of storage resources within vSphere environments
Basic development skills using PowerShell, Python, or GoLang
Experience with Linux and Windows Server administration within an Active Directory environment
Ability to lead multiple technical projects simultaneously
Minimum 2 years of experience with Administering On-Premises Enterprise Storage solutions such as Dell Unity, PowerVault, or Pure FlashArray
Minimum 2 years of experience with Fibre Channel or iSCSI storage fabrics and switches (Cisco MDS preferred).
Minimum 2 years of experience with Basic scripting and automation
Must be a U.S. Person (a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident) as the position requires access to U.S. export-restricted materials.
Must be able to participate in 24/7 on-call duties

Nice To Haves

Experience administering Microsoft Distributed File System (DFS) Namespaces and Replication in an enterprise setting
Deep technical experience with VMware vSphere Virtualization technologies
Basic experience with Data Protection and Backup software such as Veeam
Familiarity with configuration management tools such as SALT, Chef, Puppet, or Ansible
Foundational understanding of GitOps, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native architecture

Responsibilities

Maintain 99.9% uptime for mission-critical production data center storage systems through proactive fault management and resolution
Accelerate deployment cycles by developing infrastructure automation and configuration management scripts, shifting the team toward a "storage-as-code" model
Optimize performance and security by leading end-to-end software and hardware upgrades for Dell, Pure, and Cisco MDS infrastructure
Design storage requirements in collaboration with Spacecraft Engineering teams to ensure data accessibility and integrity for satellite operations
Leverage AI-driven predictive analytics and storage monitoring tools to identify capacity trends and potential hardware failures before they impact production
Drive the adoption of DevOps and SRE principles within the storage stack to streamline CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure resilience
Collaborate with primary systems and network engineers to develop the expertise required to serve as a backup administrator for essential systems.
Participate in the identification and resolution of basic software, network, and RF problems, utilizing escalation protocols when appropriate
Contribute to talent development by participating in onboarding and providing occasional mentorship and task guidance to interns or junior engineers
Participate in 24x7 on-call responsibilities on a rotational basis
Other duties may be assigned.