Senior Storage Design Engineer

Linchpin Solutions Inc•quantico, VA

8h•$105,000 - $125,000•Onsite

About The Position

If you are looking for an exciting career opportunity in the IT, engineering, software development, logistics, and project management fields, Linchpin Solutions is the place to be! We are currently hiring for a dynamic and experienced Senior Storage Design Engineer. Clearance: Active DoD Secret Clearance Work Schedule: Onsite, up to 10% travel as needed Role Overview: The Senior Storage Design Engineer assists the Government Lead in the daily engineering duties on systems. Implement and administer networked storage infrastructure and interconnected systems, capacity planning, performance analysis, and design of storage systems. Determine current levels of system and application resource utilization and performance. Construct analytical models and develop workload projection methodologies to estimate and describe utilization and performance at multiple levels. Utilize the capacity management tool set to perform workload sizing for new and existing applications. Plan and evaluate storage requirements. Support the implementation of hardware and software upgrades and analyze the impact of new technologies on processor and peripheral utilization and performance. Construct capacity plans, develop capacity reports, oversee storage of capacity and performance data, and conduct capacity management audits. is responsible for designing and implementing comprehensive and scalable systems for enterprise-level organizations. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, design system architectures, and develop solutions that optimize business processes and improve operational efficiency. Evaluate emerging technologies, conduct system audits, and provide guidance on best practices for system integration and management.

Requirements

Active DoD Secret Clearance
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field
Certified Cisco Network Associate (CCNA)
CASP+
CISSP
CSSLP
RHCSA
IASAE II / IAT III
10 years of relevant IT-related experience
Experience with Microsoft Office
Verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work both collaboratively and individually
Critical Thinking Skills
Ability to give presentations and briefings as needed
Data Ontap 9.x
Ontap CLI
iSCSI
NFS
CIFS
FlexVols
Block Storage (LUNs)
IP Groups and routing
Ontap Upgrades
AFF (A70, A250, A300, A700) series of filers
SP and BMC consoles
Firmware upgrades
Active IQ (AIQ)
System Manager
SnapCenter
SnapMirror
Creating and restoring data from Snapshots

Responsibilities

Assists the Government Lead in the daily engineering duties on systems.
Implement and administer networked storage infrastructure and interconnected systems, capacity planning, performance analysis, and design of storage systems.
Determine current levels of system and application resource utilization and performance.
Construct analytical models and develop workload projection methodologies to estimate and describe utilization and performance at multiple levels.
Utilize the capacity management tool set to perform workload sizing for new and existing applications.
Plan and evaluate storage requirements.
Support the implementation of hardware and software upgrades and analyze the impact of new technologies on processor and peripheral utilization and performance.
Construct capacity plans, develop capacity reports, oversee storage of capacity and performance data, and conduct capacity management audits.
Design and implement comprehensive and scalable systems for enterprise-level organizations.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, design system architectures, and develop solutions that optimize business processes and improve operational efficiency.
Evaluate emerging technologies, conduct system audits, and provide guidance on best practices for system integration and management.
Provide capacity and performance management, design, configuration, and integration.
Perform Disaster Recovery.
Design, develop, and Integrate Storage Attached Network (SAN) design, configuration, and integration.
Configure and integrate NetApp Data on Tap 8.x design.
HA/DR solution management.
Data de-duplication, mirroring, and retention.
Design storage devices based on an analysis of capacity use and requirements.
Execute the installation and integration of storage device, system, and components.
Develop, configure, and integrate Virtual Storage Console for VMware.
Perform tasks associated with application networking ports and protocols, Information Assurance (IA), routing, and Local Area Network (LAN).
Perform storage integration with SQL 2008 r2 and HBSS, and integration and installation on various server hardware.