Senior Storage Engineer
About The Position
Full Visibility is seeking a Senior Storage Engineer to architect and administer a petabyte-scale, multi-vendor storage environment supporting mission-critical federal systems across geographically dispersed sites. This role owns the full storage lifecycle — architecture, procurement, deployment, optimization, compliance, and decommissioning — and serves as the program’s technical authority on storage, working with a high degree of autonomy in support of continuous 24/7 operations. Candidate must possess an active Top Secret/SCI eligible clearance and must be able to obtain a CI Poly successfully. The Senior Storage Engineer will be responsible for designing and managing tiered, multi-site storage architectures that meet capacity, performance, availability, and SLA requirements while forecasting growth and executing storage migrations, refreshes, and consolidations. The Senior Storage Engineer will install, configure, upgrade, and troubleshoot object storage platforms including Dell EMC ECS, DataCore Caringo Swarm, and VAST, while administering S3-compatible storage and supporting S3 API integrations. The Senior Storage Engineer will administer multi-vendor SAN/NAS environments, including NetApp ONTAP clusters, as well as Dell PowerEdge servers, blade infrastructure, and Spectra Logic BlackPearl tape and archive systems. The Senior Storage Engineer will automate provisioning with Ansible, maintain firmware and OS patching, and ensure infrastructure meets security and compliance requirements. Additionally, the Senior Storage Engineer will support ATO activities through technical documentation and security justifications while identifying, remediating, and documenting STIG findings for audits.
Requirements
- Active Top Secret Clearance/with SCI eligibility.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field. Equivalent experience considered in lieu of a degree.
- Enterprise storage and infrastructure engineering experience in a production environment.
- Hands-on SAN, NAS, or object storage administration at enterprise scale.
- Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Rocky) and Windows Server administration.
- Storage protocols: iSCSI, NFS, SMB/CIFS, and S3.
- PowerShell and Bash scripting.
- Familiarity with Ansible or Puppet.
Nice To Haves
- Dell EMC ECS, DataCore Swarm, VAST Data, or NetApp ONTAP.
- Elasticsearch/ELK cluster administration.
- Hyperconverged infrastructure (VxRail, VxFlex) and virtualization (VMware ESXi, Hyper-V).
- Spectra Logic tape and archive operations.
- STIG remediation and RMF/ATO support.
- Storage vendor management and procurement.
Responsibilities
- Design and manage tiered, multi-site storage architectures that meet capacity, performance, availability, and SLA requirements.
- Forecast growth and execute storage migrations, refreshes, and consolidations.
- Install, configure, upgrade, and troubleshoot object storage platforms including Dell EMC ECS, DataCore Caringo Swarm, and VAST.
- Administer S3-compatible storage and support S3 API integrations.
- Administer multi-vendor SAN/NAS environments, including NetApp ONTAP clusters, Dell PowerEdge servers, blade infrastructure, and Spectra Logic BlackPearl tape and archive systems.
- Automate provisioning with Ansible.
- Maintain firmware and OS patching.
- Ensure infrastructure meets security and compliance requirements.
- Support ATO activities through technical documentation and security justifications.
- Identify, remediate, and document STIG findings for audits.
Benefits
- Full employee approach where each employee’s professional and personal well-being is considered.
- Focus on employee development, success, and morale.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
