Senior Storage Engineer

SciTec•Boulder, CO

10d•$146,000 - $171,000

About The Position

SciTec is a dynamic small business, with the mission to deliver advanced sensor data processing technologies and scientific instrumentation capabilities in support of National Security and Defense, and we are growing our creative team! We support customers throughout the Department of Defense and U.S. Government in building innovative new tools to deliver unique world-class data exploitation capabilities. Important Notice: SciTec exclusively works on U.S. government contracts that require U.S. citizenship for all employees. SciTec cannot sponsor or assume sponsorship of employee work visas of any type. Further, U.S. citizenship is a requirement to obtain and keep a security clearance. Applicants that do not meet these requirements will not be considered. SciTec has an immediate opportunity for a talented Senior Storage Engineer to join our team in Boulder, CO. Successful applicants will bring deep experience with data center design, configuration, & maintenance, familiarity with hardware procurement, a readiness to work hands-on keyboard to solve challenging data center problems, a strong collaborative spirit, experience successfully mentoring junior team members, superior problem solving skills, a passion for security and data protection, and a clear focus on supporting customer needs.

Requirements

7+ years professional experience performing duties of a datacenter engineer
CompTIA Security + (Plus) Certification
Deep expertise in NAS (NFS, SMB), SAN (Fibre Channel, iSCSI), and NVMe over TCP
Strong knowledge of storage protocols, multipathing, zoning, and LUN masking.
Familiarity with storage monitoring tools (e.g., SolarWinds, Nagios, Grafana, or vendor-specific tools).
Direct experience configuring and supporting NAS and/or SAN storage appliances including Dell Powerscale, Powerstore and/or Unity
Proven experience designing and supporting high-availability storage solutions.
Deep understanding of performance metrics (IOPS, latency, throughput) and tuning methodologies.
Experience with DR solutions, storage replication (sync/async), and snapshot technologies.
A Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information technology or related field
Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance
Demonstrated attention to detail
Good verbal and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

Active DoD TS/SCI clearance
In-depth knowledge and experience with Cohesity or Veeam backup solutions
Experience with VMWare compute, storage, and network configurations
Experience with on-prem, hybrid and cloud environments supporting kubernetes environments
Expert understanding of LAN/WAN principles and protocols, including BGP routing

Responsibilities

Design and implement scalable enterprise storage architectures across SAN, NAS, and NVMe-over-TCP.
Lead architecture reviews and capacity planning for high-performance and high-availability storage systems.
Deploy and manage storage infrastructure using technologies such as Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NVMe over TCP, and RAID.
Drive adoption of next-generation storage solutions including all-flash and NVMe-based systems.
Monitor and fine-tune storage systems for latency, throughput, and IOPS performance.
Perform root cause analysis and resolve performance bottlenecks across compute and storage layers.
Architect and test failover and high-availability solutions for business continuity.
Implement replication, snapshot, and backup strategies in line with RPO/RTO objectives.
Provide Level 3 support for storage-related incidents and changes.
Maintain up-to-date documentation of storage configurations and runbooks.
Work closely with infrastructure, network, security, and application teams to support business needs.
Other duties as assigned