Senior Storage Engineer
About The Position
SAIC is seeking a Senior Storage Engineer to support the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) Information Technology Programs for the Dept of the Navy. This initiative leverages advanced technologies and integrates critical defense systems to optimize ship maintenance through IT applications, systems, and training, ensuring sustained mission success in naval ship maintenance operations. Work is performed on site in Kittery, ME. The role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining secure and resilient data storage systems while ensuring they adhere to organizational cybersecurity policies and industry standards. This role combines expertise in storage technologies with a strong understanding of cybersecurity principles to safeguard sensitive data, protect systems from unauthorized access, and enable effective disaster recovery and business continuity. The focus areas include storage infrastructure design and deployment, data protection and security, backup and disaster recovery, monitoring and maintenance, collaboration and compliance, threat mitigation and incident response, and documentation and training.
Requirements
- Expertise in storage technologies
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles
- Experience with SAN (Storage Area Networks)
- Experience with NAS (Network Attached Storage)
- Experience with cloud-based storage solutions
- Knowledge of encryption
- Knowledge of access management
- Knowledge of protection against ransomware and data breaches
- Experience with backup and disaster recovery strategies
- Experience with monitoring and maintaining storage environments
- Experience with patching
- Experience with automation
- Experience collaborating with cybersecurity and incident response teams
- Experience ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and standards
- Ability to produce technical documentation
- Ability to train internal teams
Responsibilities
- Create, maintain, and optimize storage architectures such as, such as SAN (Storage Area Networks), NAS (Network Attached Storage), or cloud-based storage solutions.
- Evaluate and implement secure storage hardware/software, ensuring systems meet performance, scalability, and retention requirements.
- Apply strong security controls, including encryption, access management, and protection against ransomware and data breaches.
- Develop and manage backup and disaster recovery strategies, including testing, continuity planning, and incident support.
- Monitor and maintain storage environments, addressing vulnerabilities, performance issues, patching, and automation opportunities.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity and incident response teams to identify risks, support investigations, and remediate storage related threats.
- Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards, preparing audit materials and documentation.
- Produce technical documentation and train internal teams on secure storage protocols.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
