Senior Storage Engineer

TekSynap•Reston, VA

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Systems Storage Engineer to architect, engineer, secure, and maintain enterprise‑scale storage platforms supporting mission‑critical operations under SITE III. This role is responsible for the design, optimization, lifecycle management, and modernization of storage infrastructures across multiple enclaves, ensuring high availability, data integrity, resiliency, and compliance with DoD security requirements. As the Senior Systems Storage Engineer, you will serve as a technical leader and subject‑matter expert across storage engineering, performance tuning, replication, disaster recovery, and storage automation. This position plays a critical role in shaping enterprise storage strategy, integrating with virtualization platforms, and supporting hybrid architectures that enable DIA’s mission. TekSynap is a fast-growing high-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. “Technology moving at the speed of thought” embodies these principles – the need to nimbly utilize the best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers. We offer our full-time employees a competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability plans, vacation time and holidays. Visit us at www.TekSynap.com. Apply now to explore jobs with us! The safety and health of our employees is of the utmost importance. Employees are required to comply with any vaccination requirements mandated by contract, applicable law or regulation. By applying to a role at TekSynap you are providing consent to receive text messages regarding your interview and employment status. If at any time you would like to opt out of text messaging, respond "STOP". As part of the application process, you agree that TekSynap Corporation may retain and use your name, e-mail, and contact information for purposes related to employment consideration.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI + CI Poly clearance
BS, 10-12 years of relevant experience; MS, 8-10; PhD, 5-8
One of the following DoD 8570/CS-NET-451 certifications: Security+ (CE) SSCP CySA+ GSEC
Expert‑level knowledge of SAN/NAS architectures, storage arrays (e.g., NetApp, Dell EMC, HPE, Pure), storage fabric technologies, multipathing, and high‑availability design.
Proven experience in multisite storage engineering with HA/DR, replication, snapshot technologies, and performance tuning.
Experienced with STIGs, secure baselines, auditing, and enterprise‑level data protection frameworks.
Deep understanding of storage networking (Fibre Channel, iSCSI), L2/L3 fundamentals, and integration with enterprise virtualization stacks.
Hands‑on experience with backup platforms (e.g., Commvault, Veeam, Rubrik) and disaster recovery technologies.
RMF training.

Nice To Haves

NetApp NCIE/NCDA
Dell EMC Proven Professional
HPE ASE/Master ASE
PURE Storage certification
VMware certifications (VCP, VCAP, vSAN)
CompTIA Security+ or Network+
AWS or Azure cloud certifications a plus
Veeam certification
PowerShell certification
Python certification
Ansible automation certification

Responsibilities

Architect and manage enterprise storage solutions (SAN, NAS, object storage) across on‑prem and hybrid environments.
Design and implement storage arrays, clusters, and fabric architectures; create standard builds, zoning, and configuration baselines.
Engineer performance‑optimized and secure storage environments, including provisioning, tiered storage strategies, multipathing, and IOPS capacity planning.
Develop and implement replication strategies, backup/restore processes, and disaster recovery plans ensuring compliant RTO/RPO.
Integrate enterprise storage with virtualization platforms (vSphere/ESXi, vCenter, vSAN), backup platforms, and cloud‑based storage services where applicable.
Conduct performance baselining, capacity forecasting, data lifecycle analysis, and storage policy optimization.
Implement STIG‑compliant configurations, encryption, certificate management, and continuous compliance reporting.
Automate storage provisioning and operations using PowerShell, Python, vendor APIs, and configuration management tooling.
Create and maintain SOPs, design documents, runbooks, and engineering diagrams.
Lead troubleshooting sessions, perform root‑cause analysis, and support change management processes.
Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with cyber, network, and virtualization teams to support infrastructure modernization.
Evaluate hardware/software offerings, conduct cost‑benefit analyses, present findings, and support future technology insertions.