Storage Administrator

Leidos•Alexandria, VA

1d•$92,300 - $166,850•Onsite

About The Position

Leidos is seeking a Senior Storage Administrator to support a large enterprise IT contract for the Department of Defense. This role requires technical expertise in storage engineering, system administration, and operations. This role is responsible for optimizing the configuration of the enterprise storage infrastructure to maximize availability, performance, and capacity. This role participates in the lifecycle process of purchasing, installing, maintaining, and replacing storage devices across on-premises and cloud IT environments. This role collects and evaluates metrics to optimize storage operations. This individual identifies risks, performs assessments, and analyzes risk mitigation strategies. Finally, this individual is responsible for developing and maintaining system documentation and procedures in accordance with customer requirements.

Requirements

Extensive experience administering enterprise-level data storage systems (Dell Storage Center, Dell Compellent, NetApp, and Data Domain) with a demonstrated understanding of the following services and technologies SAN administration including provisioning of LUNs, managing fiber channel zoning, and mapping storage to servers
NAS administration including NFS and SMB file sharing
Integration with VMWare ESX Server
Data migration strategies
Snapshots
Volume replication
Managing file and share permissions in an Active Directory environment
Storage monitoring and performance tuning
Strong experience managing and administering Veritas NetBackup systems and backup schedules
Experience with scripting technologies such as PowerShell
Experience administering Linux based operating systems
Experience with Distributed File System (DFS)
Excellent verbal and written communication skills when interacting with customers, leadership, and teammates
Ability to mentor junior team members
Ability to complete complex projects with minimal direction
Experience working independently to support a 24/7/365 mission environment
Experience contributing to deliverables and meeting performance metrics
Experience coordinating with senior management and customers
Track record of working effectively within a team, and support to peers toward improved processes and results.
Experience with IT Service Management (ITSM) ticketing systems such as ServiceNow.
US Citizenship is required.
TS/SCI with Polygraph required for Position OR TS/SCI and willingness to obtain and maintain a polygraph.
Bachelor's degree in a technical field with at least 8 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 years of prior relevant experience, Associate's with 10 years, or High School Diploma with 12 years.
Candidate must, at a minimum, meet DoDM 8140.03 (previously DoD 8570) – IT System Admin Intermediate certification requirements (Cloud+, GICSP, SSCP, Security+ CE, GSEC, or higher)

Responsibilities

Install, configure, and administer enterprise storage systems to include, Dell and NetApp filers and Dell PowerProtect/Data Domain systems
Install, configure, and administer Veritas NetBackup server and client software.
Schedule and monitor backup policies.
Generate backup status reports as required performance
Create and secure SMB file shares
Coordinate with server administrators to create, secure, and mount NFS exports
Develop and implement Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations plans in accordance with customer requirements
Install, configure, maintain, and administer Linux and Windows servers in support of storage operations such as NetBackup, Media, DSM and Master servers
Configure NetBackup policies.
Troubleshoot and resolve backup job failures
Manage Distributed File System (DFS) namespaces
Coordinate with vCenter administrators to provision Storage Area Network (SAN) resources to VMWare ESX cluster datastores as required
Configure and manage volume snapshots.
Assist customers with point-in-time file restores
Schedule and monitor volume replication for disaster recovery
Monitor health and availability of infrastructure applications and systems
Work with vendors to troubleshoot and resolve hardware and software failures
Coordinate with Change Management to deconflict and schedule hardware maintenance activities, system and firmware updates, and other configuration changes
Execute system changes during scheduled maintenance windows
Monitor and evaluate system performance and capacity trends
Resolve tier 2 and tier 3 service requests
Identify opportunities to automate operations.
Develop automated solutions that take advantage of Dell and NetApp system APIs
Work independently with minimal supervision
Mentor junior team members
Update operations and maintenance documentation for 24/7/365 IT Operations Center personnel to assist with after-hours triage and troubleshooting
Provide follow-up reports (technical findings, feedback, resolution steps taken, After Action Report (AAR) etc.) for Root Cause Analysis, engineering technical assessment, and process improvement initiatives.