Storage Architect (Senior)

CACI • Ashburn, VA

20h

About The Position

CACI is seeking a Senior Storage Architect for the Global Mission Operations Support (GMOS) contract, supporting the Department of State. The position contributes to national security by delivering advanced IT solutions and supporting modernization and maintenance of applications and infrastructure through an integrated IT Service Management approach. The architect will guide a high-performing team and lead storage architecture initiatives for a mission-critical enterprise environment serving more than 40,000 users across global facilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 8 years of experience in a related field, such as storage architecture, infrastructure engineering, systems administration, data center design, or enterprise architecture; equivalencies are considered.
• Active Secret clearance.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise storage architectures for large-scale, geographically distributed environments.
• Expertise in SAN, NAS, object storage, and modern backup and recovery platforms.
• Strong knowledge of capacity planning, data protection strategies, and high-availability storage design.
• Leadership experience planning and leading major storage infrastructure initiatives, serving as a subject matter expert, and supervising architecture teams.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience supporting federal agencies, especially the Department of State.
• Professional certifications such as Dell EMC Proven Professional, NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer (NCIE), or similar storage architecture certifications.
• Experience with cloud storage solutions such as AWS S3, Azure Blob Storage, and Google Cloud Storage, and with hybrid storage architectures.
• Knowledge of data governance and compliance frameworks, and experience designing storage infrastructure for more than 300 geographically distributed facilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of server and storage filer infrastructure for distributed, high-volume data storage across more than 350 global facilities.
• Develop enterprise storage strategies and establish standards for operations, programming, and security compliance.
• Design enterprise backup services, including off-site redundant storage, integrity checks, and audit processes to protect and recover data.
• Design storage solutions using modern technologies to improve scalability, performance, and reliability for mission-critical operations.
• Integrate new storage systems with existing infrastructure and ensure optimal performance.
• Design backup and restoration infrastructure using modern platforms and industry best practices.
• Design storage infrastructure with integrity checks and audit processes to meet Department of State compliance and data governance requirements.
• Develop storage capacity planning models and forecasting strategies for enterprise growth and modernization.
• Collaborate with security teams, database administrators, and application owners to meet data protection, performance, and integration requirements.
• Serve as a technical expert across project assignments, plan and lead major storage architecture initiatives, mentor team members, and supervise infrastructure design activities.

Benefits

• Flexible time off benefit.
• Learning resources and learning and development opportunities.
• Healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior