Storage Engineer

Maxar Technologies • Westminster, CO

145d • $90,000 - $150,000

About The Position

Maxar Intelligence's Share IT is seeking an experienced Storage Engineer to support the development and integration of various intelligence. Our team is the multi-faceted IT team supporting Maxar products and environments. We are responsible for the cloud, private cloud, and on-prem systems. This is a hybrid role based in Westminster, CO, supporting mission-critical devices in our on-prem datacenters (Westminster and Longmont, CO), as well as remote data centers. with an average of three-days in office/datacenter per week and as needed.

Requirements

• Eight (5) years' experience in storage operations / storage engineering.
• Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree from an accredited university in a technical field is required.
• Five (5) additional years of experience in storage operations may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Experience in overall IT infrastructure, storage engineering, storage systems, and systems architecture.
• Minimum of 5 years’ related experience with IC and/or DoD systems.
• Experience with full life cycle storage administration, architecture, and support including storage utilizations, capacity planning and adjusting storage requirements.
• Deep understanding of protocols like iSCSI, NFS, SMB/CIFS, Fibre Channel, and object storage (S3, Swift).
• Strong understanding of performance metrics (i.e., IOPS, Latency, throughput).
• Experience in a high-performance environment including low latency database.
• Knowledge in security and data encryption methods and practices.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills and a methodical approach to problem-solving.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and be able to obtain U.S. Government security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with working providing storage for virtual environments.
• Knowledge of cloud storage services (Netapp StorageGrid AWS S3/EBS, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage) and hybrid architectures.
• Proficiency with RedHat and Windows administration.
• Demonstrated knowledge of a broad range of technologies beyond storage, i.e.: virtualization, networking, data management/migration, security, and disaster recovery.
• Strong background in automation.
• Must meet DoD 8570 IAT Level II requirements including one of the following: Security+ CE, CND, SSCP, GSEC, GICSP, CySA+, or CCNA Security.
• Top Secret SCI with a CI Polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, automate, and manage enterprise storage systems, ensuring high availability, redundancy, and disaster recovery capabilities across multiple data centers and physical sites, including SAN, NAS, and local object store.
• Configure, monitor, and optimize storage solutions to meet performance, capacity, and scalability requirements while minimizing downtime and ensuring data integrity.
• Perform regular infrastructure assessments, updates, and patches on storage systems to ensure optimal performance, security, and compliance with industry best practices and organizational standards.
• Troubleshoot storage-related issues, including performance bottlenecks, connectivity issues, and data access problems, utilizing root cause analysis techniques.
• Develop and maintain documentation related to storage architecture, procedures, and configurations, ensuring compliance with industry standards and organizational policies.
• Evaluate and recommend new storage technologies and solutions to enhance system performance, efficiency, and scalability, keeping up to date with emerging trends and vendor offerings.
• Support security initiatives to protect enterprise storage systems, ensuring compliance with applicable security policies, regulations, and best practices.
• Perform regular maintenance activities to ensure the stability and security of storage platforms, including patching, standard changes, disk swaps, etc.
• Continually monitor alerts and dashboards for performance and issues, acting accordingly to maintain reliability of storage platforms.
• Participate in on-call rotation and provide tier-3 support for critical storage-related incidents.

Benefits

• Comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• Incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees