Storage Engineer
About The Position
SarelaTech is seeking a Senior Storage Engineer in Fort Belvoir, VA to partner on a large enterprise IT contract for the Department of War (DoW) to support storage operations across multiple geographic locations. The Storage Engineer SME provides senior technical leadership for enterprise storage services under the Defense Threat Reduction Agency Information Management & Technical Directorate Integrated Information Technology Services (I3TS) contract. This role architects, implements, and sustains highly available storage platforms supporting mission-critical I3TS workloads across primary, alternate, and regional environments. The engineer drives performance optimization, capacity planning, and resilient backup and recovery strategies to meet recovery objectives, continuity requirements, and operational service levels. This position ensures storage operations align with organizational and federal compliance requirements and coordinates closely with EOC, infrastructure, network, and security teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or a Master’s degree with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience. Additional experience may be taken into consideration in lieu of a degree.
- Extensive experience administering enterprise-level data storage systems (Dell Storage Center, Dell Compellent, and Data Domain preferred) 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; Understanding of Cloud storage management.
- Extensive experience managing and administering Veritas Rubrik
- Experience with scripting technologies such as PowerShell
- Working knowledge of Unix or Linux based operating systems
- Working knowledge of Distributed File System (DFS)
- Excellent communication skills
- Candidate must, at a minimum, meet DoD 8570.11- IAT Level II certification requirements (currently Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, GSEC, or SSCP along with an appropriate computing environment (CE) certification)
- An active Top Secret/SCI clearance is required for this position.
- US Citizenship is required.
Responsibilities
- Architects, implements, and sustains highly available storage platforms supporting mission-critical I3TS workloads across primary, alternate, and regional environments.
- Drives performance optimization, capacity planning, and resilient backup and recovery strategies to meet recovery objectives, continuity requirements, and operational service levels.
- Ensures storage operations align with organizational and federal compliance requirements.
- Coordinates closely with EOC, infrastructure, network, and security teams.
- Supervising others
- Mentoring junior team members
- Completing complex projects with minimal direction
- Supporting a 24/7/365 customer environment
- Contributing to deliverables and meeting performance metrics
- Coordinating with senior management and customers
Benefits
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Bonus based on performance
- Dental insurance
- Employee discounts
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Profit sharing
- Training & development
- Tuition assistance
- Vision insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
