Storage Engineer – Enterprise Data Center & Cloud Services

General Dynamics Information Technology • Springfield, WA

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

GDIT is seeking a Storage Engineer for its Federal Civilian Division to support a large-scale, global Cloud and Data Center Services program for the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Technology. The role engineers, administers, and optimizes enterprise storage platforms across hybrid data center environments, including NetApp ONTAP systems, SAN/NAS architecture, data protection, and storage virtualization. The work supports high availability, performance, and mission readiness for DT workloads through operational support, storage lifecycle management, modernization, platform engineering, and cross-domain integration.

The position supports geographically dispersed enterprise data centers and integrates with VMware, converged and cloud infrastructure, monitoring, security, and data protection services. It participates in 24x7x365 storage operations alongside Enterprise Operations and Site Operations teams and follows ITIL-aligned incident, problem, and change management processes. The role also contributes to migration, refresh, expansion, and re-platforming projects; security and compliance activities; performance monitoring and reporting; and engineering documentation and stakeholder collaboration.

This is a contingent position expected to start in Spring 2027. It is hybrid within the National Capital Region, with periodic travel to customer and data center sites. Scheduled hours are 40 per week; required travel is less than 10%. The stated likely salary range is $140,821–$190,523, with compensation dependent on experience, geographic location, and possibly contractual requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• At least 8 years of relevant experience supporting enterprise IT systems, cloud services engineering, or hybrid cloud environments.
• Active Top Secret security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required.
• NetApp Certified Data Administrator – ONTAP (NCDA) or NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer – ONTAP (NCIE).
• VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) or a VMware storage-focused certification, such as vSAN Specialist.
• Expertise in NetApp ONTAP cluster operations, SAN/NAS administration, replication technologies, SnapMirror/SnapVault, and performance troubleshooting.
• Strong background in VMware storage integration, including VMFS, NFS, vVols, datastore capacity planning, and multipath optimization.
• Proficiency in automation and scripting, including PowerShell, Python, REST API, and Ansible.
• Familiarity with converged/hyperconverged platforms, Fibre Channel/iSCSI storage networking, and enterprise monitoring systems.
• Understanding of STIGs, SRGs, FedRAMP requirements, and federal cybersecurity frameworks.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Engineer, deploy, configure, and support NetApp ONTAP storage systems, including clusters, volumes, LIFs, SnapMirror/SnapVault, export policies, and performance tuning.
• Administer SAN/NAS environments supporting mission-critical workloads across geographically dispersed DT data centers.
• Support VMware storage integrations, including vSphere datastore provisioning, VMFS/NFS storage design, storage multipathing, vVols, and performance troubleshooting.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code and storage automation using tools such as Ansible, PowerShell, and REST APIs.
• Participate in engineering platform services, including converged/cloud infrastructure, data protection, monitoring, and security infrastructure.
• Support 24x7x365 storage operations in coordination with Enterprise Operations and Site Operations teams, participating in ITIL-aligned incident, problem, and change management.
• Monitor capacity, performance, replication health, data protection, and storage resiliency across NetApp ONTAP environments.
• Assist with migration projects, storage lifecycle refresh, cluster expansions, and re-platforming initiatives across DT enterprise sites.
• Manage storage allocation, right-sizing, and resource lifecycle to support availability and demand growth.
• Implement storage security best practices, including RBAC, encryption, export controls, secure replication, logging, and auditing.
• Support compliance with FedRAMP, NIST RMF, FISMA, and DT security directives, including vulnerability remediation, configuration hardening, and continuous monitoring.
• Use monitoring platforms to track storage performance, latency, capacity, replication status, trends, and forecasts.
• Provide DT leadership with storage health dashboards, SLA metrics, analytical insights, and lifecycle planning data.
• Integrate storage telemetry with enterprise monitoring, observability, and CMDB systems.
• Collaborate with compute, virtualization, networking, cloud, data protection, cybersecurity, and operations engineers on integrated platform delivery.
• Prepare engineering documentation, runbooks, design diagrams, and knowledge-transfer materials for Government FTEs and support partners.
• Support special projects, modernization pilots, and development of new storage services.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Competitive pay and paid time off.
• Full-flex work weeks where possible.
• Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts.
• Dental plan options and a vision plan.
• Vacation, sick and personal time, holiday, paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
• Short- and long-term disability benefits, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance.

What This Job Offers

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