Storage System Engineer

Quantum Sky•Dulles, VA

10d•$170,000 - $180,000•Onsite

About The Position

Quantum Sky is seeking a Storage System Engineer (Systems Engineer III) to join our team onsite at our Customer Program in Dulles, VA. The candidate will be assigned to a National Systems ISP/ASP program within our government services product line to help create, deploy, and support an element of the customer’s Future Ground Architecture and Infrastructure Service Provider platform.

Requirements

5-7 years of experience with SAN and NAS storage systems
B.S./B.A. in Aerospace Engineering, Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Computer Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or Math with 5-7 years of relevant work experience
Experience in ISP/ASP compute, network, and storage environments
Systems engineering experience on a large government cloud deployment contract
Demonstrated judgment in managing competing priorities to meet program objectives
Experience in identifying risks and establishing effective mitigation and contingency plans
Experience with Hitachi, Dell EMC, SGI, and NetApp storage environments
Experience with fiber channel storage switching fabric and Ethernet storage network systems
Experience with VMware and Windows support
Experience with large-scale VMware storage configurations, including design, deployment, and maintenance
Experience with Veritas NetBackup 8.0
Knowledge of backup systems and server technologies related to archive and storage
Ability to interface with program and company leadership, customers, and end users
Willingness to work overtime to meet key deadlines and lead team efforts
Experience in Computer Network and Systems Administration domains
Proficiency in integrating and solving complex infrastructure problems
Ability to convert and upgrade older infrastructure to new technologies
Proficiency in developing, revising, and maintaining technical and operational documentation
Must have a current CompTIA Security+ CE or IAT Level II certification
Active and in-scope United States TS/SCI with CI polygraph security clearance

Nice To Haves

Opportunity to grow technical competence in areas such as SAN, NAS, Backups, Windows, Linux, virtualization, User Authentication, DNS, NFS, and system imaging/build automation

Responsibilities

Ensuring continuity of operations across six data center sites and one test site using High Availability technologies.
Supporting server processing and virtualization needs for multiple Active Directory domains.
Leading large-scale migrations from legacy to standardized environments.
Supporting Operations and Maintenance, Post Deployment, and Integration of new technology.
Collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams.
Creating technical work products.
Evaluating customer change requests.
Engaging with customer and third-party operations.
Presenting status and plans at customer change board meetings.
Working overtime to meet key deadlines.
Mentoring and sharing knowledge to improve team performance.
Defining computing requirements and creating end-to-end solutions in collaboration with partners.
Ensuring high reliability and performance through systems monitoring and infrastructure management.
Responding to and using an online ticketing system for user service requests.
Ensuring server and application compliance with security and performance requirements (NISPOM, RMF/DISA).
Converting and upgrading older infrastructure to new technologies.