System Engineer

ESM • Richmond, VA

8d • $105,000 - $128,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Enterprise Solutions and Management (ESM) is a rapidly growing government contractor that provides strategic IT services that meet mission needs for Defense and Federal customers. We are hiring a System Engineer to support an enterprise-level program within a federal environment.

Requirements

• Knowledge of enterprise cloud and on-premises infrastructure, including storage systems, backup solutions, disaster recovery, operating systems, and related technologies.
• Skills in storage administration and infrastructure management, including storage arrays, fiber switches, file-sharing technologies, capacity planning, and performance optimization.
• Ability to design, implement, monitor, and troubleshoot complex infrastructure environments to ensure high availability, reliability, and performance.
• Knowledge of backup, data restoration, and disaster recovery principles, including planning, testing, executing, and documenting DR failovers.
• Skill in developing technical documentation, policies, procedures, test plans, and reports while ensuring compliance with organizational standards and regulatory requirements.
• Ability to research emerging technologies, identify infrastructure improvements, and communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Five (5) years of overall professional experience in the engineering field. This includes evaluating, manufacturing, and integrating enterprise-level storage and backup software technologies.
• Three (3) years of hands-on experience managing hybrid storage infrastructure (Azure cloud and/or Amazon Web Services).
• Two (2) years hands-on experience with enterprise SAN (Storage Area Network) management to include capabilities and technologies such as: Fiber Channel zoning, iSCSI, FCoE (Fiber Channel over Ethernet) unified fabric, HBA/CNA (Host Bus Adapter/Converged Network Adapter), storage controllers, and LUN (Logical Unit Number), RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks), and file sharing / NAS (Network Addressable Storage).
• Hands-on experience with enterprise hierarchical storage system management; operation of enterprise backup/restore services, using products such as Cohesity NetBackup, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Backup, Microsoft Azure Recovery Services/Site Recovery, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Backup and Disaster Recovery.
• DOD 8140 baseline certification - IAT Level II
• Approved System or Cloud Engineer certification
• Top Secret clearance

Nice To Haves

• Be a positive, self-motivated, and proactive person with the ability to adapt to change and tolerate stressful situations
• Candidate must communicate effectively with team members, team lead, management, and government customers
• Must have the ability and desire to research and develop creative solutions to unique problems with minimal supervision

Responsibilities

• Provisioning, configuring, operating, and maintaining on-premises and cloud infrastructure, with a focus on enterprise storage, availability, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Provide technical support and hands-on expertise for planning, implementation, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of cloud and storage environments while ensuring compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor and optimize system performance, capacity, backups, data restoration, and disaster recovery capabilities; coordinate and document DR failovers; and maintain high availability of critical applications and systems.
• Design, integrate, and manage storage arrays, fiber switches, file-sharing technologies, and related components.
• Conduct preventative maintenance, storage analysis, capacity and performance planning, and advanced troubleshooting.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, policies, procedures, test plans, and reports, while researching emerging technologies and recommending enhancements to improve efficiency, reliability, and overall infrastructure performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed