Senior Storage Engineer TS/SCI required

We are seeking a TS/SCI cleared Senior Storage Engineer for a contract with an Intelligence Community agency in Chantilly, VA. The candidate will design, architect, configure, deploy, upgrade and support various storage and backup appliances and associates management tools.

Requirements

• BS degree and 8+ years of related experience; or equivalent combination
• Hands on engineering experience with NetApp storage, Brocade and/or Cisco Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks, and other storage technologies and concepts
• Experience with SAN, NAS and iSCSI storage implementations
• Experience designing, installing and supporting storage appliances and associated management utilities
• Experience with capacity planning and sizing storage and backup environments
• Experience in performance tuning and optimizing storage and backup environments
• Experience with data center migrations and storage replication technologies
• Senior level experience configuring and deploying various storage platforms
• Strong experience with design, development, implementation, and maintenance of storage systems, preferably across multiple hardware and software platforms
• Experience with managing work tasks via tools such as JIRA and ServiceNow
• Strong experience with design, development, implementation and maintenance of large-scale systems, preferably across multiple hardware platforms and data centers
• Strong understanding of high availability concepts with practical experience and implementation of key components in storage environment
• Strong understanding of fundamental hardware concepts: disk, memory, CPU, NIC, HBA, firmware, RAID, performance concepts (I/O, paging, swapping, system calls), iSCSI, Fiber Channel, Ethernet
• Strong understanding of essential TCP/IP concepts: TCP, UDP, ICMP, SMTP, SNMP, LDAP, DNS, NTP, etc.
• Understanding of security best practices, federal hardening requirements (FISMA, STIG, etc.)
• System configuration based on security guidelines such as DISA STIGs
• CompTIA Security+ or similar for IAT Level II DoD 8570 certification
• Strong written and oral communication skills

Benefits

• Industry competitive salary well above market average
• 401K plan with 4% company match, immediately fully vested
• Referral bonuses up to $5,000
• 100% company-paid benefits
• Gold PPO Medical plan for employee + family
• Vision and Dental plan for employee + family
• Short Term Disability for employee
• Long Term Disability for employee
• Life Insurance for employee
• Flexible Paid Time Off Policy
• 180 hours (minimum) per year of PTO with additional time at manager discretion
• 10+ Company Holidays per year
• 6 weeks paid maternity and paternity leave
• Flexible work environment to accommodate commuting, family and personal schedules
• Company sponsored training and certifications
• No questions asked professional/business/technical book reimbursement
• Company paid training and conference attendance and travel expenses