Storage Architect; Senior

Job Title:

Storage Architect (Senior)

Job Category:
Information Technology

Time Type:
Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:
Secret

Employee Type:
Regular

Percentage of

Travel Required:

Up to 10%

Type of Travel:
Local

CACI is seeking a Senior Storage Architect for the Global Mission Operations Support (GMOS) contract, supporting the Department of State. This role offers a unique opportunity to enhance national security through advanced IT solutions. You will collaborate with experienced professionals in an innovative environment, guiding a high-performing team to deliver excellence. The GMOS contract aims to provide world-class IT support by modernizing and maintaining applications and infrastructure using an integrated IT Service Management approach.

Join us to make a meaningful impact on a program of national importance.

• Lead design of server and storage filer infrastructure supporting distributed high-volume data storage across 350+ global facilities
• Design comprehensive strategies for enterprise storage systems, setting standards for operations, programming, and security compliance
• Design enterprise backup services including off-site redundant backup storage, integrity checks, and audit processes to ensure data protection and recoverability
• Design storage solutions leveraging modern technologies to improve scalability, performance, and reliability for mission-critical operations
• Integrate new storage systems with existing infrastructure, ensuring optimal system performance supporting 40,000+ users
• Design comprehensive backup and restoration infrastructure utilizing modern platforms, ensuring adherence to industry best practices
• Design storage infrastructure with integrity checks and audit processes ensuring Department of State compliance and data governance requirements
• Develop storage capacity planning models and forecasting strategies to support enterprise growth and modernization initiatives
• Collaborate with security teams, database administrators, and application owners to ensure storage architectures meet data protection, performance, and integration requirements
• Function as a technical expert across multiple project assignments, planning and leading major storage architecture initiatives while mentoring team members and supervising infrastructure design activities

• Bachelor's degree + 8 years of experience in related fields, such as storage architecture, infrastructure engineering, systems administration, data center design, or enterprise architecture; equivalencies considered.
• Active Secret Clearance
• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise storage architectures for large-scale, geographically distributed environments
• Demonstrated expertise in storage technologies including SAN, NAS, object storage, and modern backup and recovery platforms
• Strong knowledge of capacity planning, data protection strategies, and high-availability storage design
• Excellent leadership abilities with proven experience planning and leading major storage infrastructure initiatives, functioning as a subject matter expert, and supervising architecture teams

• Prior experience supporting federal agencies, especially the Department of State
• Professional certifications such as Dell EMC Proven Professional, Net App Certified Implementation Engineer (NCIE), or similar storage architecture certifications
• Experience with cloud storage solutions (AWS S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage) and hybrid storage architectures
• Knowledge of data governance, compliance frameworks, and experience designing storage infrastructure for 300+ geographically distributed facilities

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