Storage Solutions Engineer IRES - SSFB

Position Title:

Storage Solutions Engineer

Location:

Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO Relocation Assistance:
None available at this time Remote/Telework: NO - Not available for this position Clearance Type:
DoW Secret

Shift: Day shift

Travel Required:

Up to 10% of the time Description of Duties:

The Storage Solutions Engineer supports the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on the Integrated Research and Development for Enterprise Solutions (IRES) contract. The candidate will:

• Install, configure, and troubleshoot Storage Solutions, Linux or Windows servers, workstation and peripheral configurations in a virtualized environment
• Research technologies and leverage optimization techniques to ensure systems operate efficiently
• Track storage performance, identify performance issues, and implement optimization strategies to ensure maximum throughput and reliability.
• Perform necessary physical inspections and research using system/event logs and appropriate tools/software to identify problems, trends and aid in troubleshooting actions.
• Work closely with a team of system administrators, network engineers, and cybersecurity administrators to maintain a high-quality test environment for the Government customer.
• Provide timely updates to appropriate team leads, managers and stakeholders on status of tasks and troubleshooting efforts
• Perform storage capacity planning and forecasting to accommodate future growth and evolving business requirements.
• Expect to work on complex assignments and perform a wide range of both Physical and Virtual system administration activities with little to no direct supervision.
• Make recommendations to plan, develop and execute work plans that achieve critical-path requirements
• Communicate with storage and server hardware and software vendors as required
• Collaborate and communicate with internal and external team members and customers as needed
• Maintain procedures for the delivery of backup materials to recovery facilities/sites.

• Must have 8, or more, years of general (full-time) work experience
  • May be reduced with completion of advanced education
• Must have 4, or more, years of directly related experience in IT systems, installing and configuring operating systems and virtual machines, and troubleshooting
• Must have strong knowledge of storage technologies, including SAN, NAS, cloud storage, and backup solutions.
• Must have familiarity with storage management tools (e.g. 3
  
  PAR, Nimble, Net App, EMC, Dell, IBM, etc.)
• Must have experience with storage protocols (e.g. iSCSI, FC, NFS, SMB)
• Must have strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex storage related issues
• Must have experience building, configuring and deploying servers/systems using VMware
• Must have experience with the design, installation, upgrading and migration of storage using VMware vSAN.
• Must have administration experience on RHEL 7 and 8 using Command Line Interface
• Must have a current DoD approved 8570 Level II certification such as Security+ CE
• Must have, or obtain, an active DoW Secret Security Clearance

• Have experience with Net App and or Veeam Storage solutions
• Have knowledge of Missile Defense, DoD communications systems and MDIOC operations
• Have knowledge of HPE Alletra 5000, 6000, 9000 series of storage solutions
• Have experience with Python or Powershell programming and scripting.
• Have a Degree in an IT or Engineering related discipline

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days. If a candidate has not been selected at that time, it will continue to be posted until a suitable candidate is selected or the position is closed.

$110,000 – $125,000

The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a…