Information Technology Subject Matter Expert – Storage & Data Protection

Description

• Serve as Key Personnel and lead technical advisor on enterprise storage, backup systems, and business continuity/disaster recovery (BC/DR) architecture.
• Design, implement, and maintain risk assessment frameworks, disaster recovery runbooks, and failover validation methodologies across on-premises and hybrid cloud environments.
• Lead the evaluation, architectural design, implementation, and lifecycle management of enterprise storage arrays (featuring Net App ONTAP and Pure Storage) and fabric switches (Brocade Fibre Channel).
• Oversee enterprise-class data protection, backup, and restore operations featuring Cohesity Data Protect, Veritas Net Backup, and commercial cloud storage tiers (AWS S3/Glacier, Azure Blob/Backup, OCI).
• Architect and implement storage security controls, including ransomware mitigation, data immutability, encryption-at-rest/in-transit, and compliance with DISA STIGs and IAVAs to ensure audit readiness.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex, escalated storage bottlenecks, fabric connectivity failures, and backup anomalies; perform root cause analysis and communicate actionable solutions to leadership.
• Drive infrastructure automation using scripting (Python, Power Shell, Bash) and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to streamline storage capacity forecasting, volume provisioning, and backup policy enforcement.
• Oversee storage presentation, multipathing (MPIO), and backup agent configurations for Windows Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) hosting enterprise database systems (Oracle, SQL Server).
• Mentor, guide, and lead engineering teams, fostering technical excellence, peer reviews, and adherence to operational standards.
• Author and review comprehensive technical documentation, including SOPs, system designs, project schedules, disaster recovery plans, and executive status reports.
  
  Nex Gen Data Systems is seeking an Information Technology Subject Matter Expert. This position will serve as a Management Information System (MIS) manager. Designs, develops, and manages implementation of risk assessment and business contingency planning framework, methodology and tools to ensure business continuity of operations across a large, multi-division, decentralized organization. Supports multi-language, multi-platform and multi-operating system operations and utilizes electronic commerce and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) applications.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

• Active Department of Defense Secret security clearance required (IT-I / Critical-Sensitive determination / Tier 5 SSBI investigation required).
• DoD Approved 8570 / 8140 baseline certification required: IAT Level II (e.g., Security+ CE, CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, CND, or SSCP).
• Relevant Computing Environment (CE) certification required (at least one of the following):
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
• Microsoft Certified:
  Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Net App Certified Data Administrator (NCDA ONTAP)
• Net App Certified Implementation Engineer – SAN Specialist (NCIE SAN ONTAP)
• Net App Certified Hybrid Cloud Administrator / Architect / Implementation Engineer
• Cohesity Certified Protection Associate (Data Protect) / Professional (Net Backup)
• Dell Certified Associate – Information Storage and Management (DCA-ISM)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent; relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Minimum of five (5) years of progressive…