Storage Area Network; SAN) Administrator

Columbus, Ohio, United States, Dayton, Ohio, United States, Hill AFB, Utah, United States, Richmond, Virginia, United States, Tracy, California, United States

AGE Solutions is a premier technology and professional services company, providing in-depth consulting, advanced technology solutions, and essential services throughout the U.S. government, defense, and intelligence sectors. Prioritizing innovation and client-focused solutions, we assist major agencies in addressing intricate issues and ensuring a more secure future.

We are seeking a SAN Administrator to support a DoD customer with storage and backup requirements across multiple on-premises and cloud environments. The selected candidate will provide engineering and administration support.

Responsibilities Include:

• Performs engineering work concerned with the analysis, planning, designing, evaluating, selecting, and upgrading of Storage Area Network (SAN) systems at an Enterprise level.
• Performs various tests and documents results.
• Administers and maintains Enterprise SAN.
• Provides technical support and troubleshooting of all SAN components.
• Assists in the maintenance and operation of all SAN components and provides experience and input to support the Government for the acquisition of SAN related hardware and software.
• Configures and administers storage arrays, fiber switches, and associated components.
• Manages configuration and administration of data restore, disaster recovery, and backup clients/servers.
• Configures and administers file sharing on NAS devices over various communications protocols (e.g., CIFS, NFS, and SMB).
• Maintains storage aspects of new server integrations, storage allocation, and change management.
• Sets up procedures to consolidate data storage from different platforms, including Windows, UNIX, and Linux.
• Troubleshoots and fixes storage issues; performs routine equipment checks and preventative maintenance.
• Performs storage analysis, capacity planning, and performance planning of storage components.
• Documents operational procedures and participates in the design and ongoing refinement of storage policies.
• Prepares reports on best practices and new technologies to recommend enhancements and configuration changes.

Required Skills, Qualifications, and

Experience:

• Experience:
  • Three (3) 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 software such as Veritas Net Backup.
  • Two (2) years hands‑on experience working with Department of Defense (DoD) IT systems.
• Clearance:
  • Top Secret Clearance or Secret Clearance with favorably adjudicated Tier 5/SSBI investigation.
• Certifications:
  • Must have a compliant DoD 8570 IAT II Certification such as CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, SSCP, CASP CE, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP, GCED, or GCIH
  • Must also have one of the following current certifications:
    • AWS CSA Associate
    • AWS CSA Professional
    • GIAC GDSA
    • MC:
      Azure AA
    • MC:
      Azure SAE
    • Net App Certified Data Administrator
    • Net App Certified hybrid Cloud Implementation Engineer
    • Net App Certified Hybrid Cloud Architect
    • Net App Certified Hybrid Cloud Administrator
    • Net App Certified Implementation Engineer - SAN Specialist, ONTAP
    • Net App Certified Technology Associate
    • Pure Certified Data Storage Associate
    • Pure Certified Flash
      
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