Storage & Data Protection Engineer

Job Overview

HDR is hiring a Storage Engineer to support VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) storage operations.

This on-site role supports 24/7 operations with standard shifts from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Monday through Friday. It requires scheduled on-call flexibility and the ability to remain reachable during off-hours for critical business continuity.

• Support day-to-day administration of vSAN storage policies, storage provisioning activities, and assigned storage service requests.
• Monitor storage capacity, utilization, and health across VCF environments; escalates threshold or performance concerns.
• Assist with routine operation of VCF-native data protection capabilities, including snapshots, replication, and recovery tasks.
• Perform basic backup job monitoring, restore validation support, and operational checks across storage and data protection platforms.
• Help execute standard recovery procedures and participate in disaster recovery preparation activities under guidance.
• Assist with storage performance analysis and remediation for standard workload issues.
• Maintain documentation for storage procedures, backup schedules, restore workflows, and operational runbooks.
• Follow approved change, security, and compliance processes for all storage and recovery activities.
• Participate in incident support and after-action documentation for storage or backup-related events.
• Develop working knowledge of adjacent VCF components that interact with storage services.

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field; or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in infrastructure, systems, storage, backup, or virtualization administration/support.
• Foundational knowledge of enterprise storage concepts such as RAID, SAN, NAS, storage tiers, capacity, and resiliency.
• Foundational experience with VMware vSphere and basic familiarity with VMware vSAN.
• Basic understanding of backup, restore, replication, and disaster recovery concepts.
• Experience with operational documentation, ticketing, and standard change procedures.
• Ability to learn and support technical systems in a structured enterprise environment.

• Exposure to VMware Cloud Foundation environments.
• Experience with backup tools such as Commvault or Veeam.
• Familiarity with snapshot-based protection and replication concepts.
• Basic knowledge of public cloud storage concepts.
• Entry-level VMware or storage-related certification.

• Folsom, CA;
  Denver, CO;
  Englewood, CO: $73,381 - $104,830
• Minneapolis, MN;
  St. Paul, MN: $70,046 - $100,065
• Pennington, NJ: $76,717 - $109,595
• Woodcliff Lake, NJ: $83,388 - $119,125
• Olympia, WA: $66,710 - $95,300