Senior Storage Engineer

Location: Remote (Blue Bell, PA preferred)

Employment Type: Contract (W2 through Zip Staff — No C2C or 1099)

Zip Staff is seeking an experienced Storage Engineer with deep expertise in Dell EMC platforms to support enterprise storage engineering for a major healthcare analytics and payment integrity organization.

This fully remote role focuses on Power Scale/Isilon (OneFS) and Dell EMC ECS object storage, including architecture, performance, protocols, and production support. Candidates must bring dedicated enterprise storage experience with strong hands‑on Dell EMC knowledge.

• Design, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot enterprise storage solutions with a primary focus on Dell EMC Power Scale/Isilon (OneFS) and ECS.
• Administer Smart Pools, Smart Quotas, SyncIQ, InsightIQ, and DataIQ capabilities.
• Deploy and manage Dell EMC ECS, including buckets, name spaces, and geo-replication.
• Configure and support file and object protocols including NFS (v3/v4), SMB/CIFS, and S3 API.
• Apply strong storage networking knowledge (TCP/IP, DNS, VLANs, LACP) and directory services integration (Active Directory, LDAP, Kerberos).
• Analyze complex system logs and performance metrics to resolve issues and optimize environments.
• Support production availability, capacity management, and operational excellence.

• 5+ years of dedicated enterprise storage engineering experience, with at least 3+ years specifically focused on Dell EMC platforms.
• Deep technical knowledge of Power Scale/Isilon (OneFS) architecture, including Smart Pools, Smart Quotas, SyncIQ, InsightIQ, and DataIQ.
• Proven experience deploying and managing Dell EMC ECS (Elastic Cloud Storage), with strong understanding of object-based architectures, buckets, name spaces, and geo-replication.
• Advanced understanding of file and object protocols, including NFS (v3/v4), SMB/CIFS, and S3 API.
• Strong grasp of storage networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, VLANs, LACP) and directory services integration (Active Directory, LDAP, Kerberos).
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze complex system logs and performance metrics.
• Ability to work fully remote.

• Experience with other Dell EMC storage arrays (Power Max, VPLEX) or SAN switches (Brocade, Cisco MDS).
• Familiarity with hybrid-cloud storage tiering (e.g., Cloud Pools tiering to AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools (Ansible, Terraform).
• Scripting proficiency in Python, Power Shell, or Bash.
• Background in healthcare, payment integrity, or regulated environments.

• Health Insurance.
• Dental Insurance.
• Vision Insurance.
• 401(k) + 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off.
• Referral Program.

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