Storage Engineer

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret/SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required:

Job Family:

Network Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Capacity Planning, iSCSI SAN, Network-Attached Storage (NAS)

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

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Transform technology into opportunity as a Storage Engineer with GDIT. A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. At GDIT you’ll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Storage Engineer you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on TS/SCI Cleared Storage Engineer joining our team to support our intelligence customer in Arnold, MO or Springfield, VA.

HOW A STORAGE ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

Responsibilities and Duties

• Design, architect, configure, deploy, upgrade and support various storage and backup platforms and associated management tools.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot storage systems and other related technologies
• Adhere to engineering and architecture standards and participate in technical review meetings as required
• Participate in the evaluation, deployment, management, and integration of new technologies in alignment with other engineers, architects, and technical service lanes
• Incident support and participation in on-call rotation during off hours and weekends
• Create and maintain documentation: logical/physical diagrams, run books and other technical engineering documents
• Consistently demonstrate initiative and commitment to optimizing systems and processes
• Oversee the Installation of new storage hardware and software according to standard operating procedures
• Oversees the updates to hardware, operating systems, and software as needed to provide required functionality and security
• Ensures systems are monitored and statistics relevant to capacity, performance, utilization, etc. are collected and regularly reviewed
• Keeps abreast of current developments in storage and backup technology to assist Federal staff in assessing the future direction of storage and backup technology

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Required Qualifications and Skills

• BS degree and 5+ years of related experience; or equivalent combination
• Hands on engineering experience with NetApp and other storage technologies and concepts
• Experience with SAN, NAS and iSCSI storage implementations
• Experience with capacity planning and sizing storage and backup environments
• Experience in performance tuning and optimizing storage and backup environments
• Experience with data center migrations and storage replication technologies
• Senior level experience with design, development, implementation and maintenance of large-scale systems, preferably across multiple hardware platforms and data centers
• Strong understanding of high availability concepts with practical experience and implementation of key components in storage environment
• Strong understanding of fundamental hardware concepts:  disk, memory, CPU, NIC, HBA, firmware, RAID, performance concepts (I/O, paging, swapping, system calls), iSCSI, Fiber Channel, Ethernet
• Strong understanding of essential TCP/IP concepts:  TCP, UDP, ICMP, SMTP, SNMP, LDAP, DNS, NTP, etc.
• Understanding of security best practices, federal hardening requirements (FISMA, STIG, etc.)
• CompTIA Security+ or similar for IAT Level II DoD 8570 certification

• Proficient written and oral communication skills
• Strong collaborative attitude and ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to take direction

Desired Qualifications and Skills

• NetApp Certification
• PowerShell/Python scripting experience
• Experience leveraging scripts to audit and enforce configuration standards
• Amazon Web Services / C2S experience

Location: On Customer SIte

US Citizenship Required

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

● 401K with company match
● Comprehensive health and wellness packages
● Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
● Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
● Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
● Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

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The likely salary range for this position is $97,258 - $131,584. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA MO Arnold

Additional Work Locations:

USA VA Springfield

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation’s most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real.

GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.