Storage Engineer - TS/SCI

Location: Bethesda, MD

Category: Systems Engineering
Travel Required: No
Remote Type: No
Clearance: TS/SCI w/ polygraph

This role requires technical expertise in storage engineering, system administration, and operations. This role is responsible for optimizing the configuration of the enterprise storage infrastructure to maximize availability, performance, and capacity. This role participates in the lifecycle process of purchasing, installing, maintaining, and replacing storage devices across on-premise and cloud IT environments. This role collects and evaluates metrics to optimize storage operations. This individual identifies risks, performs assessments, and analyzes risk mitigation strategies. Finally, this individual is responsible for developing and maintaining system documentation and procedures in accordance with customer requirements. The Customer utilizes an Agile Framework to plan and successfully complete all initiatives.

This is a 100% on-site position.

Primary Responsibilities

Systems Engineering / Architecture / Lifecycle Design

• Design and engineer scalable enterprise storage architectures supporting performance, resiliency, high availability, and mission growth requirements across on-premise and cloud environments.
• Develop logical and physical storage architectures, reference designs, and engineering roadmaps aligned to customer mission requirements and future capacity demands.
• Perform systems design and engineering analysis for storage modernization initiatives, including solution trade studies, technology evaluations, and engineering recommendations.
• Engineer lifecycle replacement strategies for enterprise storage infrastructure, balancing risk, obsolescence, cost, and operational continuity.
• Develop and maintain engineering artifacts including architecture diagrams, low-level designs, interface documentation, data flow mappings, and implementation plans.
• Apply systems engineering principles to storage integration, interoperability, performance optimization, and infrastructure resilience.
• Perform engineering analysis of system dependencies, failure modes, and technical risks; develop mitigation strategies to improve reliability and supportability.

Advanced Engineering / Design Responsibilities

• Engineer and optimize storage solutions for multi-petabyte environments supporting virtualization, GPU/compute-intensive workloads, and mission-critical applications.
• Provide engineering support for performance modeling, capacity forecasting, and lifecycle planning using operational metrics and trend analysis.
• Contribute to disaster recovery architecture, data protection engineering, and continuity solution design for enterprise storage services.
• Experience with systems engineering lifecycle methodologies, including requirements development, systems design, architecture, integration, testing, sustainment, and lifecycle refresh.

• Demonstrated knowledge of storage systems architecture, lifecycle engineering, and infrastructure modernization principles.
• Familiarity with model-based or traditional systems engineering disciplines, architecture frameworks, and engineering documentation practices preferred.
• Install, configure, and administer enterprise storage systems from multiple vendors to include, but not limited to, Dell EMC and Quantum
• Install, configure, and administer Rubrik server and client software. Schedule and monitor backup policies. Generate backup status reports as required
• Administer Cisco Brocade fiber channel switch fabrics. Configure single initiator zone sets and monitor switch utilization and performance
• Create and secure SMB file shares
• Coordinate with server administrators to create, secure, and mount NFS exports
• Develop and implement Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations plans in accordance with customer requirements
• Install, configure, maintain, and administer Linux and Windows servers in support of storage operations such as Rubrik, Media, DSM and Master servers
• Build capacity management dashboards that improve visibility into enterprise storage use, health, resilience, and provide ongoing resources for planning for enterprise infrastructure lifecycle replacement
• Configure Rubrik policies. Troubleshoot and resolve backup job failures
• Coordinate with vCenter administrators to provision Storage Area Network (SAN) resources to VMWare ESX cluster datastores as required
• Configure and manage volume snapshots. Assist customers with point-in-time file restores
• Schedule and monitor volume replication for disaster recovery
• Monitor health and availability of infrastructure applications and systems
• Work with vendors to troubleshoot and resolve hardware and software failures
• Coordinate with Change Management to deconflict and schedule hardware maintenance activities, system and firmware updates, and other configuration changes
• Execute system changes during scheduled maintenance windows
• Monitor and evaluate system performance and capacity trends
• Resolve tier 2 and tier 3 service requests
• Identify opportunities to automate operations. Develop automated solutions that take advantage of Dell and NetApp system APIs
• Seek opportunities for continuous improvement to support effective and efficient operations
• Work with Cloud Storage solutions as needed for Cloud applications
• Work independently with minimal supervision
• Mentor junior team members

Basic Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant experience, or Masters degree with 6+ years of experience. Additional years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Experience administering enterprise-level data storage systems (Dell Storage Center, Dell Compellent, and Data Domain preferred) with a demonstrated understanding of the following services and technologies:
  • SAN administration including provisioning of LUNs, managing fibre channel zoning, and mapping storage to servers
  • NAS administration including NFS and SMB file sharing
  • Integration with VMWare ESX Server
  • Data migration strategies
  • Snapshots
  • Volume replication
  • Managing file and share permissions in an Active Directory environment
  • Storage monitoring and performance tuning
  • Understanding of Cloud storage management
• Experience managing and administering Veritas Rubrik
• Experience with scripting technologies such as PowerShell
• Working knowledge of Unix or Linux based operating systems
• Working knowledge of Distributed File System (DFS)
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to complete complex projects with minimal direction
• Experience working independently to support a 24/7/365 customer environment
• Experience contributing to deliverables and meeting performance metrics
• Experience coordinating with senior management and customers
• Candidate must, at a minimum, meet DoD 8140/8570.11- IAT Level II certification requirements (Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, GICSP, GSEC, or SSCP along with an appropriate computing environment (CE) certification). An IAT Level III certification would also be acceptable (CASP+, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP, GCED, GCIH, CCSP).

Security Clearance

• Due to the nature of the government contracts we support, US Citizenship is required.
• TS/SCI with CI Poly is required for position or a TS/SCI and willingness to obtain a Poly.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Disaster Recovery and COOP storage backup and recovery within and across the data centers and the Cloud
• Ability to analyze cloud migration approaches to support customer decision making for effective and efficient cloud migrations
• Experience managing Distributed File System (DFS) namespaces

Who We Are

Sunayu, LLC serves as a premier technology partner to the Defense and Intelligence communities, delivering mission-critical engineering solutions across the nation. Our operations are anchored in a commitment to trust, accountability, and ethical transparency, ensuring the high-performance outcomes necessary to protect our country's most vital interests.

Culture

Our strength lies in our community: Our team prioritizes collaboration, professional growth, and encourages open communication. At Sunayu, we don't just secure the mission-we grow together.

Career Development

We support and encourage our team members to continue their professional growth by providing company-reimbursed training and continuing education of up to $5,000 per year. We also participate in many industry conferences and events where we share our expertise and experiences.

Pay Rate

Salary range considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits

• 3 Medical Plan Options
• Dental and Vision
• FSA, DCFSA, HSA
• Life/AD&D Insurance
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Training and Educational Assistance
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 11 Federal holidays
• 401k plan with up to a 6% match (100% immediate vesting)

Equal Opportunity Employer

Sunayu, LLC 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, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status, marital status, genetic information, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.