Storage Design Engineer

Zachary Piper Solutions is currently seeking a Storage Design Engineer to join a global mission supporting the USMC. This important work will provide secure end-to-end information technology (IT) services to more than 400,000 hardware devices and 800,000 users in the U.S. and abroad. As a Storage Design Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in storage architecture, capacity planning, SAN/NAS engineering, and high availability/disaster recovery (HA/DR) within a high-security environment. This is an on-site position on a multi year program located in Quantico, VA. This position requires an active Secret Clearance for consideration.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and administer enterprise storage infrastructure, including SAN, NAS, and hybrid storage environments.
• Perform capacity planning, performance analysis, and workload modeling to optimize storage utilization and forecast future requirements.
• Develop and maintain capacity plans, performance reports, and utilization analytics across multiple systems and applications.
• Engineer and integrate NetApp (ONTAP 8.x/9.x) and EMC storage solutions, including FlexVols, LUNs, CIFS/NFS shares.
• Design and support High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HA/DR) solutions, including replication, failover, and recovery strategies.
• Configure and manage Fiber Channel, iSCSI, NAS, and switching fabric integrations.
• Implement data protection solutions such as SnapMirror, SnapCenter, snapshots, de-duplication, mirroring, and retention policies.
• Support virtualized storage environments, including VMware and Hyper-V integrations (e.g., Virtual Storage Console).
• Perform storage security design and compliance activities, ensuring adherence to Information Assurance (IA) requirements.
• Execute hardware/software upgrades, firmware updates, and analyze impact to system performance.
• Integrate storage solutions with Microsoft technologies (DFS, Exchange, SQL Server) and manage quotas, file sharing, and LUN allocation.
• Utilize tools such as Active IQ, System Manager, ONTAP CLI, Data Fabric Manager, and PowerShell for automation and operations.
• Collaborate daily with program stakeholders, engineers, and operations teams to deliver mission objectives.

Requirements:

• Active Secret Clearance required
• IAT III (SecurityX, CASP, or CISSP) certification required
• 10+ years of experience in storage engineering, capacity planning, and performance management
• Strong expertise in NetApp technologies, including ONTAP (8.x/9.x), SnapMirror, SnapCenter, System Manager, and ONTAP CLI
• Experience integrating storage with VMware and Hyper-V environments
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals, including IP routing, LAN, and application protocols
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience)

Compensation to Include:

• Salary Range: $115,000 - $150,000 **depending on experience**
• Full Benefits: Cigna Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Paid Time off (PTO), Sick Leave if required by Law

This job posting opens on 6/11/26 and will remain open for at least 30 days from the job posting date

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Keywords: Storage Engineering, NetApp, ONTAP, SAN, NAS, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS, LUNs, FlexVols, SnapMirror, SnapCenter, Active IQ, Data Fabric Manager, Storage Architecture, Capacity Planning, Performance Analysis, Disaster Recovery, High Availability, VMware, Hyper-V, Storage Virtualization, Fiber Channel, Data Protection, Firmware Upgrades, System Manager, Storage Security, Enterprise Storage, SQL Server, Exchange, DFS, CloudOps, Storage Automation, PowerShell, API Development