Information Technology Senior Consultant LV5

Senior Storage Engineer with hands-on NetApp/SAN/NAS expertise who designs, deploys, and supports large-scale enterprise storage and backup environments (NetBackup, Cohesity, Rubrik, CommVault) across hypervisor platforms, ensuring performance, high availability, and federal security compliance (FISMA/STIG, IAT Level II).



• Hands on NetApp experience a MUST
• Hands-on engineering experience with NetApp and other storage technologies and concepts (Storage Area Network - SAN & Network Attached Storage - NAS)
• Must have knowledge and understanding of protocols such as S3, CIFS, NFS, iSCI, and Fiber Channel Block Storage (SAN)
• Experience with capacity planning and sizing storage and backup environments (to include Veritas NetBackup, Cohesity, Rubrik, & CommVault
• Experience in performance tuning and optimizing storage and backup environments Experience with data center migrations and storage replication technologies
• Senior-level experience with the 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 environments
• 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..
• Experience connecting storage arrays to Hypervisor Technologies (NUTANIX, VMWARE VCF, OpenStack).
• Understanding of security best practices and federal hardening requirements (FISMA, STIG, etc.)
• CompTIA Security+ or similar certification for IAT Level II DoD 8570 compliance
• Proficient written and oral communication skills
• Strong collaborative attitude and ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to take direction
• Design, architect, configure, deploy, upgrade, and support various storage and backup platforms and associated management tools
• Diagnose and troubleshooting 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 • Provide incident support and participate in on-call rotation during off-hours and weekends
• Create and maintain documentation: logical/physical diagrams, run books, and other technical engineering documents
• Demonstrate initiative and commitment to optimizing systems and processes
• Oversee the installation of new storage hardware and software according to standard operating procedures
• Oversee updates to hardware, operating systems, and software as needed to provide required functionality and security
• Ensure systems are monitored and statistics relevant to capacity, performance, utilization, etc., are collected and regularly reviewed
• Keep abreast of current developments in storage and backup technology to assist Federal staff in assessing the future direction of storage and backup technology
• Benefits to working in this role:opportunity to work on critical, high-impact projects that contribute to national security. A high-growth environment with numerous opportunities for professional growth. A collaborative team environment that values innovation and efficiency



• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with 100% employer-paid premiums
• Medical coverage includes HRA / HSA / FSA options
• 100% employer-paid life insurance, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability
• 3 weeks paid PTO annually
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and company match up to 6%
• 11 paid federal holidays