Cloud and Storage Engineer

Overview

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) is seeking a Cloud and Storage Engineer to develop and implement full-scale Storage Area Network (SAN) architecture for a large EMC-based SAN infrastructure in support of a large federal agency. The ideal candidate will be able to excel in a fast-paced environment and successfully produce standards and implementation processes for storage configuration, optimization, replication, and storage security.

Base pay range: $100,949.33/yr - $137,002.66/yr

Employment Type: Full-Time, Experienced

Department: Information technology

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements full scale Storage Area Network (SAN) architecture for a large EMC-based SAN infrastructure in a multi-enterprise, complex, geographically dispersed solution; ranging from single servers to multi-tier, multi-platform solutions connected through fiber channel to multiple EMC Storage Arrays with petabytes of storage capacity
• The SAN architecture considers the following aspects relating to SAN: performance, capacity, replication, disaster recovery, backup disk storage, and backup & recovery
• Defines and sets a strategic direction for the SAN and backup environment
• Designs and implements customer storage requirements into an enterprise solution that will be developed, installed, configured, and deployed in the environment
• Provides overall storage and backup capacity planning, and utilization reporting
• Produces standards and implementation processes for storage configuration, optimization, replication, virtualization, storage security, and disaster recovery
• Troubleshoots complex SAN infrastructure issues and works with customers both internal and external to effectively resolve issues
• Reviews, plans, and participates in executing regularly scheduled maintenances and/or projects on the storage infrastructure
• Develops technical documentation, tiered storage and storage-as-a-service roadmaps, presentations, and cost models
• Responsible for managing, maintaining, and developing the SAN infrastructure as part of a team to ensure 24/7/365 uptime
• Architects and maintains private cloud environment. Professional experience with Gov Cloud (AWS, Azure, etc.) and hybrid cloud architectures desired
• Performs security related tasks which include, but are not limited to, documentation, vulnerability scan review, assessment support, patch management, and auditing as required

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in computer science, business, or other relevant discipline
• Eight (8) years of relevant work experience may be substituted for degree requirement
• Must have significant, direct experience in Dell EMC products such as OneFile System (OneFS), MDS SAN switches, storage arrays (Unity, Isilon, VNS, and RecoverPoint)

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• Flexible Spending