Cloud and Storage Engineer

Summary

Join CGS as a Cloud and Storage Engineer and develop and implement full-scale Storage Area Network (SAN) architecture for a large EMC-based SAN infrastructure supporting a major federal agency. You will excel in a fast-paced environment, creating standards and implementation processes for storage configuration, optimization, replication, and security. The ideal candidate will define strategic direction for the SAN and backup environment, design and implement customer storage requirements, and provide capacity planning and utilization reporting. Troubleshooting complex SAN infrastructure issues and collaborating with internal and external customers is crucial. You will also develop technical documentation, roadmaps, presentations, and cost models, while maintaining and developing the SAN infrastructure for 24/7/365 uptime. Architects and maintains private cloud environment. Professional experience with Gov Cloud (AWS, Azure, etc.) and hybrid cloud architectures desired. This role also involves security-related tasks such as documentation, vulnerability scan review, assessment support, patch management, and auditing.

Requirements

• 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 Data Domain), and RecoverPoint

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
• Performs security related tasks which include, but are not limited to, documentation, vulnerability scan review, assessment support, patch management, and auditing as required

Preferred Qualifications

Professional experience with Gov Cloud (AWS, Azure, etc.) and hybrid cloud architectures desired

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays