Key skills
Performance OptimizationLeadership
About this role
Job Title: Storage Engineer SME
Location: Remote/Telework
Duration: 6 + Months Contract
s are encouraged to apply for this positions, Consultant must acquire a Public Trust clearance
This role architects, implements, and sustains highly available storage platforms supporting mission-critical Client workloads across primary, alternate, and regional environments. The engineer drives performance optimization, capacity planning, and resilient backup and recovery strategies to meet recovery objectives, continuity requirements, and operational service levels. This position ensures storage operations align with organizational and federal compliance requirements and coordinates closely with EOC, infrastructure, network, and security teams.
Experience:
- 12+ years of experience in enterprise storage architecture, design, and administration.
- Expertise with SAN/NAS technologies, storage virtualization, and enterprise backup/recovery solutions.
- Experience leading complex storage migrations, upgrades, and integration with cloud and on-premises environments.
- Advanced expertise in storage performance tuning, capacity planning, risk assessment, and disaster recovery strategies.
Technical Skills:
- Enterprise SAN/NAS platforms and storage virtualization
- Enterprise backup/recovery, replication, and disaster recovery operations
- Storage performance monitoring, tuning, and capacity management methodologies
- Advanced troubleshooting of mission-critical storage issues and operational risk assessment
- Cross-functional integration with infrastructure, network, and security teams
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Industry certification such as NetApp, EMC, or equivalent is strongly preferred.
- Hands-on experience with enterprise storage platforms and large-scale storage administration.
- Experience developing and enforcing storage standards, policies, and operational best practices.
- Experience supporting storage compliance, audit readiness, and documentation in federal IT environments.
- Demonstrated technical leadership and mentorship of junior storage engineers.
- NetApp, EMC, or equivalent industry certification.