Systems Engineer

Description

The company provides consulting, technology, and professional services to U.S. government, defense, and intelligence clients, helping major agencies solve complex problems.

This role supports a DoD customer with storage and backup across on-premises and cloud environments, providing engineering and administration support.

Responsibilities

• Provision, run, install, configure, and maintain systems hardware, software, and supporting infrastructure.
• Give technical guidance and hands-on help across planning, rollout, and day-to-day operations.
• Take part in research and development that keeps the infrastructure improving.
• Confirm that hardware, operating systems, software, and procedures meet organizational values and regulatory rules.
• Write up specifications, project plans, configurations, and test plans with results.
• Explain complex designs and issues to mixed audiences, and share project goals, scope, and status with teams.
• Build, integrate, and manage storage arrays, fiber switches, backup solutions, and related components.
• Track and report on data restore and disaster recovery readiness.
• Suggest process improvements and efficiency gains.
• Run data backup solutions so mission goals are met.
• Research, build, and roll out file sharing technologies for customer needs.
• Troubleshoot advanced storage problems and advise on fixes.
• Carry out routine equipment checks and preventive maintenance.
• Analyze storage use and plan for capacity and performance.
• Write and review operating procedures and documentation for new and existing technologies.
• Write policies and procedures for the storage environment, and help design and refine them over time.
• Prepare reports on storage administration best practices and new technologies, and recommend enhancements and configuration changes.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of professional engineering experience, including evaluating, building, and integrating enterprise storage and backup software.
• 2 years of hands-on enterprise SAN management, covering Fibre Channel zoning, iSCSI, FCoE unified fabric, HBA and CNA adapters, storage controllers, LUNs, RAID, and file sharing or NAS.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise hierarchical storage management and with running enterprise backup and restore services using tools such as Veritas NetBackup and Cohesity Cloud.
• 2 years of hands-on experience with Department of War (DoW) IT systems.
• Top Secret clearance, or Secret clearance with a favorably adjudicated Tier 5/SSBI investigation.
• A current DoD 8570 IAT II certification, such as CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, SSCP, CASP CE, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP, GCED, or GCIH.
• Also one current certification from this list: AWS CSA Associate, AWS CSA Professional, GIAC GDSA, MC: Azure AA, MC: Azure SAE, NetApp Certified Data Administrator, NetApp Certified Hybrid Cloud Implementation Engineer, NetApp Certified Hybrid Cloud Architect, NetApp Certified Hybrid Cloud Administrator, NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer - SAN Specialist ONTAP, NetApp Certified Technology Associate, Pure Certified Data Storage Associate, Pure Certified FlashArray Implementation Specialist, or Veritas Certified Specialist NetBackup.
• Preferred: certifications from multiple vendors, including Pure, NetApp, Microsoft, AWS, and Google Cloud.

Conditions

Live within commutable distance of Richmond, VA or Tracy, CA to work onsite full time.

Spend extended hours at a computer in an office, and work from comm closets when needed.

Projected salary of $110,000+ per year. Final pay depends on years of relevant experience, active security clearance level, certifications, technical skills, contract requirements, and overall qualifications.

Benefits

• 26 days of paid leave covering vacation, sick, personal time, and holidays, used however you choose.
• Performance bonuses based on individual contributions and company-wide results.
• 401(k) with a 3% company match, vesting immediately.
• Company-paid life insurance up to $300K, with options for additional coverage for you and your dependents.
• Multiple medical plans, dental, vision, FSA, and HSA options.
• 15 days of fully paid parental leave for new parents.
• Military differential pay so employees on active duty do not lose income while serving.
• Paid training and certifications, tuition reimbursement, and the tools and technology needed to do the job.
• Shared success: if the company is sold, the CEO has committed to returning 80% of net proceeds to employees.