DCI Job Requirement for:
Platform Storage Engineer
Location: McLean, VA
Job Description:
Serve as a Platform Storage Engineer
Design, deploy, maintain, and secure platform storage infrastructure
Ensure storage systems meet performance, and availability requirements
Respond to incidents and service requests related to storage infrastructure
Perform routine health checks, capacity planning, and performance analysis
Execute firmware upgrades, patches, and configuration changes as directed
Qualifications:
BS in Computer Science, IT, or related
5+ years of storage engineering experience
Knowledge of Linux distributions, including
- User management, security hardening, and system troubleshooting
Understanding of the following:
- Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over Ethernet
- iSCSI, NFS, SMB/CIFS, NVMe/TCP, NVMe/RoCE
Experience with ext4, XFS, Btrfs and knowing when to use each
Knowledge of RAID levels and disk management techniques
Experience deploying, configuring, and managing SAN and NAS solutions
Hands-on experience with major vendors like
- Dell EMC, NetApp, or HPE Nimble
Experience setting up synchronous/asynchronous data replication for disaster recovery
Experience using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix
- To track performance metrics and identify bottlenecks
Intermediate scripting experience for automating routine tasks
Experience with Ansible, Chef, or Puppet to manage storage infrastructure as code
Experience optimizing NVMe-based systems and managing flash memory performance
Working knowledge of AWS S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage
Familiarity with Ceph, Swift, or other object storage platforms
Knowledge of Lustre, GPFS/Spectrum Scale
Travel up to 20% of the time to perform on-site installations and maintenance
Have current IAM Level II to satisfy DOD 8570 IAT requirements
Required: Active TS/SCI w/ CI Polygraph
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: $160,000-$200,000
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $160,000.00 - $200,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Relocation assistance
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Experience:
- Dell EMC, NetApp, or HPE Nimble: 5 years (Preferred)
- Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix: 5 years (Preferred)
- Ansible, Chef, or Puppet: 5 years (Preferred)
- storage engineering: 5 years (Preferred)
- designing, deploying, maintaining storage infrastructure: 5 years (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- CI Polygraph Security Clearance (Preferred)
Security clearance:
Work Location: In person
