Storage Administrator, Virginia

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Company Name: - JTSi (Johnson Technology Systems, Inc.)

Title:- Storage Administrator

Location:- Onsite - Radford VA

Citizenship: US Citizen with Active DoD Secret clearance

Description of Project and Tasks:

Description:

This position is for a Storage Administrator for a mixed environment of storage networks, consisting of multiple brands of network-attached storage, and fiber channel storage, and fiber channel switches. To be successful in this role, the candidate will be required to manage, maintain, deploy, troubleshoot and support customers accessing storage services.

Key Responsibilities:

Responsible for design of new and existing installations, the configuration, security and maintenance of highly available enterprise data storage systems

Skilled at proactive monitoring of the ongoing operation of storage systems and providing utilization reports to identify problems and corrective actions as needed

Observing performance on FC network and NAS attached storage systems, troubleshoot any performance problems and apply near term fixes that result in long term solutions

Refresh data from one environment to another at the request of the application or service owner customers

Provide input for, and develop documentation/standard operating procedures (SOP) that result in repeatable processes for installation and setup and all artifacts that support the rational; -the how and why we did it this way-

Develop and publish team vetted storage standards and policies as needed

Follow ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) practices for Change Management

Interpersonal Traits:

A team mindset

Strong communication skills, written and oral

Solid desire to learn the ALTESS storage environment

Required Technical Skills:

Five or more years of Storage Administration experience with enterprise level IT environments

Two or more years of experience with Network Attached Storage Administration

Two or more years of experience with Block Storage and FC Network Administration

Two or more years of experience with Linux and Windows Server 2019/2022, to include installation configuration and troubleshooting

Experience with scripting, using PowerShell 2.0 (or higher), bash, and simple scripting

Strong CLI skills

Participate in 24x7, on-call support rotation and expected to work during mission critical situations

Ability to be onsite to perform physical tasks and/or meet and greet with teams and leadership

Desired Tech Skills:

Working knowledge of DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), Security Readiness Review (SRR) scripts, and Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Experience with FC storage

Experience with network attached storage

Experience with FC, CIFS, NFS and iSCSI storage protocols

Experience with block-based replication