Storage Engineer

Our work depends on a Storage Engineer joining our team to support Government activities in Annapolis Junction, MD, Sterling, VA, or Colorado Springs, CO.

As a Storage Engineer supporting the Government, you will be trusted to engineer solutions for storage devices and backup technologies, as well as automating data share and access management.

In this role, a typical day will include:

Participating in requirement analysis, solution design, testing, and implementation of next generation Storage and Backup systems, both on and off premise

Collaborating with the Gov Technical Leads, storage vendors, and cloud providers to evaluate emerging storage technologies

Developing and maintaining the storage demonstration environment in the designated test lab

Develop and execute test plans for storage and backup solutions

Performing root cause analysis for major issues and recommend improvements

Providing storage upgrade recommendations and support system integration activities

Providing Tier 3/4 support to storage and backup platforms

Conducting system security engineering with a Storage/SAN focus

Installing, monitoring, and optimizing storage solutions to achieve Authorize to Operate (ATO)

• High School and 12+ years / Associate’s and 10+ year /Bachelor’s Degree and 8+ years/ Master’s Degree and 6+ years of relevant years of experience required.
• Expertise with enterprise storage and backup platforms (e.g., NetApp, Dell/EMC, Pure Storage, Cohesity, Rubrik, NetBackup) and hyper-converged solutions (VxRail, Nutanix).
• Full lifecycle SAN administration experience including utilization analysis and capacity planning
• Experience with VMware and virtualized environments
• Proficiency in Windows and Red Hat administration
• Familiarity with cloud storage solutions (AWS, Azure, Oracle)
• Broad understanding across related technology domains such as virtualization, networking, Intel-based systems, data center migration, and disaster recovery

Essential Network Security (ENS) Solutions, LLC is a service-disabled veteran owned, highly regarded IT consulting and management firm. ENS consults for the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) providing innovative solutions in the core competency area of Identity, Credential and Access Management (ICAM), Software Development, Cyber and Network Security, System Engineering, Program/Project Management, IT support, Solutions, and Services that yield enduring results. Our strong technical and management experts have been able to maintain a standard of excellence in their relationships while delivering innovative, scalable and collaborative infrastructure to our clients.

Why ENS?

• Free Platinum-Level Medical/Dental/Vision coverage, 100% paid for by ENS
• 401k Contribution from Day 1
• PTO + 11 Paid Federal Holidays
• Long & Short Term Disability Insurance
• Group Term Life Insurance
• Tuition, Certification & Professional Development Assistance
• Workers’ Compensation
• Relocation Assistance

AI tools are an important part of daily work at ENS Solutions, and we are committed to their responsible and ethical use. To ensure a fair and equitable candidate evaluation based on individual skills, knowledge, and experience, candidates are not permitted to use artificial intelligence or other assistive tools during interviews, whether in person or virtual, unless explicit permission has been granted in advance.