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# Storage Architect

- **Company:** BENZ TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- **Location:** Fort Meade, MD, United States
- **Salary:** $170,000.0 - $215,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Backup Devices, Server Message Block, Data Deduplication, Information Lifecycle Management, Internet Small Computer System Interface (ISCSI), NetBackup, NetApp Applications, Network File Systems, Performance Tuning, Google Cloud, Pure Storage, Storage Technologies, Data Management, Veeam, Commvault
- **Published:** October 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3bd184ccff30a65b

## About the Role

* Hands-on experience designing and deploying enterprise storage platforms (e.g., NetApp, Dell EMC, Pure Storage, HPE)
 * Experience with enterprise backup solutions (e.g., Commvault, Veeam, Veritas NetBackup)
 * Strong understanding of storage protocols: FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB/CIFS
 * Experience with Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) design and implementation
 * Ability to perform storage performance analysis and translate findings into architectural recommendations
 * Experience in a government or large enterprise customer-facing environment, * Experience with software-defined storage (SDS) platforms
 * Familiarity with cloud-integrated or hybrid storage architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP)
 * Experience with storage tiering and data deduplication/compression technologies
 * Knowledge of ITIL or other IT service management frameworks as applied to storage operations

## Description

As a Storage Architect, you will design and lead the deployment of enterprise storage and backup platforms for a federal customer environment. You will serve as the technical authority for storage infrastructure strategy, Information Lifecycle Management, and ongoing performance optimization. This is a high-impact role with shared operational ownership alongside government stakeholders., * Design, architect, configure, deploy, upgrade, and support enterprise storage and backup platforms and their management tools

 * Lead the development of new storage infrastructure and Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) designs, including requirements gathering and analysis
 * Share operational ownership of storage provisioning and availability with the government's Storage Manager
 * Deliver technical architectural designs, strategies, and roadmaps on an ongoing basis
 * Conduct end-to-end performance analysis of the storage infrastructure, present findings, and provide actionable improvement recommendations
 * Track emerging storage and backup technologies and advise federal staff on future technology direction