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# Network Engineer

- **Company:** AllSTEM Connections
- **Location:** Decatur, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Configuration Management, VMware ESX Servers, Firmware, Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, Windows PowerShell, Ansible, Service Pack, Virtualization Technology, Software Vulnerability Management, Backup and Restore, Scripting, System Availability, Grafana, Fibre Channel, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Storage Technologies, Information Technology, Performance Monitor, Operational Systems, Data Management, Splunk, Dynatrace, Commvault, Vmware
- **Published:** November 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/83ee3723-be5d-45b0-bc5e-7e8eb11abe1d

## About the Role

Education & Experience: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience) with a minimum of 3 to 5+ years of relevant work experience in enterprise storage and backup administration.
Technical Mastery:
oStorage Platforms: Strong understanding and hands-on experience with enterprise storage hardware platforms (such as Hitachi, Dell).
oVirtualization: Familiarity with VMware / ESX virtualized environments.
oBackup Architecture: Expert-level experience with Commvault and Cohesity, including the ability to independently handle high-severity issues and guide backup strategy.
oStorage Operations: Practical experience with storage provisioning, configuration, firmware upgrades, and performance tuning.
oAutomation & Scripting: Proficiency in infrastructure automation and scripting languages (Ansible, Python, PowerShell).
Core Competencies: Strong understanding of change management frameworks; excellent communication and documentation skills; capability to understand business operations and support mission-critical environments.

Preferred Attributes
Experience with monitoring and performance tools such as Grafana, Splunk, or Dynatrace.
Solid networking knowledge relevant to storage architectures (NFS, SMB, Fibre Channel, iSCSI).
Prior professional experience working within regulated, banking, or financial sector environments.
Familiarity with enterprise security compliance, vulnerability remediation, and hardening standards.

## Description

We are seeking an analytical, proactive, and experienced Systems Administrator III to provide critical technical and production support for enterprise storage and backup infrastructure services powering mission-critical financial applications. In this role, you will perform storage and backup provisioning, configuration, maintenance, resource management, performance tuning, and advanced troubleshooting under general supervision., This is a high-impact infrastructure position for a seasoned systems administrator who excels at maintaining the integrity of complex storage networks. You will implement patches and upgrades, manage incident response workflows, participate in major infrastructure projects, and ensure strict adherence to change control policies. If you possess deep expertise in enterprise backup platforms like Commvault and Cohesity paired with robust storage hardware administration, we want to hear from you., Storage & Backup Operations
System Maintenance: Maintain the integrity, stability, and high availability of enterprise storage networks and backup infrastructure systems under general supervision.
Provisioning & Configuration: Execute storage and backup support tasks, configuration, provisioning, and routine maintenance; independently handle high-severity problem tickets and resolution workflows.
Upgrades & Remediation: Implement system upgrades and security patches; recommend and remediate infrastructure vulnerabilities to ensure a secure, optimized environment.
Capacity & Performance Management: Monitor capacity and performance trends, review utilization metrics, ensure adequate resource allocation, and perform environment optimization and tuning.

Project Support, Compliance & Incident Management
Project Engineering: Participate in workgroups and project activities to evaluate, recommend, design, build, test, and coordinate the implementation of new storage and backup solutions.
Change Control Governance: Practice rigorous change management, adhering strictly to enterprise change control policies for software and hardware propagation across platforms.
Incident & Problem Management: Execute incident response responsibilities, including participation in on-call rotations, advanced troubleshooting, diagnostics, and root-cause analysis (RCA).
Client Collaboration: Partner with clients and senior engineers to document and implement storage and backup requests while maintaining meticulous technical documentation.