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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Storage & Backup Engineer - **Company:** IBA InfoTech Inc. - **Location:** Bethesda, MD, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac Systems, CentOS, Linux, RAID, EMC NetWorker, Fiber Channel over Ethernet, Monitoring of Systems, InfiniBand, Networking Hardware, Internet Small Computer System Interface (ISCSI), Microsoft Visio, Nagios, Network File Systems, Oracle (Applications), Performance Tuning, Samba (Software), SAS (Software), SQL Databases, Tape Libraries, Virtualization Technology, Backup and Restore, Load Balancing, CheckMK, Enterprise Portal, Software Troubleshooting, Storage Technologies, Information Technology, Performance Monitor, Wikis, Isilon, Multiplatform, Cisco - **Published:** June 14, 2026 - **Apply:** https://ibainfotech.com/storage-backup-engineer ## About the Role * BS or equivalent and nine years related experience or a MS and seven years related experience * Minimum of six years IT experience (to include a minimum of four years storage / backup) * Solid hands-on experience with EMC Isilon * In depth understanding of protocols to include NFS and SAMBA * Experience with Data Domain for backup, RAID Inc, Brocade and Cisco technologies for SAN * Excellent documentation capabilities (such as using Visio and portal applications such as wiki) * Working knowledge of Linux (Scientific Linux, CentOS), Windows, and OSX multi-platform operating systems * Strong troubleshooting abilities * In depth understanding of one or more storage technology fields (Fiber Channel SAN, SAS, iSCSI, or FCoE) as well high speed interconnects (InfiniBand, 10GigE, etc) * Understanding of virtualized environments ## Description * Responsible for configuration, layout and performance tuning of storage infrastructure. * Responsible for storage infrastructure system management including capacity planning, snapshots, performance monitoring/ tuning, security management, etc * Provide infrastructure support for projects including planning, installations, configurations, and upgrades; work with requisite teams to ensure smooth project deployments through completion * Plan, recommend and implement strategies around attached storage and load balancing * Setup and maintain fiber channel switches * Insure backups are in place using EMC Networker configured with EMC Data Domain and Quantum i6000 tape library as target storage * Participate and adhere to change management processes * Customer Service Focus; experience discerning/ balancing business need (support Science) with allied enterprise reliability and "up-time" requirements. Resolve escalated ticket issues, collaborating with desktop support services; manage/ provide Tier-2/3 assistance following incident management best practices (ITIL) * Design and implement disaster recovery plans; implement associated backups (EMC NetWorker) * Actively monitor IT maintained systems with monitoring tools such as Check_mk and Nagios * Work with datacenter team to connect Rack/ stack servers and network equipment to NIH network * Participate in technical cross-functional meetings ## Related Videos - [How Cisco embraced a DevOps culture within its network engineering team](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/99-how-cisco-embraced-a-devops-culture-within-its-network-engineering-team) - [Developer Tools for Microsoft Azure](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/450-developer-tools-for-microsoft-azure) - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [Docker exec without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1094-docker-exec-without-docker) - [Computer Vision from the Edge to the Cloud done easy](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/263-computer-vision-from-the-edge-to-the-cloud-done-easy) - [It's all about the Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/425-it-s-all-about-the-data) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [What does the history of data storage tell us about the future?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/495-what-does-the-history-of-data-storage-tell-us-about-the-future) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Top Big Data Technologies That You Need to Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/108-top-big-data-technologies-that-you-need-to-know) - [Data Science & more: The Lopez dilemma](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/10-data-science-more-the-lopez-dilemma)