Overview:

Direct hire.  This is not a temp to perm or temp opening.  Seeking Storage Administrator.  Location is at Montgomery, AL.  Interim Secret or Secret clearance preferred.  Pay up to $75,000 a year with full benefits but would depend on experience. Need to be able to attain Security+ cert.  If US Citizen, can also attain a clearance for you.  Relocation candidates please apply.


Technical Duties and Functional Responsibilities:

1. Storage Administration - general storage configuration and management functions in a large operations environment
2. Perform configuration and management of disk and backup storage for connection to Government resources. The contractor shall:
   1. Configure and manage DISA Storage Area Network (SAN) arrays.
   2. Configure and manage DISA SAN Fiber Channel switches.
   3. Configure and manage DISA Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices.
   4. Configure and manage DISA storage tape devices.
   5. Configure and manage DISA cloud storage hardware.
   6. Configure and manage DISA enterprise backup solutions.
   7. Configure and manage DISA enterprise journaling solutions.
3. Storage Monitoring, Reporting, and Analysis - perform monitoring, reporting, and analysis of disk and backup storage for connection to Government resources. The contractor shall:
   1. Provide capacity planning reports on storage and backup environments, identifying total storage, percent used, and percent free on each storage system.
   2. Monitor hardware status and open tickets for repair.
   3. Troubleshoot and resolve problems associated with and/or negatively impacting storage and backup operations.
   4. Monitor storage operations and system health and inform the Section chief of any issues.
   5. Perform analysis of allocated capacity and the association to servers and applications.
   6. Maintain current documentation associated with storage processes/procedures.
4. Primary devices in use are HP , Hitachi, NetApp, Brocade, and Dell Storage arrays, switches, and appliances.  Software tools are also used such as Netbackup, CommVault, and other storage device tools for management and monitoring.

 
 
Job Requirements, Skills, and Certs:

1. Must have either Interim Secret or Secret based on SSBI/T5 Investigation for IT-1 Level Access
2. CompTIA Security+ certification or higher 
3. Education and years of experience:
   1. Bachelor's degree and one year experience in an Information Technology environment and one year experience installing/maintaining a Storage or Backup environment, utilization of required software tools and utilities, implementation and testing of related software.

                                                                             Or

2. Associate's degree and three years' experience in an Information Technology environment and three years’ experience installing/maintaining a Storage or Backup environment, utilization of required software tools and utilities, implementation and testing of related software.

                                                                              Or

3. Five years' experience in an Information Technology environment and three years’ experience installing/maintaining a Storage or Backup environment, utilization of required software tools and utilities, implementation and testing of related software.

 
Additional Information about Position and Company

• Salary: up to $75,900 based on experience
• Job location:  Montgomery, AL
• Company benefits:
  • Medical/dental/vision insurance
  • 3 weeks PTO
  • 10 paid Federal Holidays
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Long-  and short-term Disability coverage
  • Company sponsored Life Insurance coverage
  • Hiring Referral Bonus
  • Reimbursement for approved technical training/exams