Cloud and Storage Engineer

About the role

CGS is seeking a Cloud and Storage Engineer (Full‑Time, Experienced) in the Information Technology department to develop and implement full‑scale Storage Area Network (SAN) architecture for a large EMC‑based SAN infrastructure supporting a federal agency. The role involves creating standards and implementation processes for storage configuration, optimization, replication, and security, and contributing to government innovation through collaboration and proactive support.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement full‑scale SAN architecture for a multi‑enterprise, geographically dispersed EMC‑based solution, ranging from single servers to multi‑tier, multi‑platform environments connected via Fibre Channel.
• Consider performance, capacity, replication, disaster recovery, backup storage, and backup & recovery in SAN design.
• Define and set strategic direction for the SAN and backup environment.
• Design and implement customer storage requirements into an enterprise solution, including installation, configuration, and deployment.
• Provide overall storage and backup capacity planning and utilization reporting.
• Produce standards and implementation processes for storage configuration, optimization, replication, virtualization, security, and disaster recovery.
• Troubleshoot complex SAN infrastructure issues and work with internal and external customers to resolve them.
• Review, plan, and execute regularly scheduled maintenance and project work on the storage infrastructure.
• Develop technical documentation, tiered‑storage and storage‑as‑a‑service roadmaps, presentations, and cost models.
• Manage, maintain, and develop the SAN infrastructure as part of a team to ensure 24/7/365 uptime.
• Architect and maintain a private cloud environment; experience with Gov Cloud (AWS, Azure, etc.) and hybrid cloud architectures desired.
• Perform security‑related tasks such as documentation, vulnerability scan review, assessment support, patch management, and auditing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business, or a related discipline (or eight years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree).
• Significant, direct experience with Dell EMC products, including OneFS, MDS SAN switches, Unity, Isilon, VNS, Data Domain, and RecoverPoint.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts (health, dependent care, commuter)
• Paid time off and observance of state and federal holidays

Pay

$100,949.33 – $137,002.66 per year

Schedule

Full‑Time