Senior Principal System Administrator, Storage & Data Protection

Date Posted

2026-06-02

Country

United States of America

Location

US-MA-WOBURN-WB1 ~ 235 Presidential Way ~ SPENCER BLDG

Position Role Type

Onsite

Requirements

• Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Security Clearance Type

DoD Clearance: Secret

Qualifications

• Typically requires bachelor’s degree and minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience or a master’s degree and minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience working with a data storage vendor.
• Experience with Linux Operating System. (RHEL preferred), Windows operating systems for backup application installations, configurations, and implementation into production.
• The ability to obtain an U.S. government issued secret security clearance prior to starting is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
• Experience with NAS storage environments, tape library systems, Cohesity/Veritas, CommVault, and VEEAM backup applications.

What You Will Do

Collaborate with partners to define computing requirements based on standard architectural solutions, leveraging a strong background with major storage vendors, tape library systems, and backup application vendors (e.g., CommVault, Cohesity, Veritas).

Work with storage architects, program leads, and end-users to design end-to-end solutions based on program requirements involving hardware and operating system technologies.

Integrate and partner with programs, network engineering, and high-performance computing teams to solve complex infrastructure problems.

Assure a high level of reliability and performance through systems monitoring and infrastructure management, with a deep understanding of data storage performance requirements.

Respond to online service requests from users.

Ensure server and application compliance with security and performance requirements (e.g., DFARS, RMF, NIST Cybersecurity Framework).

Provide expertise with NAS storage products, with an emphasis on: Storage system installation, network configuration, and data migrations.

Command-line proficiency, software upgrades, log analysis, high-availability configurations, inter-cluster connectivity, disk-to-disk backups, disk-to-tape backups, Snap technology, and health, capacity, and performance monitoring.

Attend regularly scheduled meetings to report on project status and create updates and status reports for management.

Develop, revise, and maintain technical and operational documentation (e.g., technical implementation guides).

Assist in developing the overall performance and capability of your technical team through mentoring and knowledge sharing.

Support systems that are operational 24x7, with occasional work effort required beyond standard work hours.

What You Will Learn

How to navigate the complex and interconnected defense program environments that support our nation’s warfighters and the unique processes within the defense industry for maintaining production.

Forecasting and budgeting for annual and long-term operating plans.

Vendor management and collaboration.

Insights into future technologies to replace or enhance current infrastructure.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life insurance
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• Flexible work schedules
• Employee assistance program
• Employee Scholar Program
• Paid time off
• Holidays

Pay Range

107,500 USD - 204,500 USD