Storage Systems Engineer - Secret clearance
Locations: Mechanicsburg, PA | Ogden, UT | Oklahoma City, OK | Montgomery, AL
Salary: $130,000 - $160,000 | Travel: Up to 20% – must live within 90 minutes of one of the sites above. Some occasional travel to the other sites from time to time.
About the role
PGTEK is seeking an experienced Storage Systems Engineer to support a long-term federal program. This role is ideal for an engineer with extensive experience managing enterprise storage environments, Storage Area Networks (SAN), and Backup & Recovery (BURA) solutions. You'll be responsible for maintaining highly available storage infrastructure, supporting mission-critical environments, and ensuring data protection through enterprise backup technologies. The ideal candidate has strong troubleshooting skills, experience with modern storage platforms, and an active Secret Security Clearance.
Responsibilities
- Administer and support enterprise SAN infrastructure
- Manage enterprise backup and recovery (BURA) solutions to ensure data integrity and business continuity
- Install, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot enterprise storage systems
- Perform storage provisioning, capacity planning, performance tuning, and lifecycle management
- Configure and maintain storage replication, snapshots, cloning, and disaster recovery solutions
- Monitor system health and proactively resolve storage and backup issues
- Support virtualization and server teams with storage connectivity and performance optimization
- Participate in system upgrades, migrations, patching, and technology refresh initiatives
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and configuration standards
- Participate in on-call support as required
- Ensure compliance with federal security policies and organizational standards
Requirements
- United States citizen with an active Secret Security Clearance
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent professional experience
- 5+ years of experience administering enterprise storage environments
- Strong experience with:
- Storage Area Networks (SAN)
- Fibre Channel
- iSCSI
- Enterprise backup and recovery (BURA) technologies
- Experience administering one or more enterprise backup platforms, including:
- Commvault
- Veritas NetBackup
- Dell NetWorker
- Veeam
- Rubrik
- Cohesity
- Experience supporting VMware vSphere or similar virtualization platforms
- Strong troubleshooting skills across storage, backup, and infrastructure technologies
- Experience supporting secure enterprise or government environments
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with one or more enterprise storage platforms:
- HPE Alletra (highly preferred)
- HPE Primera
- HPE Nimble Storage
- Dell PowerStore
- Dell PowerMax
- Dell Unity XT
- Pure Storage FlashArray
- NetApp AFF
- IBM FlashSystem
- Additional experience with:
- Storage replication technologies
- Snapshot management
- Data migration projects
- Brocade or Cisco MDS SAN switches
- Windows and Linux server administration
- VMware vCenter and ESXi
- PowerShell, Bash, or Python scripting
- Enterprise monitoring and management platforms
Benefits
Our comprehensive benefits package for full-time salaried employees is effective immediately upon the start date. Benefits include:
- Comprehensive PPO medical coverage with access to a Health Savings Account (HSA) option
- Vision plan
- Dental insurance (base dental plan option paid for by PGTEK)
- Life Insurance, Short and Long-Term disability, and Critical Illness insurance (premiums covered)
- Matching 401(k) plan
- Discount on pet insurance through ASPCA Pet Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (available at no cost to all employees)
- Generous amount of PTO and Holidays
- Education Assistance Program (available after 12 months of employment)