Storage System Administrator

Responsibilities

 

We are looking for a seasoned Storage System Administrator. This position requires a storage system administration background in support of the IRS MIDS contract and will handle a variety of Storage Admin responsibilities  This position is responsible for ensuring that all storage devices operate at optimum levels.  The candidate must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.  Should be comfortable working in a team environment and willing to work flexible hours.  On-call and after hours support is a requirement of this position.   

 

What you will do:

• Provides technical oversight of hardware and software systems, with a focus on storage area network administration.
• Provides professional service within the parameters specified in the site's service level agreement and/or that meet or exceed the customer requirements.
• Ensures system security is in compliance with customer policy including patching and auditing.
• Implements and maintains network standards and guidelines.
• Monitors system utilization including data storage management, performance metrics and service levels.
• Ensures reliable backup and recovery of necessary data.
• Develops and maintains an automated environment including reporting, event notifications and actions, software updates and service packs.
• Reports on capacity and does proactive planning for additional storage.
• Allocates storage to servers, configuring fiber channel switches, and capacity planning for the SAN
• Coordinates and communicates activities, status updates, outage notifications and schedule information.
• Performs account maintenance.
• Ensures reliable backup and recovery of necessary data.
• Troubleshoots network communications.
• Maintains and documents SAN cabling plans. Installs, configures, administers, and optimizes servers (hardware and operating systems).
• Interfaces with users is an integral part of this role.
• Maintains network system documentation.
• Provide the root cause analysis on the major incidents/problems.

Qualifications

 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree and 5 years of experience. Additional 4 years of experience will be accepted in lieu of the degree
• Storage Infrastructure administarion experience
• Virtual Machine management experience
• Managing and Troubleshooting Servers experience
• Virtual Network/Storage Architecture and Connectivity planning experience
• Performance tuning & management experience
• Familiarity withDesign & implement Storage Server Virtualization Solutions
• Strong knowledge on Storage management tools
• Knowledge on Remote system administration
• Understanding of capacity planning, performance monitoring & tuning
• Should have scripting knowledge for scripted installs, comfortable with using Virtual Center.
• Strong knowledge on Storage & Networking concepts
• Able to contribute to internal knowledge management system
• Must be a US Citizen
• Must have resided in the U.S. three of the last five years
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the required agency clearance 

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Knowledge on any monitoring tools like SNOW, VROPS, VRO , HPE One View
• PowerShell/PowerCLI Scripting experience is a plus 
• One  or more experince with the following Tools:
  •  Remote system administration
  • Expertise in automation and reduction of manual efforts through scripting/tools
  • Incident, Change & Problem Management
  • Configuration Management
  • Capacity Planning

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$86,000 - $138,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.