Storage Engineer - Senior Evergreen

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Powder River Industries, LLC provides technical services across the entire system development life cycle (SDLC). As a prime, we are responsible for complete end to end system management for a customer's mission system. This includes a data center, integrated logistics support, COOP, and disaster recovery. As a subcontractor we are providing services from: DevSecOps, software development, network administration, systems analysis, database administration, storage engineering, hardware engineering, Tier 1 - Tier 3 support in traditional data center environments (bare metal frames), cloud, and hybrid cloud. The cloud environments we are operating in today are AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Oracle.

Role & Responsibilities:

Manage storage

Install, configure, and administer enterprise storage systems from multiple vendors to include, but not limited to, Dell EMC and Quantum
Install, configure, and administer Rubrik server and client software. Schedule and monitor backup policies. Generate backup status reports as required
Administer Cisco Brocade fibre channel switch fabrics. Configure single initiator zone sets and monitor switch utilization and performance
Create and secure SMB file shares
Coordinate with server administrators to create, secure, and mount NFS exports
Develop and implement Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations plans in accordance with customer requirements
Install, configure, maintain, and administer Linux and Windows servers in support of storage operations such as Rubrik, Media, DSM and Master servers
Build capacity management dashboards that improve visibility into enterprise storage use, health, resilience, and provide ongoing resources for planning for enterprise infrastructure lifecycle replacement
Configure Rubrik policies. Troubleshoot and resolve backup job failures
Coordinate with vCenter administrators to provision Storage Area Network (SAN) resources to VMWare ESX cluster datastores as required
Configure and manage volume snapshots. Assist customers with point-in-time file restores
Schedule and monitor volume replication for disaster recovery
Monitor health and availability of infrastructure applications and systems
Work with vendors to troubleshoot and resolve hardware and software failures
Coordinate with Change Management to deconflict and schedule hardware maintenance activities, system and firmware updates, and other configuration changes
Execute system changes during scheduled maintenance windows
Monitor and evaluate system performance and capacity trends
Resolve tier 2 and tier 3 service requests
Identify opportunities to automate operations. Develop automated solutions that take advantage of system APIs
Seek opportunities for continuous improvement to support effective and efficient operations
Work independently with minimal supervision

Requirements

Technical Environment: Microsoft, Linux, Splunk, Ansible, Tenable, GEMS

Non-negotiable Requirements:

1. Top Secret with investigation current within the last 5 years

2. On-site, no remote

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.