Storage Engineer - SME

Description

The Storage Engineer-SME provides senior technical leadership for enterprise storage services under the SEC Infrastructure Support Services (ISS) contract. This role architects, implements, and sustainshighly availablestorage platforms supporting mission-critical SEC workloads across primary, alternate, and regional environments. The engineer drives performance optimization, capacity planning, and resilient backup and recovery strategies to meet recoveryobjectives, continuity requirements, and operational service levels. This position ensures storage operations align with organizational and federal compliance requirements and coordinates closely with EOC, infrastructure, network, and security teams.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Enterprise Storage Architecture and Engineering

- Design, implement, andmaintainenterprise SAN/NAS and storage virtualization solutions for mission-critical systems.

- Develop storage strategies, standards, and policies aligned with organizational and federal compliance requirements.

- Lead complex storage projects, including migrations, upgrades, and integration with cloud and on-premises environments.

- Ensure storage platforms are engineered for high availability, data integrity, and scalability across SEC environments.

- May require participation in on-call or surge support activities depending on operational needs.

Storage Operations, Performance, and Capacity Management

- Administer andoptimizelarge-scale enterprise storage environments, including proactive monitoring and health management.

- Perform capacity planning and forecasting tomaintainservice continuity and prevent resource constraints.

- Troubleshoot and resolve advanced storage incidents, including latency, throughput, replication, and platform stability issues.

-Establishand track operational metrics and trend analysis to support service-level performance.

Data Protection, Recovery, and Compliance

- Architect andmaintainenterprise backup and recovery strategies to protect mission-critical data.

- Implement andvalidatedisaster recovery and business continuity storage controls, including cross-site replication and recovery readiness.

- Ensure retention, recovery, and data protection practices meet organizational policy and federal compliance requirements.

- Support audit readiness bymaintainingstorage documentation, configuration baselines, and implementation evidence.

Technical Leadership and Cross-Functional Delivery

- Lead storage workstreams for migrations, technology refreshes, and modernization efforts with minimal operational disruption.

- Collaborate with infrastructure, network, security, virtualization, and cloud teams to integrate storage services end-to-end.

- Conduct risk assessments and recommend remediation strategies for storage resiliency, security, and operational risk.

- Mentor junior engineers and serve as the storage SME for incident response, strategic planning, and continuous improvement initiatives.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

- The ability to obtain andmaintainSEC Public Trust (or higher ifrequired).

-This position is restricted to U.S. citizens only. Applicants must not hold dual citizenship with any other country to be eligible for work under this contract

- Bachelors Degree and 8+ years of experience in enterprise storage architecture, design, and administration.

-Expertisewith SAN/NAS technologies, storage virtualization, and enterprise backup/recovery solutions.

- Experience leading complex storage migrations, upgrades, and integration with cloud and on-premises environments.

- Advancedexpertisein storage performance tuning, capacity planning, risk assessment, and disaster recovery strategies.

Technical Skills:

- Enterprise SAN/NAS platforms and storage virtualization

- Enterprise backup/recovery, replication, and disaster recovery operations

- Storage performance monitoring, tuning, and capacity management methodologies

- Advanced troubleshooting of mission-critical storage issues and operational risk assessment

- Cross-functional integration with infrastructure, network, and security teams

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Industry certification such as NetApp, EMC, or equivalent is strongly preferred.

- Hands-on experience with enterprise storage platforms and large-scale storage administration.

- Experience developing and enforcing storage standards, policies, and operational best practices.

- Experience supporting storage compliance, audit readiness, and documentation in federal IT environments.

-Demonstratedtechnical leadership and mentorship of junior storage engineers.

- NetApp, EMC, or equivalent industry certification.

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About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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