NetApp StorageGrid Engineer - Military veterans preferred

2025-10-10
Strategic Business Systems
Other

/yr

  employee   contract


Chantilly
Virginia
20151
United States


Strategic Business Systems


Strategic Business Systems is seeking a NetApp Storage Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This is part of a team that ensures the customer's ability to provide mission critical intelligence and successful use of its information technology (IT) networks worldwide.

The position will be remote. US citizenship required

Required Skills:
Experienced in Deploying and administering NetApp StorageGrid – Troubleshooting Performance Issues, performing firmware and operating system upgrades, using storage management tools.

  • Test & Certify new versions and features of StorageGrid according to Customer requirements
  • Business consulting - for example, app owners want to move their workloads to StorageGrid, and need help with considerations, managing expectations, best practices. Moving from File to Object.
  • Proficient understanding of NetApp StorageGrid concepts and related Storage technologies (ILM policies, key management, grid expansion workflow, Fabric Pool) including monitoring and troubleshooting, administration, replication technologies, security hardening and performance tuning.

Experienced in Deploying and administering NetApp StorageGrid – Troubleshooting Performance Issues, performing firmware and operating system upgrades, using storage management tools.
  • Test & Certify new versions and features of StorageGrid according to Customer requirements
  • Business consulting - for example, app owners want to move their workloads to StorageGrid, and need help with considerations, managing expectations, best practices. Moving from File to Object.
  • Proficient understanding of NetApp StorageGrid concepts and related Storage technologies (ILM policies, key management, grid expansion workflow, Fabric Pool) including monitoring and troubleshooting, administration, replication technologies, security hardening and performance tuning.
  • A thorough understanding of other components in the infrastructure stack – compute, virtualization, and networks
  • Strong understanding of S3 protocol and object technologies.
  • Working knowledge of monitoring platforms, WANs, backup and disaster recovery platforms.
  • Infrastructure design, build, deployment and disaster recovery planning.
  • Define storage requirements for processes and tasks which may be automated via client SSP Portal and Workflows
  • Experience in using and creating automation utilizing: PowerShell/Python scripts, Ansible Playbooks, and Terraform would be highly regarded. Base level scripting to simplify operations for routine manual operations work.
  • Liaison between Storage Engineering and Storage Operations teams: may include support escalations (not to replace SAM functionality), knowledge transfer for new capabilities, collaborate on planning and design phases for operations initiatives (migrations / upgrades / BCP events)
  • Experience in other NetApp storage technologies like ONTAP would be highly regarded
  • Experience working in a regulated industry and navigating compliant processes

About SBS:

Strategic Business Systems, Inc. (SBS) is a National Information Technology Services company headquartered in the Washington D.C. Metro area. SBS provides IT infrastructure design, integration, and operation services. Our expertise encompasses the full spectrum of infrastructure technologies, including the latest network, server, data storage, disaster recovery, security, and Internet technologies.
EEO Disclaimer
SBS is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, gender, gender identification, sex, sexual orientation, color, race, creed, national origin, religion, marital status, parental status, citizenship status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, military status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Accommodations
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No unsolicited agency referrals please.

If interested in learning more about this opportunity, please send your resume to recruiting@sbsplanet.com .



Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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