Position Summary

The Senior Storage Engineer is responsible for the design, implementation, administration, and operational support of enterprise storage, virtualization, and backup environments supporting a federal government customer. This role provides engineering expertise across Nutanix AHV, VMware, Cohesity, VDI, and enterprise infrastructure platforms operating within multiple secure network environments.

The ideal candidate is a highly skilled infrastructure professional with experience supporting mission-critical systems, performing infrastructure upgrades, maintaining backup and recovery operations, and supporting cross-functional technical initiatives in a fast-paced federal environment.

Key Responsibilities

Storage & Virtualization Engineering

• Design, deploy, configure, and maintain enterprise Nutanix AHV and VMware cluster environments across multiple secured networks.
• Build, upgrade, patch, and maintain Cohesity backup clusters and storage infrastructure.
• Perform lifecycle management activities including firmware, hypervisor, storage, and cluster upgrades.
• Monitor system health, performance, capacity, and availability across storage and virtualization environments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure, storage, and virtualization issues.

Backup, Recovery & Data Protection

• Administer and support enterprise backup and recovery operations using Cohesity.
• Monitor backup jobs and ensure all systems are successfully protected and compliant with backup policies.
• Perform server and application restores as required to support operational recovery needs.
• Validate backup integrity and disaster recovery readiness through regular testing and verification activities.
• Ensure backup environments meet security and operational standards required within federal environments.

VDI & Infrastructure Support

• Support VMware Horizon 7 and Horizon 8 VDI environments, including troubleshooting and maintenance activities.
• Assist with VDI provisioning, upgrades, and performance optimization.
• Support infrastructure operations including:
  • DHCP scope additions and removals
  • Infoblox installation and configuration
  • DNS and IP address management tasks
• Collaborate with server, networking, security, and application teams to support enterprise infrastructure operations.

Operational Support & Maintenance

• Provide support during scheduled maintenance windows, including nights and weekends, for:
  • Power down activities
  • Storage maintenance
  • Hypervisor upgrades
  • Server maintenance
  • Application support activities
• Participate in on-call rotations and support critical incident response activities.
• Maintain operational documentation, configuration records, and standard operating procedures.

Customer & Team Collaboration

• Work closely with federal government customers and internal technical teams to support operational and project requirements.
• Provide technical assistance across infrastructure disciplines as needed, even outside primary day-to-day responsibilities.
• Support a customer-focused environment with strong communication, responsiveness, and professionalism.
• Contribute to infrastructure improvement initiatives and process optimization efforts.