Principal Systems Storage Administrator

Location: Westminster, Colorado

Job Description

We are seeking a Principal Storage Administrator with the focus of Dell and HP Storage Administration. In this role, the Systems Administrator will work on a team supporting program initiatives in secure, isolated computing environments. The Systems Administrator will be expected to team with peers, internal customers, and management to strengthen the consistency and standardization of IT infrastructure services to achieve operational excellence and program success. While this position is an individual contributor role, collaboration and technical knowledge and skills will be essential attributes.

The Operations Strategic Capabilities Unit plays a fundamental role in enabling efficient business and program execution - from strategic capital investments, industrial operations and an efficient supply chain, to state-of-the-art manufacturing and test operations and top-notch facilities management.

What You’ll Do:

• Interface with internal customers, security, and management teams for: maintaining production systems, resolving issues with services and physical systems.
• Install, maintain, and support multiple types of attached storage arrays such as Dell Isilon, Dell Compellent, HP Nimble, and Dell Power Store.
• Help Support VDI environments and engineering focused teams.
• Execute troubleshooting skills to address stability of storage objectives both reactively and proactively via security updates and hardware firmware.
• Maintain a secure storage environment, including adherence to backup schedules, patching, virus updates, and regularly scheduled backups via tape or array snapshots.
• Be able to cable and configure multiple types of storage arrays in a data center setting.
• Perform Maintenance inside the scheduled maintenance window which occasionally requires after business hours support.
• Be on-call on a rotating schedule, respond to after-hours calls.
• Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
• Perform other duties as necessary.

On-Site Work Environment: This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site five days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.

Working Conditions:

• Work is performed in an office environment, laboratory, cleanroom, or production floor.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field plus 6 or more years related experience.
• Each higher-level degree, i.e., Master’s Degree or Ph.D., may substitute for two years of experience. Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education. Degree must be from a university, college, or school which is accredited by an agency recognized by the US Secretary of Education, US Department of Education.
• A current, active Secret security clearance is required with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance.
• Must have excellent verbal and written documentation skills, organization skills, and the ability to interact with team members cross-functionally.
• Excellent organization and project management/project coordination skills.
• Experience in monitoring, planning, configuring and maintaining Dell and HP storage capacity and backups.
• Knowledge with intel-based server class and workstation hardware.
• Knowledge with VMware virtualization and LUN management.
• Experience in installing, maintain, and supporting a multi-vendor enterprise storage environment.
• Experience in Fibre Channel SAN zoning and LUN provisioning.
• Experience with monitoring storage performance and capacity.
• Experience with storage migrations, upgrades, and technology refresh projects.
• Experience with enterprise backup solutions.
• Experience in performing restores (file-level, VM-level, database-level) as requested.
• DoW 8570 compliance.

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Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Experience with Dell OpenManage server control.
• Experience with Brocade or Cisco Storage Fabric hardware for configuration and zoning.
• Experience with SCCM and WSUS infrastructure for patch management as well as application deployments.
• Experience with Security products such as Trelix, RSA.
• Experience with Enterprise Application installations from project start to execution.

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $118095 - $200762

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.


About BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you’ll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.

Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Space & Mission Systems is a leading provider of national defense and civil space applications, advanced remote sensing, scientific and tactical systems for government and commercial customers. We continually pioneer ways to innovate spacecraft, mission payloads, optical systems, and other defense and civil capabilities. Powered by endlessly curious people with an unwavering mission focus, we continually discover ways to enable our customers to perform beyond expectation and protect what matters most.

This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.

Multiple positions may be available on this opening.

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