Company Overview
Innovative Data Solutions (IDS) is a small business specializing in engineering and supporting mission critical IT infrastructure for the US Government Intelligence, Defense and Homeland Security communities.
Established in 2008, IDS has over 15 years of experience delivering IT solutions to the Federal market. We're a small company of technology enthusiasts and we thrive on exceeding expectations. We specialize in Hybrid CloudInfrastructure, Enterprise Storage, High Performance Computing, Cybersecurity and Data Analytics. Across these technology areas we provide full lifecycle services : strategy, design, implementation and operations.
IDS engineers are based in Washington, DC and St. Louis, MO and are experienced working with US Government installations across the US, Europe and Asia
Job Summary
We are seeking a TS / SCI cleared Senior Storage Engineer for a contract with an Intelligence Community agency in Chantilly, VA.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Design, architect, configure, deploy, upgrade and support various storage and backup appliances and associates management tools.
- Configure and deploy various storage platforms
- Diagnose and troubleshoot storage systems and other related technologies
- Adhere to engineering and architecture standards and participate in technical review meetings as required
- Participate in the evaluation, deployment and management of new technologies in alignment with other engineers and architects
- Incident support and participation in on-call rotation during off hours and weekends
- Create and maintain documentation : logical / physical diagrams, run books and other technical engineering documents
- Consistently demonstrate initiative and commitment to optimizing systems and processes
- Oversee the Installation of new storage hardware and software according to standard operating procedures
- Oversees the updates to hardware, operating systems, and software as needed to provide required functionality and security
- Ensures systems are monitored and statistics relevant to capacity, performance, utilization, etc. are collected and regularly reviewed
- Keeps abreast of current developments in storage and backup technology to assist Federal staff in assessing the future direction of storage and backup technology
Required Qualifications and Skills
BS degree and 8 years of related experience; or equivalent combinationHands on engineering experience with NetApp storage, Brocade and / or Cisco Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks, and other storage technologies and conceptsExperience with SAN, NAS and iSCSI storage implementationsExperience designing, installing and supporting storage appliances and associated management utilitiesExperience with capacity planning and sizing storage and backup environmentsExperience in performance tuning and optimizing storage and backup environmentsExperience with data center migrations and storage replication technologiesSenior level experience configuring and deploying various storage platformsStrong experience with design, development, implementation, and maintenance of storage systems, preferably across multiple hardware and software platformsExperience with managing work tasks via tools such as JIRA and ServiceNowStrong experience with design, development, implementation and maintenance of large-scale systems, preferably across multiple hardware platforms and data centersStrong understanding of high availability concepts with practical experience and implementation of key components in storage environmentStrong understanding of fundamental hardware concepts : disk, memory, CPU, NIC, HBA, firmware, RAID, performance concepts (I / O, paging, swapping, system calls), iSCSI, Fiber Channel, EthernetStrong understanding of essential TCP / IP concepts : TCP, UDP, ICMP, SMTP, SNMP, LDAP, DNS, NTP, etc.Understanding of security best practices, federal hardening requirements (FISMA, STIG, etc.)System configuration based on security guidelines such as DISA STIGsCompTIA Security or similar for IAT Level II DoD 8570 certificationStrong written and oral communication skillsDesired Qualifications and Skills
NetApp CertificationPowerShell scripting experienceBenefits and Perks
CompensationIndustry competitive salary well above market average401K plan with 4% company match, immediately fully vestedReferral bonuses up to $5,000100% company-paid benefitsGold PPO Medical plan for employee familyVision and Dental plan for employee familyShort Term Disability for employeeLong Term Disability for employeeLife Insurance for employeeFlexible Paid Time Off Policy180 hours (minimum) per year of PTO with additional time at manager discretion10 Company Holidays per year6 weeks paid maternity and paternity leaveFlexible work environment to accommodate commuting, family and personal schedulesCareer GrowthCompany sponsored training and certificationsNo questions asked professional / business / technical book reimbursementCompany paid training and conference attendance and travel expensesCultureHigh speed, low drag environment - exceptional client service with minimal internal bureaucracyRegular quarterly company sponsored events and meet upsAnnual company holiday party
