SAN Administrator (Required Active Clearance)

Clearance Required: Active Secret or above

Job Description: 

Position Summary:

Provide engineering support to design, install, operate, survey, upgrade, and troubleshoot Storage Area Networks (SAN), Hyper-converged Infrastructure (HCI), Virtual Desktop Integration (VDI), and Cross Domain Solution (CDS). Evaluate new products/systems and provide recommendations to replace/upgrade HCI/SAN/VDI components during installations. Participate in working groups, technical conferences, and meetings as required. 

Essential Job Functions:

• Deliver overall network engineering support for planning, designing, and evaluating various components of the NIPR/SIPR networks residing in the IPN. 
• Track and provide status of the systems and provide end of life/end of support information and recommendations ensure the smooth seamless operation of components located in Installation Processing Node (IPN) to provide maximum performance and availability for users. 
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge of Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) and Secure View (SV) transport is required to include mobile device connections, facilitate the migration of data to the cloud.
• Coordinate the maintenance of various components located in IPN, investigate, and resolve network and hardware issues; research, assess, and evaluate current and future proposed systems, assist with resolving technical support problems and provide guidance on network design issues
• Develop, process, and submit system Change Requests to the appropriate agency; track, modify and elevate system Change Requests
• Work directly with product vendors and network operators to ensure new technologies are deployed as expected; submit authorization letters to external agencies in support of authority to operate. 
• Implements patches and apply software updates in accordance with DoD directives (Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG), UCR).

Required Knowledge/Experience:

• Experience with building and maintaining Storage Area Network (SAN), background with Cloud Based Technology and Cloud Computing, Server Virtualization and Administration
• Knowledge of Secure and Non-secure network transmission systems and applications (wired and wireless)
• Understand interoperability issues between mixed types of network/equipment to include new technology dealing with the transmission of secure data (CSfC and Suite B
• Knowledge of data storage to include support in development and expansion of existing systems to support growth
• Demonstrate strong understanding of IT programs/project management to include requirements validation, cost proposals, business case analysis, methodologies, system development life cycle (SDLC), and sustainment
• Experience designing, configuring, and maintaining HCI and VDI software and hardware