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Job Description: 

•    Highly skilled and experienced Senior Engineer to provide expert guidance and hands-on management across a diverse storage landscape.
•    As a self-directed individual, you will be responsible for ensuring secure, high-performing, and scalable data environments through the independent configuration, monitoring, and optimization of storage arrays from vendors including, but not limited to, NetApp, Pure, Dell EMC, and HPE.
•    You will expertly manage SAN/NAS solutions, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance across platforms.
•    The ideal candidate will bring a strong engineering approach to troubleshooting complex storage-related issues, providing detailed root cause analysis, and developing effective, well-documented solutions.
•    A critical component of this role includes designing, implementing, and testing robust disaster recovery and data backup strategies utilizing technologies such as NetApp SRM and VMware.
•    You will analyze storage performance bottlenecks across the entire infrastructure, engineer solutions for optimization based on organizational needs and SLAs, and implement secure user permissions and access controls while adhering to best practices.
•    Collaboration with vendors and hardware providers is essential for managing upgrades, patching, and evaluating new technologies for potential adoption.
•    Beyond day-to-day operations, you will analyze IT-related trends, risks, and opportunities to identify areas for engineering improvement across the enterprise, recommending and guiding the adoption of innovative technologies that align with the organizational mission.
•    Finally, you will ensure compliance with cybersecurity, audit, and federal IT standards (e.g., NIST, FISMA), applying an engineering-minded approach to securing systems and processes, while providing clear and concise technical documentation for all implemented solutions.

Required Skills and Experiences:

•    A minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in operating complex computer systems is required.
•    A Bachelor's degree in a related field of study is preferred; however, equivalent technical certifications or demonstrable experience, substantiated by eight (8) additional years of documented experience that fully addresses all position requirements, will be considered in lieu of formal education.
•    The ideal candidate will also demonstrate extensive experience in data center engineering and in managing virtualized environments, SAN/NAS devices, email services, desktop services, and a wide array of technologies supporting computing capabilities.
•    Furthermore, the candidate must exhibit a consistent ability to provide exceptional customer service across all organizational levels and in a variety of circumstances.
•    This position mandates compliance with DoD 8570.01-M, fulfilling the requirements of an Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level II, including possession of a Security+ certification.
•    In addition to the aforementioned requirements, the ideal candidate will possess extensive experience (10+ years) as a Storage Engineer, demonstrating proficiency across multiple storage vendors, a strong understanding of SAN/NAS protocols, proven problem-solving skills, and experience with IT advisory services.
•    Experience with emerging technologies, such as object storage, cloud integration, or AI-driven data management, is highly desirable.
•    This contract provides a unique opportunity to directly contribute to the stability, performance, and security of our critical storage infrastructure, exert strategic influence through expert IT advisory services, and leverage cutting-edge technologies, all while earning a competitive compensation package and significantly expanding professional skill.

-This position requires the person(s) to be eligible and adjudicated to TS/SCI clearance level at contract start.
-Must be a U.S. citizen. 

Degree Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field of study is preferred; however, equivalent technical certifications or demonstrable experience, substantiated by eight (8) additional years of documented experience that fully addresses all position requirements, will be considered in lieu of formal education.

ORBIS is an ISO 9001 certified, Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) with over 20 years of major Navy Program experience leading, delivering, and managing professional support services for NAVSEA, the Warfare centers and the Navy industrial enterprise. From our beginnings in the submarine program, we have grown to also support other DOD and Federal Government branches and a number of commercial customers. ORBIS provides capabilities encompassing the full DOD lifecycle of acquisition, program management, delivery, modernization, quality, audits and certification. Our CEO, Guy Mossman, has a long history with the submarine program and before starting ORBIS was the Executive Director for PEO SUBs. Unique for a small business and always part of the company vision, we operate a research and development laboratory in Charleston, SC, focused on Automated Test Equipment and related technologies. We leverage our extensive portfolio of engineering and technical support tasks to provide innovative, cost-effective, and on-time solutions that exceed the requirements of Government and Commercial customers.