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Flairbee Corporation LLC

Sr. Systems Engineer

Rockville, MD · On-site

$106K - $145K/yr

Company Description Flairbee Corporation is an Information Technology Services and Engineering ... Java/J2EE XML with Soap or REST Web Services Unix/Solaris Excellent verbal and written ...

Flairbee Corporation LLC

Sr. Systems Engineer

Rockville, MD · On-site

$106K - $145K/yr

Company Description Flairbee Corporation is an Information Technology Services and Engineering ... Solaris • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Familiarity with Multi-Zone ...

Deegit Inc

OSM Sr Developer - St. Louis, MO

Saint Louis, MO · On-site

$53 - $70/hr

OSM Sr Developer Location: St. Louis, MO Duration: 3+ Months Contract --> 8+ years of professional ... Linux, Solaris, Oracle 10g, SVN, Eclipse IDE, shell script, ANT, etc. Others: --> Exceptional ...

Sidram Technologies

DB2 Engineer / Architect

New York, NY · On-site

$69.75 - $89.75/hr

Senior DB2 Engineer / Architect Location : NY city Hybrid -- 3 days office DB2 Database Engineering ... UNIX System Engineering Strong hands-on experience in UNIX environments (AIX/Linux/Solaris). Shell ...

krg technology inc

C++ developer

Gainesville, FL · On-site

$44.50 - $59.75/hr

... positions Sr Developer - 4 positions Jr Developer-4 positions Required Skills: Strong C programming experience (C preferred over C++). Familiarity with Solaris Strong familiarity with Linux ...

inTALENTgent

Senior Network Engineer

Chantilly, VA

$107K - $147K/yr

Candidate will serve as liasion between the end users \/ customers and Sr. technical staff if ... UNIX (Linux, Solaris, BSD) administration experience \n * Remote network and server administration ...

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How much do senior solaris engineer jobs pay per year?

As of Jul 11, 2026, the average yearly pay for senior solaris engineer in the United States is $126,557.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $104,500.00 and $143,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Senior Solaris Engineer vs Solaris System Administrator?

AspectSenior Solaris EngineerSolaris System Administrator
CertificationsSun/Solaris certifications, advanced UNIX certificationsBasic UNIX/Linux certifications, Solaris certifications
Work EnvironmentDesign, development, troubleshooting complex Solaris systemsMaintain, monitor, and support Solaris systems
ResponsibilitiesSystem architecture, performance tuning, scriptingSystem setup, user management, routine maintenance

The Senior Solaris Engineer focuses on designing and optimizing Solaris systems, requiring advanced skills and certifications. In contrast, the Solaris System Administrator handles daily operations and maintenance tasks. Both roles are essential in organizations using Solaris, but they differ in scope and complexity.

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Infographic showing various Senior Solaris Engineer job openings in the United States as of July 2026, with employment types broken down into 95% Full Time, 2% Part Time, and 3% Contract. Highlights an 87% Physical, 4% Hybrid, and 9% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $126,557 per year, or $60.8 per hour.
Sr. Infrastructure Engineer (Storage & Backup)

Sr. Infrastructure Engineer (Storage & Backup)

Kore1

Irvine, CA • On-site

Full-time

Re-posted 16 days ago

Job description

Company Description

Kore1, Inc., the world leader in the recruitment of creative and information technology professionals, has an immediate opening for a "Sr. Infrastructure Engineer (Storage & Backup)" -Irvine, CA

Job Description

Responsibilities:

  • The Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Storage & Backup is responsible to ensure storage & backup solutions are expertly selected, designed, delivered, optimized and supported during the entire infrastructure lifecycle.  
  • In this role, the Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Storage & Backup works collaboratively with other architects, infrastructure engineers, infrastructure operations, applications teams and Technology Architecture & Business Development.  
Qualifications

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Science and Math or related discipline with an IT emphasis is required. A graduate degree in Technology, Business or equivalent work experience is preferred.
  • Minimum 8 years of storage and backup experience.
  • Demonstrated experience in design, development, implementation, and maintenance of large-scale systems, preferably across multiple hardware and software platforms.
  • Engineering roles in a large, complex, or global environment.
  • Working knowledge with VMAX/XtremIO/VNX storage arrays
  • Good communications skills including strong verbal, written, and presentation skills.
  • Working knowledge of IT Service Management framework and/or ITIL concepts and practices. ITIL certification a plus.
  • Extensive experience in UNIX (Solaris, HP-UX, AIX and Linux) and Windows based operating systems (Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Windows XP, Vista and Windows7).
  • Extensive experience in designing Storage based solutions (preferred technology EMC but good understanding of other vendor solutions such as IBM, HP, Hitachi, NetApp).
  • SME within focused areas, such as EMC VMAX, EMC VNX(Unified), EMC VPLEX, EMC Data Domain, EMC RecoverPoint, EMC XtremIO, EMC Cenera, IBM v9000, Hitachi Unified Storage, VM and PURE Flash Arrays
  • Extensive experience in designing backup based solutions with Data Domain, Virtual Tape Libraries (VTL), tape, and software (Netbackup and/or CommVault and VEEAM) backup and recovery solutions.
  • Experience with key storage tools, methodologies and protocols including NFS, CIFS, SRDF, Recoverpoint, Flash, Time Finder, Thin Provisioning, Virtual Provisioning, data migration, SMC, ECC, Ionix, Data Protection Advisor, and Performance Manager.
  • Experience designing and deploying tiered storage solutions (EMC Fast VP).
  • Extensive experience in performance tuning and optimizing enterprise storage solutions.
  • Deep understanding of Storage Arrays technologies Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel switches (Cisco MDS and Brocade).
  • Deep understanding of Network Attached Storage (NAS) technologies.
  • Broad knowledge of infrastructure technologies to include: Server technologies (blades and rack mounted, commodity/enterprise class - Cisco, IBM, HP, Dell).
  • Virtualization technologies (VMware, Citrix, Windows).
  • Network technologies (Cisco, Juniper, HP).
  • Systems and Infrastructure Management technologies (tools from HP, BMC, CA).
  • Familiarity with application software (SAP, IPlanet, WebSphere, Tibco, Apache, Veritas, MQSeries, JBoss) and databases (Oracle, DB2 and Microsoft SQL).
  • Strong understanding of high availability concepts with practical experience and implementation of key components (databases, application servers, fault tolerant systems, cluster server/software, etc.).
  • Understanding of Operational challenges and dependencies as they relate to infrastructure decisions.
  • Working Knowledge of TCP/IP, FTP, SMTP, SendMail, NFS, DNS, BIND and other Network services.
  • Experience with Enterprise applications and services.
  • Sensitivity to Security best practices as related to infrastructure and application architectures
Additional Information
Heavy Engineering and Designing Solutions for Global Ops
8-10 + years of experience with Storage & Backup, SAN
EMC, Unix and Windows OS, Virtualization, Disaster Recovery
Storage Ranking/Weight:
EMC VMAX & XtremIO #1 - 40%
EMC VNX & Centera #2 - 20%
SAN Zoning #3 - 10%
EMC Recover Point Appliance #4 - 10%
EMC VPLEX Appliance #5 - 10%
HDS, IBM, & Pure Storage Arrays #6 - 10%
BACKUP:
Veritas NetBackup or CommVault Simpana #1 - 40%
VEEAM B&R #2 - 40%
EMC XtremIO snapshot and shell scripting #3 - 20%

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