Freelance Netapp Storage Engineer Jobs Near Me

The Storage Architect provides advanced technical expertise to a DoD storage team and supports develop of innovative solutions for complex infrastructure challenges. The individual serves as a subject‐matter expert, guiding project teams and ensuring systems align with organizational and regulatory standards. They independently solve complex technical problems, support major projects, and help maintain a stable and efficient operational environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide advanced technical support, analysis, and guidance on complex infrastructure matters.
• Serve as a technical expert to project teams, offering interpretation and solution alternatives.
• Ensure hardware, operating systems, and software comply with organizational and regulatory requirements.
• Document system specifications, project plans, configurations, and testing activities.
• Contribute to research and development efforts that enhance infrastructure capabilities.
• Lead or support major technical projects, applying creative and effective problem‐
• Identify and resolve operational issues within the existing environment.
• Assign routine tasks to support staff and provide technical direction as needed.
• Prepare and maintain documentation for system requirements, project plans, configurations, and testing processes.
• Support research and development initiatives aimed at improving infrastructure functionality.
• Take the lead or assist with significant technical projects, using innovative and practical problem‐solving approaches.
• Diagnose and address operational problems within the current environment.
• Delegate routine assignments to support staff and offer technical guidance when necessary.
• Support storage system security, ensuring deployments and configurations adhere to DISA STIGs as well as DoD cybersecurity policies.
• Coordinate the team's support for after-hours troubleshooting and incident response.
• Provide storage, backup, and system administration.
• Support on-premises and cloud-hosted environments.
• Support management related tasks as required to include onboarding, offboarding, and compiling/reviewing status and progress reports.

Required Skills, Qualifications and Experience:

• Required Experience:
  • Two (2) years of experience in an advisory or managerial role supporting DoD or Federal enterprise infrastructure, including evaluating, integrating, and implementing enterprise‐level storage and backup software technologies.
  • Five (5) years of hands‐on experience with enterprise SAN (Storage Area Network) management, including technologies such as Fiber Channel zoning, iSCSI, FCoE, unified fabric, HBAs/CNAs, storage controllers, LUNs, RAID, and file sharing/NAS (Network Addressable Storage).
  • Hands‐on experience managing enterprise hierarchical storage systems and operating enterprise backup and restore services using tools such as Veritas NetBackup.
  • Three (3) years of hands‐on experience working with Department of Defense (DoD) IT systems.
• Required Certifications:
  • DoD 8570 IAT II Certification
  • Must also have one of the following Computing Environment certifications:
    • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
    • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
    • Hitachi Data Systems Qualified Professional Storage Administration
    • Dell Certified Associate Information Storage and Management
    • NetApp Certified Data Administrator (ONTAP)
    • NetApp Certified Hybrid Cloud Administrator
    • NetApp Certified Hybrid Cloud Architect
    • NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer SAN Specialist (ONTAP)
    • NetApp Certified hybrid Cloud Implementation Engineer
    • Veritas Certified Specialist Backup 10.x
• Required Security Clearance:
  • Current DoD Top Secret Clearance Required
• Work Location:
  • Must be able to work onsite full-time at one of the following client locations:
    • MI: Battle Creek
    • OH: Columbus, Dayton
    • VA: Fort Belvoir, Richmond
    • UT: Hill AFB (Ogden)
    • PA: New Cumberland, Philadelphia, PA
    • CA: Tracy

Preferred Qualifications:

• DoD 8570 IAT III Certification

Work Environment and Physical Demand:

• Must be able to work in a network closet and sit a computer desk for long periods of time.
• Must be able to lift between 35-40lbs to shoulder height multiple times a day.

Compensation: $105,000+