- Location: Annapolis Jct, Maryland
- Type: Contract
- Job #4070
Title: Senior Storage Administrator/Engineer
Location: Laurel, MD
Compensation Range: $210 -$230K
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI needed to apply *
Company Overview: Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government. Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission. Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation's toughest and most secure problems. If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don't look any further than Cornerstone Defense.
Benefits Overview:
Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans * Generous PTO Policy * 401(k) * HSA and FSA options * Life and Disability Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement and Training * Perks at Work Discount Program * Referral Program * Leads Generation Program * CollegeAmerica 529 * Fitness Reimbursement Program * Travel Assistance * Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions * Life Planning Financial & Legal Services *
Position Description: The Senior Storage Administrator/Engineer supports the Corporate Storage Team by providing expert-level technical, operational, and analytical support for enterprise backup systems, storage arrays, SAN environments, and related infrastructure. This role is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and enhancing backup and storage capabilities while ensuring system security, resiliency, and compliance. The position operates out of Emerson 6 and includes scheduled rotational on-call duties for after-hours support.
Core Tasks: - Conduct deliberate analysis supporting DoD cyber workforce, cyber operations forces, and readiness policy development.
- Monitor and manage enterprise backup systems, including NetBackup, Cohesity, Commvault, and Rubrik platforms.
- Work directly with customers to onboard new servers and virtual machines into backup solutions and troubleshoot related issues.
- Configure new backup solutions as they are procured and brought into the environment.
- Troubleshoot and coordinate break/fix efforts for backup appliances (NetBackup, Cohesity, Rubrik) and storage arrays including Oracle ZFS, NetApp, Vast, and IBM systems.
- Monitor, diagnose, and resolve SAN issues, including command-line troubleshooting and zoning configuration.
- Collaborate with the ISSO to ensure security vulnerabilities are properly remediated and systems remain compliant.
- Support ISSO activities related to System Security Plan (SSP) re-authorization.
- Maintain reliable daily operations and support after-hours requirements via rotational on-call responsibilities.
Qualifications - Security+ CE or higher-level cybersecurity certification.
- Minimum 10 years of relevant experience as a Systems Administrator or Storage Administrator.
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