Immediate need for a talented CW Lead Engineer. This is a 12+ months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in East Coast Virtual(Remote). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.
Job ID: 26-27634
Pay Range: $65/hr - $66/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).
Key Responsibilities:
- Formulates system scope through research and fact-finding to develop or modify moderately complex information systems.
- Evaluates and implements changes to existing system logic difficulties and documentation as necessary.
- Reviews flow charts, models, and procedures and feasibility studies to design possible system solutions.
- Reviews technical documentation to guide system users and to assist with the ongoing operation, maintenance, and development of the system.
- Collaborates with system analysts, engineers, and programmers to design systems and to determine project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements, systems performance standards, and interfaces.
- Identifies and documents all system constraints, implications and consequences of various proposed system changes.
- Educates end users on system designs and functionalities through creation of training materials and conducting demos.
- Evaluates the efficiency and effectiveness of application operations and troubleshooting problems.
- Build orchestrated patching playbooks with pre/post validation for PPDM, Data Domain, Avamar, Rubrik, and ONTAP, enabling on-disclosure CVE remediation
- Develop a CVE-to-asset correlation service against live platform inventory
- Build scheduled backup posture validation covering immutability, retention locks, replication, and anti-ransomware controls; advance existing prototypes to production
- Implement configuration drift detection using ActiveIQ and ONTAP REST APIs, with automated baselines for top security-critical settings (FIPS, encryption-at-rest, audit logging, export policies)
- Build automated deprovisioning workflows for backup admin access tied to HR/IAM events
- Integrate vault-based credential rotation for backup automation service accounts
- Produce audit-ready documentation and evidence artifacts for each automated control
Key Requirements and Technology Experience:
- Key skills; NetApp ONTAP / Storage Engineering
- PPDM / Data Domain / Backup Technologies
- Python / PowerShell Automation
- REST API & Vulnerability/Patch Automation
- University (Degree) Preferred
- Work Experience
- 5+ Years Required; 7+ Years Preferred
- Physical Requirements
- Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work
- Career Level
- 8IC
- 7+ years of relevant IT experience, with significant hands-on work in data protection, backup and storage infrastructure
- Demonstrated hands-on experience administering and engineering solutions on PPDM, Data Domain, ECS, Rubrik, and/or NetApp ONTAP in enterprise environments
- Proven experience building automation and orchestration tooling (scripting, APIs, playbooks)
- Working knowledge of vulnerability management concepts, including CVE tracking, patch cycles, and asset correlation
- Experience with REST API integration, particularly with NetApp ActiveIQ and/or ONTAP APIs
- Experience with credential vaulting and automated secrets/credential rotation (e.g., CyberArk, HashiCorp Vault, or similar)
- Strong scripting ability (PowerShell, Python, or similar) for building integrations and automation
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and deliver production-grade solutions under compressed timelines
- Experience producing technical documentation and audit/compliance evidence artifacts
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related technical field
- Vendor certifications relevant to Dell PowerProtect (PPDM/Data Domain/ECS), Rubrik, or NetApp platforms
- Experience with security configuration baselining and drift detection tooling
- Familiarity with FIPS compliance, encryption-at-rest standards, and audit logging requirements in enterprise storage environments
- Experience integrating with IAM/HR systems (e.g., SailPoint, Workday, ServiceNow) for automated provisioning/deprovisioning
- Experience with anti-ransomware and immutability controls in backup environments (retention lock, replication validation)
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines or infrastructure-as-code practices as applied to automation delivery
- Strong stakeholder communication skills, with ability to translate technical automation work into audit-ready evidence and business-facing status updates.
Our client is a leading Financial Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.
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