Cloud and Storage Engineer

Position Overview

CGS is seeking a Cloud and Storage Engineer in the Information Technology department on a Full-Time, Experienced basis. In this role, you will develop and implement a full-scale Storage Area Network (SAN) architecture for a large EMC‑based SAN infrastructure in support of a federal agency. You will produce standards and processes for storage configuration, optimization, replication, virtualization, and storage security in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Additionally, you will help drive government innovation by collaborating with a team of highly skilled professionals.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a full‑scale Storage Area Network (SAN) architecture for a large EMC‑based infrastructure in a multi‑enterprise, complex, geographically dispersed environment.
• Ensure the SAN architecture addresses performance, capacity, replication, disaster recovery, backup disk storage, and backup & recovery aspects.
• Define and set strategic direction for the SAN and backup environment.
• Design and implement customer storage requirements into an enterprise solution that is developed, installed, configured, and deployed.
• Provide overall storage and backup capacity planning, including utilization reporting.
• Produce standards and implementation processes for storage configuration, optimization, replication, virtualization, storage security, and disaster recovery.
• Troubleshoot complex SAN infrastructure issues and collaborate with internal and external customers to resolve them.
• Review, plan, and participate in scheduled maintenance and projects on the storage infrastructure.
• Develop technical documentation, roadmaps for tiered storage and storage‑as‑a‑service, presentations, and cost models.
• Manage, maintain, and develop the SAN infrastructure as part of a team to ensure 24/7/365 uptime.
• Architect and maintain the private cloud environment, with experience in Gov Cloud (AWS, Azure, etc.) and hybrid cloud architectures being highly desirable.
• Perform security‐related tasks, including documentation, vulnerability scan review, assessment support, patch management, and auditing.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in computer science, business, or another relevant discipline.
• Eight (8) years of relevant work experience may be substituted for a degree.
• Significant, direct experience in Dell EMC products such as OneFile System (OneFS), MDS SAN switches, storage arrays (Unity, Isilon, VNS, and Data Domain), and RecoverPoint.

Benefits & Perks

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays