hatch I.T. is partnering with Expression to find a Systems Engineer. See details below:
About The Role:
Expression is seeking a skilled Systems Engineer to join their team in a hybrid capacity (2-3 days per week on site) in multiple locations. As a Systems Engineer, you will leverage your expertise to architect scalable and resilient solutions, optimize performance, and ensure the reliability and security of their systems. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to assess requirements, develop technical solutions, and implement best practices to meet their evolving needs.
About the Company:
Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Washington DC, Expression provides data fusion, data analytics, software engineering, information technology, and electromagnetic spectrum management solutions to the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of State, and national security community. Expression’s “Perpetual Innovation” culture focuses on creating immediate and sustainable value for our clients via agile delivery of tailored solutions built through constant engagement with our clients. Expression was ranked #1 on the Washington Technology 2018's Fast 50 list of fastest growing small business Government contractors and a Top 20 Big Data Solutions Provider by CIO Review.
Responsibilities:
- Monitor and report on existing data restore and disaster recovery capabilities for both on-premise and cloud environments. Provide recommendations on process improvement/efficiencies.
- Coordinate/perform/document Disaster Recovery (DR) failovers within DLA cloud environments.
- Ensure high availability and performance expectations of critical enterprise applications/systems operating within the cloud environment.
- Develop, integrate, and oversee storage arrays, fiber switches, and associated components.
- Maintain and oversee data backup solutions to ensure mission objectives are met for both on-premise and cloud environments.
- Research, build, and implement file sharing technologies to meet customer requirements.
- Troubleshoot and advise on advanced storage issues/deficiencies in relation to both on-premise and cloud technologies.
- Perform routine checks and preventative maintenance.
- Perform storage analysis, capacity planning, and performance planning of storage components.
- Author/document policies and procedures to support the operational storage environment and participate in the design and ongoing refinement of procedures and policies.
- Prepare reports on storage administration best practices, new technologies, etc., and recommend enhancements and configuration changes to improve and optimize existing storage technologies.
Requirements:
- Five (5) years of overall professional experience in the engineering field. This includes evaluating, manufacturing, and integrating enterprise-level storage and backup software technologies.
- Three (3) years of hands-on experience managing hybrid storage infrastructure (Azure cloud and/or Amazon Web Services).
- Two (2) years hands-on experience with enterprise SAN (Storage Area Network) management to include capabilities and technologies such as: Fiber Channel zoning, iSCSI, FCoE (Fiber Channel over Ethernet) unified fabric, HBA/CNA (Host Bus Adapter/Converged Network Adapter), storage controllers, and LUN (Logical Unit Number), RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks), and file sharing / NAS (Network Addressable Storage). Hands-on experience with enterprise hierarchical storage system management; operation of enterprise backup/restore services, using products such as Veritas NetBackup, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Backup, or Microsoft Azure Recovery Services/Site Recovery.in
- Active Secret (or above) clearance
- Sensitivity Level: IT-I – Critical Sensitive (Tier 5/SSBI)
- IA Level: IAT-II
- Two (2) years hands-on experience working with Department of Defense (DoD) IT systems.
- Computing Environment: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, NetApp Certified Hybrid Cloud Administrator, NetApp Certified Hybrid Cloud Architect, NetApp Certified hybrid Cloud Implementation Engineer
