Leidos is seeking a Senior Storage Engineer in Fort Belvoir, VA to partner on a large enterprise IT contract for the Department of War (DoW) to support storage operations across multiple geographic locations. The Storage Engineer SME provides senior technical leadership for enterprise storage services under the Defense Threat Reduction Agency Information Management & Technical Directorate Integrated Information Technology Services (I3TS) contract. This role architects, implements, and sustains highly available storage platforms supporting mission-critical I3TS workloads across primary, alternate, and regional environments. The engineer drives performance optimization, capacity planning, and resilient backup and recovery strategies to meet recovery objectives, continuity requirements, and operational service levels. This position ensures storage operations align with organizational and federal compliance requirements and coordinates closely with EOC, infrastructure, network, and security teams.
Clearance:
Primary Responsibilities:
Install, configure, and administer enterprise storage systems from multiple vendors to include, but not limited to, Dell EMC, Powerflex and Quantum
Install, configure, and administer Rubrik server and client software. Schedule and monitor backup policies. Generate backup status reports as required
Administer Cisco Brocade fiber channel switch fabrics. Configure single initiator zone sets and monitor switch utilization and performance
Create and secure SMB file shares
Coordinate with server administrators to create, secure, and mount NFS exports
Develop and implement Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations plans in accordance with customer requirements
Install, configure, maintain, and administer Linux and Windows servers in support of storage operations such as Rubrik, Media, DSM and Master servers
Build capacity management dashboards that improve visibility into enterprise storage use, health, resilience, and provide ongoing resources for planning for enterprise infrastructure lifecycle replacement
Configure Rubrik policies. Troubleshoot and resolve backup job failures
Coordinate with vCenter administrators to provision Storage Area Network (SAN) resources to VMWare ESX cluster datastores as required
Configure and manage volume snapshots. Assist customers with point-in-time file restores
Schedule and monitor volume replication for disaster recovery
Monitor health and availability of infrastructure applications and systems
Work with vendors to troubleshoot and resolve hardware and software failures
Coordinate with Change Management to deconflict and schedule hardware maintenance activities, system and firmware updates, and other configuration changes
Execute system changes during scheduled maintenance windows
Monitor and evaluate system performance and capacity trends
Resolve tier 2 and tier 3 service requests
Identify opportunities to automate operations. Develop automated solutions that take advantage of Dell and NetApp system APIs
Seek opportunities for continuous improvement to support effective and efficient operations
Work with Cloud Storage solutions as needed for Cloud applications
Work independently with minimal supervision
Mentor junior team members
Required Qualifications:
The candidate must have bachelor's degree with 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or a Master's degree with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience. Additional experience may be taken into consideration in lieu of a degree.
Experience supervising others
Extensive experience administering enterprise-level data storage systems (Dell Storage Center, Dell Compellent, and Data Domain preferred) with a demonstrated understanding of the following services and technologies
SAN administration including provisioning of LUNs, managing fiber channel zoning, and mapping storage to servers
NAS administration including NFS and SMB file sharing
Integration with VMWare ESX Server
Data migration strategies
Snapshots
Volume replication
Managing file and share permissions in an Active Directory environment
Storage monitoring and performance tuning
Understanding of Cloud storage management
Extensive experience managing and administering Veritas Rubrik
Experience with scripting technologies such as PowerShell
Working knowledge of Unix or Linux based operating systems
Working knowledge of Distributed File System (DFS)
Excellent communication skills
Ability to mentor junior team members
Ability to complete complex projects with minimal direction
Experience working independently to support a 24/7/365 customer environment
Experience contributing to deliverables and meeting performance metrics
Experience coordinating with senior management and customers
Candidate must, at a minimum, meet DoD 8570.11- IAT Level II certification requirements (currently Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, GSEC, or SSCP along with an appropriate computing environment (CE) certification)
An active Top Secret/SCI clearance is required for this position.
Due to the nature of the government contracts we support, US Citizenship is required.
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Original Posting:
May 27, 2026
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.