Eagle Harbor Solutions, a Koniag Government customer, is seeking a Storage Engineer with a Secret security clearance to support EHS and our government customer in Washington, DC.
We offer competitive compensation and an extraordinary benefits package including health, dental and vision insurance, 401k with company matching, flexible spending accounts, paid holidays, paid time off, and more.
Essential Functions, Responsibilities & Duties may include, but are not limited to:

The Storage Engineer position will own the full scope of backup and restore-related duties for the client, ensure legal and technical compliance, and update and maintain documentation. The ideal candidate will be able to support the following functions:

• Monitoring and managing regular backups, disaster recovery testing, and data retention activities
• Supporting backup and recovery solutions including installation and configuration of backup client
• Scheduling all backup jobs and deconflicting cron jobs (Oracle, PeopleSoft)
• Verifying client registration with backup software and determining appropriate data sets
• Monitoring replication jobs to ensure successful execution from source site to target site
• Troubleshooting and resolving issues related to backup and recovery systems
• Addressing Media server issues affecting various environments
• Troubleshooting client availability with Avamar clients and native backup tools
• Supporting High Availability for Media Servers to mitigate infrastructure failures
• Providing backup metrics and analysis for capacity utilization, performance, and retention policy impacts
• Forecasting storage needs based on backup metrics and usage patterns
• Optimizing backup and recovery system performance
• Creating and maintaining system configuration documentation and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 3+ years’ experience with EMC Avamar technology
• 3+ years’ experience with EMC DataDomain technology
• 5+ years’ experience in Windows 2016 or above server administration
• 3+ years’ experience as a Cisco MDS switch Administrator
• 2+ years’ experience with PURE FlashArray/FlashBlade hardware and operating system administration

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Demonstrated experience in datacenter backup technologies and practices
• Strong technical and troubleshooting skills in hybrid Microsoft Windows/Linux server environments
• Proficiency with PURE FlashArray/FlashBlade storage solutions
• Expertise in Cisco MDS switch configuration and administration
• Knowledge of Windows 2016 or above server administration
• Knowledge of Linux and/or similar Unix-based servers
• EMC Proven Professional Certification
• At least two of the following certifications: FlashArray and/or FlashBlade Associate/Professional/Specialist, Avamar, Data Domain, Dell EMC Unity
• Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) or Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) - Windows Server 2016 track (preferred)
• Experience with EMC Storage Technologies (System Administration)
• Proficiency with Dell PowerProtect (EMC) DataDomain
• Experience with Pure FlashArray and/or FlashBlade
• Storage-specific training from HP, DellEMC, Pure, or NetApp
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• Monitoring and managing regular backups, disaster recovery testing, and data retention activities
• Supporting backup and recovery solutions including installation and configuration of backup client
• Scheduling all backup jobs and deconflicting cron jobs (Oracle, PeopleSoft)
• Verifying client registration with backup software and determining appropriate data sets
• Monitoring replication jobs to ensure successful execution from source site to target site
• Troubleshooting and resolving issues related to backup and recovery systems
• Addressing Media server issues affecting various environments
• Troubleshooting client availability with Avamar clients and native backup tools
• Supporting High Availability for Media Servers to mitigate infrastructure failures
• Providing backup metrics and analysis for capacity utilization, performance, and retention policy impacts
• Forecasting storage needs based on backup metrics and usage patterns
• Optimizing backup and recovery system performance
• Creating and maintaining system configuration documentation and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs