Innovative Data Solutions, Inc.
Storage Engineer (TS/SCI required)
Innovative Data Solutions, Inc., St Louis, Missouri, United States,
Job SummaryWe are seeking an experienced Storage Engineer to support an IC customer/contract in the St. Louis, MO area. This position requires one to design, architect, configure, deploy, upgrade and support various storage and backup platforms and associated management tools. Security requirements are a TS/SCI clearance and eligibility to obtain a CI polygraph.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
Diagnose and troubleshoot storage systems and other related technologiesAdhere to engineering and architecture standards and participate in technical review meetings as requiredParticipate in the evaluation, deployment, management, and integration of new technologies in alignment with other engineers, architects, and technical service lanesIncident support and participation in on-call rotation during off hours and weekendsCreate and maintain documentation: logical/physical diagrams, run books and other technical engineering documentsConsistently demonstrate initiative and commitment to optimizing systems and processesOversee the Installation of new storage hardware and software according to standard operating proceduresOversees the updates to hardware, operating systems, and software as needed to provide required functionality and securityEnsures systems are monitored and statistics relevant to capacity, performance, utilization, etc. are collected and regularly reviewedRequired Skills and Experience:
Hands on engineering experience with NetApp and other storage technologies and conceptsExperience with SAN, NAS and iSCSI storage implementationsExperience with capacity planning and sizing storage and backup environmentsExperience in performance tuning and optimizing storage and backup environmentsExperience with data center migrations and storage replication technologiesSenior level experience with design, development, implementation and maintenance of large-scale systems, preferably across multiple hardware platforms and data centersStrong understanding of high availability concepts with practical experience and implementation of key components in storage environmentStrong understanding of fundamental hardware concepts: disk, memory, CPU, NIC, HBA, firmware, RAID, performance concepts (I/O, paging, swapping, system calls), iSCSI, Fiber Channel, EthernetStrong understanding of essential TCP/IP concepts: TCP, UDP, ICMP, SMTP, SNMP, LDAP, DNS, NTP, etc.Education/Experience:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Programming, Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience5+ years IT experienceBenefits and Perks
Compensation
Industry competitive salary well above market average401K plan with 4% company match, immediately fully vestedReferral bonuses up to $5,000100% company-paid benefits
Cigna Medical plan for employee + familyVision and Dental plan for employee + familyShort Term Disability for employeeLong Term Disability for employeeLife Insurance for employeeFlexible Paid Time Off Policy
180 hours (minimum) per year of PTO with additional time at manager discretion10+ Company Holidays per year6 weeks paid maternity and paternity leaveFlexible work environment to accommodate commuting, family and personal schedulesCareer Growth
Company sponsored training and certificationsNo questions asked professional/business/technical book reimbursementCompany paid training and conference attendance and travel expenses
Company OverviewInnovative Data Solutions (IDS) is a small business specializing in engineering and supporting mission critical IT infrastructure for the US Government Intelligence, Defense and Homeland Security communities.
Established in 2008, IDS has 15 years of experience delivering IT solutions to the Federal market. We're a small company of technology enthusiasts and we thrive on exceeding expectations. We specialize in Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Storage, High Performance Computing, Cybersecurity and Data Analytics. Across these technology areas we provide full lifecycle services: strategy, design, implementation and operations.
IDS engineers are based in Washington, DC and St. Louis, MO and are experienced working with US Government installations across the US, Europe and Asia.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
Diagnose and troubleshoot storage systems and other related technologiesAdhere to engineering and architecture standards and participate in technical review meetings as requiredParticipate in the evaluation, deployment, management, and integration of new technologies in alignment with other engineers, architects, and technical service lanesIncident support and participation in on-call rotation during off hours and weekendsCreate and maintain documentation: logical/physical diagrams, run books and other technical engineering documentsConsistently demonstrate initiative and commitment to optimizing systems and processesOversee the Installation of new storage hardware and software according to standard operating proceduresOversees the updates to hardware, operating systems, and software as needed to provide required functionality and securityEnsures systems are monitored and statistics relevant to capacity, performance, utilization, etc. are collected and regularly reviewedRequired Skills and Experience:
Hands on engineering experience with NetApp and other storage technologies and conceptsExperience with SAN, NAS and iSCSI storage implementationsExperience with capacity planning and sizing storage and backup environmentsExperience in performance tuning and optimizing storage and backup environmentsExperience with data center migrations and storage replication technologiesSenior level experience with design, development, implementation and maintenance of large-scale systems, preferably across multiple hardware platforms and data centersStrong understanding of high availability concepts with practical experience and implementation of key components in storage environmentStrong understanding of fundamental hardware concepts: disk, memory, CPU, NIC, HBA, firmware, RAID, performance concepts (I/O, paging, swapping, system calls), iSCSI, Fiber Channel, EthernetStrong understanding of essential TCP/IP concepts: TCP, UDP, ICMP, SMTP, SNMP, LDAP, DNS, NTP, etc.Education/Experience:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Programming, Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience5+ years IT experienceBenefits and Perks
Compensation
Industry competitive salary well above market average401K plan with 4% company match, immediately fully vestedReferral bonuses up to $5,000100% company-paid benefits
Cigna Medical plan for employee + familyVision and Dental plan for employee + familyShort Term Disability for employeeLong Term Disability for employeeLife Insurance for employeeFlexible Paid Time Off Policy
180 hours (minimum) per year of PTO with additional time at manager discretion10+ Company Holidays per year6 weeks paid maternity and paternity leaveFlexible work environment to accommodate commuting, family and personal schedulesCareer Growth
Company sponsored training and certificationsNo questions asked professional/business/technical book reimbursementCompany paid training and conference attendance and travel expenses
Company OverviewInnovative Data Solutions (IDS) is a small business specializing in engineering and supporting mission critical IT infrastructure for the US Government Intelligence, Defense and Homeland Security communities.
Established in 2008, IDS has 15 years of experience delivering IT solutions to the Federal market. We're a small company of technology enthusiasts and we thrive on exceeding expectations. We specialize in Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Storage, High Performance Computing, Cybersecurity and Data Analytics. Across these technology areas we provide full lifecycle services: strategy, design, implementation and operations.
IDS engineers are based in Washington, DC and St. Louis, MO and are experienced working with US Government installations across the US, Europe and Asia.