Systems Engineer 5 - Enterprise Storage & NetApp Architecture

Summary

NineFX is seeking two Systems Engineer V professionals to serve as senior technical authorities for enterprise storage engineering across large, mission-critical government environments. This role provides specialized consulting, advanced architecture design, and leadership of complex modernization initiatives while engineering, optimizing, and securing NetApp storage, backup, and replication ecosystems. Hands-on NetApp expertise is mandatory.

Enterprise Storage Engineering

Provide hands-on engineering support for NetApp SAN/NAS storage systems
Configure, optimize, and manage storage using S3, CIFS, NFS, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel block protocols
Conduct capacity planning, sizing, and performance tuning for enterprise backup and storage platforms including Veritas NetBackup, Cohesity, Rubrik, and CommVault
Support datacenter migrations, storage replication technologies, and multi-platform storage integration
Integrate storage arrays with hypervisors such as Nutanix, VMware VCF, and OpenStack

Systems Architecture & High Availability

Design and implement enterprise storage architectures supporting resiliency, durability, scalability, and high availability
Ensure proper configuration and tuning of hardware components including disk, memory, CPU, NIC, HBA, firmware, RAID, and performance subsystems
Oversee installation, upgrades, lifecycle engineering, and modernization of storage hardware and software
Evaluate emerging storage technologies and support forward-looking planning for future mission requirements

Security & Compliance

Apply federal hardening requirements including FISMA, STIG, and agency-specific security baselines
Utilize Nessus Security Center for vulnerability identification, remediation tracking, and compliance validation
Ensure secure configuration and operational integrity across storage ecosystems

Operational Support & Documentation

Diagnose and resolve complex storage, replication, and backup issues in distributed environments
Provide on-call support and incident response for critical systems
Maintain comprehensive documentation including architecture diagrams, run books, SOPs, installation guides, lifecycle plans, and engineering artifacts
Monitor and analyze storage utilization, performance metrics, and capacity trends

Qualifications