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You will support a large-scale, global Cloud and Data Center Services program for the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Technology (DT). You will engineer, administer, and optimize enterprise storage platforms across hybrid data center environments, with NetApp ONTAP systems, SAN/NAS architecture, data protection, and storage virtualization. Responsibilities include operational support, storage lifecycle management, modernization, platform engineering, and cross-domain integration to ensure high availability, performance, and mission readiness for DT workloads.\nHOW A STORAGE ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT\nStorage Engineering & Platform Support:\nEngineer, deploy, configure, and support NetApp ONTAP storage systems, including clusters, volumes, LIFs, SnapMirror/SnapVault, export policies, and performance tuning.\nAdminister SAN/NAS environments supporting mission-critical workloads across geographically dispersed DT data centers.\nSupport VMware storage integrations, including vSphere datastore provisioning, VMFS/NFS storage design, storage multipathing, vVols, and performance troubleshooting.\nDevelop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and automation for storage provisioning and configuration using tools such as Ansible, PowerShell, and REST APIs.\nParticipate in engineering of Platform Services including Converged/Cloud Infrastructure, Data Protection, Monitoring, and Security Infrastructure.\nStorage Operations & Service Delivery:\nSupport 24x7x365 storage operations in coordination with Enterprise Operations and Site Operations teams, participating in ITIL-aligned incident, problem, and change management.\nMonitor capacity, performance, replication health, data protection, and storage resiliency across large-scale NetApp ONTAP environments.\nAssist with migration projects, storage lifecycle refresh, cluster expansions, and re-platforming initiatives across DT enterprise sites.\nEnsure appropriate storage allocation, right-sizing, and resource lifecycle management to support availability and demand growth.\nData Protection, Availability & Business Continuity:\nImplement storage security best practices including RBAC, encryption, export controls, secure replication, logging, and auditing.\nEnsure compliance with FedRAMP, NIST RMF, FISMA, and DT security directives.\nSupport vulnerability remediation, configuration hardening, and continuous monitoring activities.\nMonitoring, Observability & Reporting:\nWork with monitoring platforms to track storage performance, latency, capacity usage, replication status, trends, and forecasting.\nProvide reports and analytical insights to DT leadership, including storage health dashboards, SLA metrics, and lifecycle planning data.\nIntegrate storage telemetry with enterprise monitoring, observability, and CMDB systems.\nStakeholder Engagement & Collaboration:\nCollaborate with engineers across compute, virtualization, networking, cloud, data protection, cybersecurity, and operations to support integrated platform delivery.\nPrepare engineering documentation, runbooks, design diagrams, and knowledge-transfer materials for Government FTEs and support partners.\nSupport special projects, modernization pilots, and new storage service development.\nWHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED\n Bring your initiative and drive for innovation to GDIT. The Storage Engineer must have:\n Education: Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline required (master’s preferred).\nExperience: 8+ years relevant experience supporting enterprise IT systems, cloud services engineering, or hybrid cloud environments.\n Certification: NetApp Certified Data Administrator - ONTAP (NCDA) or NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer - ONTAP (NCIE) and VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) or VMware storage-focused certification (e.g., vSAN Specialist)\n Technical skills: Expertise in NetApp ONTAP cluster operations, SAN/NAS administration, replication technologies, SnapMirror/SnapVault, and performance troubleshooting. Strong background in VMware storage integration (VMFS, NFS, vVols, datastore capacity planning, multipath optimization). Proficiency in automation and scripting (PowerShell, Python, REST API, Ansible). Familiarity with converged/hyperconverged platforms, storage networking (Fibre Channel/iSCSI), and enterprise monitoring systems. Understanding of STIGs, SRGs, FedRAMP requirements, and federal cybersecurity frameworks.\nSecurity clearance level: Active Top Secret level clearance\nLocation: Hybrid within the National Capital Region with periodic travel to customer and data center sites.\nTimeline: This is a contingent position expected to start in Spring of 2027.\nGDIT IS YOUR PLACE\nAt GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.\nGrowth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities\nSupport: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals\nRewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off\nFlexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home\nCommunity: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY Explore a career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your sense of ownership and pride in the meaningful work we do.\nThe likely salary range for this position is $140,821 - $190,523. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.Scheduled Weekly Hours:\n40Travel Required:\nLess than 10%Telecommuting Options:\nHybridWork Location:\nUSA DC WashingtonAdditional Work Locations:\nUSA VA Newington, USA VA SpringfieldTotal Rewards at GDIT:\nOur benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.Our Identity Verification Process:\nAs part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.About Our Work:\nWe are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. 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