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DSFederal, Inc. is seeking a Junior Storage Administrator to support our federal client. The Storage Administrator will provide support managing on-premises systems such as NetApp, and Panasas utilizing various security controls.
Duties and Responsibilities
Assist in the management and configuration of very large on-premises object/s3 and NAS storage systems from vendors such as NetApp, Cloudian, Panasas, VAST, and more.
Daily tasks include assisting with storage systems provisioning, monitoring, upgrading, configuration management, troubleshooting, documentation, and maintenance.
Work with storage vendor support teams to find resolutions to storage system bugs and other issues
Take direction from the team lead and senior personnel to work within a team-environment to achieve organizational goals.
Use and maintain custom tools in Python, Perl, or Bash to automate storage management and monitoring.
Perform standard storage administration tasks (e.g. replacing failed drives, allocating new views/buckets/volumes, updating quotas, assigning/updating data ownership, and permissions).
Learn new technologies and skills.
Use common monitoring tools like Splunk, Grafana, and Nagios to monitor system alerts and performance
Document procedures, systems, services, and software.
Provide storage support to NCBI's internal developers and researchers.
Provide technical solutions to a wide range of problems and user requests through an established trouble ticketing system.
Requirements
Eager to learn new skills and technologies.
Entry level experience with Storage Systems administration, or other large scale enterprise systems experience (1+ years)
Familiarity with common storage system concepts such as POSIX filesystem data ownership and permissions, quotas, snapshots, RAID, erasure coding, and mirroring
Comfortable with Unix/Linux command line tools
General understanding of TCP/IP and related network and storage services and protocols (NFS, CIFS, S3, IAM, AD/LDAP, NTP, etc.).
Comfortable working with users of varying levels of IT knowledge.
Able to work with supervision on assigned tasks, and work with others both within and outside of the team.
Amazon/Google Cloud experience preferred
Education
Bachelor's degree
Who We Are:
DSFederal is a leader in health IT and data analytics that delivers innovative solutions to improve healthcare delivery and address critical challenges, including cancer surveillance, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, and COVID-19 emergency response. Our highly experienced professionals serve over 50 different federal clients on over 80 projects. Our people are united by one mission - to empower federal agencies to achieve their mission by connecting the dots between data, people, and technology to derive insights that help improve federal policies and decisions.
What We Can Offer You:
DSFederal attracts the best people in the business with our competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k plan with employer contribution, paid holidays, vacation, and more. If you enjoy being a part of a high performing, professional services, and technology focused organization, we encourage you to apply!
Our Core Values: Collaborative, Curious, Impactful, Invested, Reliable, Trusted
EEO Statement: DS Federal is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
E-Verify Statement:
DS Federal utilizes the E-Verify program for every potential new hire. This makes it possible for us to confirm that every employee who works for DS Federal is eligible to work in the United States. To learn more about E-Verify you can call 1-800-255-7688 or visit their website by clicking the logo below. E-Verify is a registered trademark of the United States Department of Homeland Security.
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