Enterprise Storage Engineer
Location: Suitland, MD
Clearance: TS/SCI
Leidos is seeking an Enterprise Storage Engineer to join our team in Suitland, MD, supporting the Hopper Global Communications Center (HGCC) Information Technology Operations Department, Systems Division. In this role, you will help design, optimize, manage, and secure the enterprise storage infrastructure that supports critical applications, cloud environments, and on premise file storage.
This is an opportunity to apply your NetApp expertise across the full storage lifecycle, from architecture and deployment to performance optimization, troubleshooting, security, and disaster recovery. You will work across infrastructure teams to maintain reliable, high performing storage environments while helping ensure critical systems remain available, secure, and ready to support the mission.
This posting is for multiple opportunities ranging in years of experience. Level of opportunity, including compensation, will be matched to a candidate’s experience.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Design, deploy, configure, and administer NetApp enterprise storage environments.
- Manage storage provisioning, capacity, performance, availability, and lifecycle activities across production and nonproduction environments.
- Monitor storage health, utilization, and performance, perform proactive capacity planning, and resolve performance bottlenecks.
- Troubleshoot complex storage incidents involving NetApp systems, hosts, networks, Fibre Channel fabrics, and application dependencies.
- Perform upgrades, firmware updates, patching, hardware refreshes, and storage migrations while minimizing service disruption.
- Configure and maintain Storage Virtual Machines (SVMs), volumes, aggregates, LUNs, qtrees, quotas, export policies, and related storage services.
- Implement storage security and access controls consistent with organizational and cybersecurity requirements.
- Support high availability, business continuity, and disaster recovery testing, including validation of recovery procedures.
- Analyze storage trends and recommend architecture, capacity, performance, and cost optimization improvements.
- Maintain system documentation, diagrams, configuration standards, operating procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
- Coordinate with server, virtualization, network, database, backup, cybersecurity, and application teams to support infrastructure requirements.
- Provide technical support for escalated incidents and participate in root cause analysis and problem management.
- Work with NetApp and other vendors to troubleshoot hardware and software issues and coordinate replacements or engineering support.
- Ensure storage platforms comply with applicable configuration, change management, security, and operational standards.
- Participate in maintenance activities and provide on call or after hours support when required.
- Travel may be required to Norfolk, VA; Charleston, SC; Newport, RI; Whidbey Island, WA; San Diego, CA; Fallon, NV; Honolulu, HI; Naples, Italy; Guam; Bahrain; and Japan.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in an IT related field with 6+ or 8+ years of relevant experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Active TS/SCI security clearance.
- Experience as a NetApp Enterprise Storage Engineer.
- Experience managing enterprise storage solutions for applications, cloud, and on premise file storage.
- Expert knowledge of NetApp Data ONTAP and ONTAP System Manager.
- Expert knowledge of operating systems and technologies.
- Proficient working knowledge of network technologies and protocols.
- Strong understanding of storage systems, RAID, SAN, NAS, backup solutions, and data storage optimization, with expertise in backup and disaster recovery solutions.
- Experience working in virtual environments.
Required Certifications:
- Security+ certification.
- NetApp Certified Technology Solutions Professional certification.
- NetApp Certified Data Administrator (NCDA) certification.
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Original Posting:August 17, 2026For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
Skills Required
- 6+ or 8+ years of relevant experience
- Bachelor's degree in an IT related field (or equivalent experience)
- Active TS/SCI security clearance
- Experience as a NetApp Enterprise Storage Engineer
- Expert knowledge of NetApp Data ONTAP and ONTAP System Manager
- Experience managing enterprise storage solutions for applications, cloud, and on-premises file storage
- Expert knowledge of operating systems and related technologies
- Proficient working knowledge of network technologies and protocols
- Strong understanding of storage systems (RAID, SAN, NAS), backup and disaster recovery solutions
- Experience troubleshooting Fibre Channel fabrics, hosts, and application dependencies
- Experience working in virtual environments
- Security+ certification
- NetApp Certified Technology Solutions Professional certification
- NetApp Certified Data Administrator (NCDA) certification
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We Are Leidos For 50 years we have been tackling some of the biggest problems that face our nation and our world. OUR MISSION Through our culture of innovation and history of performance, we develop deep customer trust built on integrity and create enduring solutions that improve our world. Leidos is a science and technology solutions leader working to address some of the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and healthcare markets. The company’s 43,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $11.09 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2020. Leidos was cited for the meaningful work employees perform that is challenging, impactful, and aligned with our customers’ missions as reasons professionals want to work and stay at our company. Leidos has also been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World's Most Ethical Companies®. Employees enjoy career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Employees appreciate our flexible work environment, allowing for and encouraging a true work-life balance. Our professionals are also excited about our Employee Resource Groups, like the newly launched Collaborative Outreach with Remote and Embedded Employees (CORE), which strives to create an environment where every employee, regardless of location, feels fully engaged as a valued employee of Leidos. Your most important work is ahead.
