Who we are:
Makpar is a team of innovators and consultants deploying cutting edge technologies for the federal government. We help our clients achieve their business and operational goals by solving complex problems through experience and intellect and build sustainable solutions that last. If you are driven and looking to tackle complex and critical client challenges, Makpar can provide a dynamic, mission focused, and rewarding environment for your professional growth.
Our service offerings include Cybersecurity, Cloud Migration, IT Project Management, Agile Transformation, DevSecOps, Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM), and Health IT. We are proud to be a Great Place to Work™ certified four years in a row. Recent awards include Fortune Top 100 Small Place to Work, Inc 5000, and Inc Best in Business. In 2019, we were awarded the SBA Subcontractor of the Year Award (Region 3) for our program management and Agile development work at the IRS.
Role Responsibilities:
- As storage administrator, collaborate with Technical Operations, DBA teams and end-users to assess current and future growth, capacity requirements.
- Plan and execute requirements with approval from client, and team leadership.
- Perform routine maintenance on NetApp storage systems, including software updates, patching, and performance tuning.
- Work closely with cloud teams to integrate and manage cloud-based storage solutions like NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP and Azure NetApp Files.
- Ensure that storage systems comply with relevant regulatory and security standards.
- Assist in audits by providing storage-related data and documentation.
Required Qualifications:
- Experience with NetApp Storage Systems: At least 2 years of hands-on experience administering and managing NetApp storage environments, including tasks such as provisioning storage, managing snapshots, and performing backups.
- Implement Network Attached Storage (NAS) and related technologies such as CIFS, NFS, iSCSI and NDMP networking protocols.
- Knowledge of managing SMB/CIFS and NFS file shares, creating file shares, managing permissions, and quotas.
- Implement disk management concepts such as RAID groups, Aggregates, and LUNs.
- Utilize NetApp Data ONTAP Cluster Mode ver 9.3 - 9.11+ Operating System and later.
- Work with Data ONTAP application layer tools such as Snapmirror, Snapvault, Snaprestore, Dedup, Thin Provisioning, and Snapdrive.
- Familiarity with Network-Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Networks (SAN): Strong understanding of SAN/NAS technologies, including NFS, CIFS, iSCSI, and their integration into enterprise-level environments.
- Knowledge of NetApp data security technologies (Volume Encryption) and standards such as FIPS 140-2.
- Possess basic knowledge of NetApp Cloud products such as Cloud Volumes ONTAP (CVO), and AZURE NetApp Files (ANF).
- Monitoring and Troubleshooting: Demonstrated ability to monitor storage performance, address alerts, and troubleshoot storage issues related to capacity, performance, and connectivity in a production environment.
- Compliance and Documentation: Ability to adhere to federal security policies, procedures, and compliance requirements, including maintaining accurate storage documentation and participating in disaster recovery planning.
- Linux Rhel 7 and Rhel 8 Administration experience and Solaris servers, both physical and virtual.
- Linux Server management (running backups, monitoring and tuning performance, rebooting, setting up cron jobs, scheduling tasks, and patching).
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Benefits:
At Makpar Corporation we understand that we all need to balance work and life – that is why we have a great benefits package, excellent training and career development opportunities, flexible work schedules along with a generous compensation package. At Makpar, we believe in keeping our employees happy, healthy and engaged. We pride ourselves in providing outstanding benefits, creating environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves, collaborate, and be inquisitive in order to achieve goals.
Start your career today and be a part of something meaningful!
Makpar is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer.
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What We Do
Makpar provides high level strategic and project management services based on over 10 years of experience in customer focused, cutting edge technology in product development, big data and analytics. With a principal office in Loudon County, Virginia, we have access to the best and the brightest people in the industry who have a passion for helping our clients. Our highly experienced consultants will work on your most pressing challenges day in and day out and will deliver results that will delight you. We value integrity, honesty, and open communications in all our dealings. We continually strive to improve ourselves through soliciting feedback and evaluating our results against the best in the industry.
