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Peraton

Senior Backup / Storage Administrator

Peraton, Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64101

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Senior Backup/Storage Administrator

Location:

Kansas City, Missouri, US Job ID:

2025-156202 Category:

Information Technology Clearance:

Secret Responsibilities

Overview: We are seeking a

Senior Backup and Storage Engineer

to support US Marine Corps (USMC) enterprise-level hybrid cloud data center, providing reliable, secure storage, backup, and archiving capabilities to enable USMC worldwide missions. What you will do: Support all Storage, Backup, Archive, and Capacity activities across Classified, Unclassified, Staging environments on-premises and in hybrid-cloud environments including Azure, AWS, and VMWare Cloud on AWS. Engineer, troubleshoot, operate, and maintain on-premises and cloud-integrated storage, backup, and tape-archiving systems. Monitor, triage, prioritize, and respond to incidents and work orders as part of data center workload processes. Develop, document, and execute changes to storage and backup infrastructure. Provide secure, reliable, high-availability storage and backup services for hosted customers and data center infrastructure. Manage capacity reporting and monitoring to ensure service delivery and support evolving architecture and customer needs. Design, operate, and modify on-prem and cloud-based Storage Area Networks, firmware, hardware, and applications, including backup infrastructure for data recovery. Collaborate on Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations plans. Coordinate with vendors and government staff for installation, upgrade, configuration, automation, and optimization of storage and backup systems. Maintain monitoring plans, documentation, and training for troubleshooting and incident response. Ensure system security in compliance with DOD/USMC policies, including patching and auditing. Automate routine management tasks, reporting, notifications, software updates, and patches. Plan for capacity needs and submit recommendations. Support 24/7 operations, including on-call duties and occasional night/weekend tasks. Qualifications

BS with 10-12 years, MS with 8-10 years, PhD with 5-7 years, or HS+16 years of experience. IAT II Certification required. SECRET Clearance; US Citizenship required. Experience with NetBackup or hybrid-cloud backup solutions. Senior-level experience with Dell Unity Storage, NetApp SAN/NAS, Cisco MDS/Brocade switches, VMWare NSX-T/vSAN, vRealize Operations. Design, engineering, and operation experience in enterprise data centers, including DOD-secure configurations. Experience with tape-archiving solutions and DOD/USMC security standards (STIG, FIPS). Ability to automate tasks and follow ITSM/ITIL processes in Agile and traditional environments. Strong leadership and collaboration skills. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with backup and storage in enterprise data centers, including NetBackup, Dell Unity, NetApp, HP 3PAR, StoreEver/StoreOnce. Experience with cloud storage and backup solutions (Azure, AWS, VMC). ITIL certification or ITSM experience. Proactive monitoring and incident management skills, preferably with vROPS. Collaboration with virtual and remote teams, especially for infrastructure and applications like Oracle and SQL. About Peraton

Peraton is a national security company delivering mission-critical solutions globally, supporting government agencies and military branches. Our employees solve complex challenges to keep people safe and secure. Visit peraton.com to learn more. Salary Range

$86,000 - $138,000, depending on experience and other factors. EEO Statement

Peraton is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, in accordance with applicable laws. #J-18808-Ljbffr