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Network Engineer
Contract to Hire: Washington, Washington DC, US
Salary Range: 55.00 - 58.00 | Per Hour
Job Code: 370089
End Date: 2026-07-17 Days Left: 29 days, 6 hours left
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The Network Storage Engineer - Senior provides senior-level administration and engineering support for SAN fabric infrastructure and core network connectivity supporting the Client ISS environment. This role is responsible for maintaining reliable, secure, and high-performing SAN network operations across enterprise data center services and storage-dependent platforms. The engineer works closely with the Enterprise Operations Center and infrastructure teams to support 24x7x365 monitoring, incident response, and service restoration. The position directly supports Client continuity, availability, and performance objectives through proactive operations, troubleshooting, and lifecycle network changes.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
SAN Fabric Administration and Deployment
- Administer day-to-day SAN fabric infrastructure using MDS and Nexus platforms.
- Configure, deploy, and maintain core SAN network connectivity supporting enterprise storage services.
- Execute moves/adds/changes to SAN network components in alignment with approved change processes.
- Maintain SAN fabric configurations, standards, and baseline documentation across supported environments.
Connectivity and Performance Operations
- Manage all network connectivity to the SAN for storage, virtualization, replication, and backup/recovery workflows.
- Monitor SAN network health, performance, and availability to prevent degradation and service disruption.
- Perform capacity and performance tuning activities to support sustained enterprise storage operations.
- Produce operational reporting for connectivity, availability, and performance metrics as required.
Incident Management and Troubleshooting
- Troubleshoot SAN connectivity and performance issues to restore service with minimal operational impact.
- Perform incident triage, escalation, and coordination with storage, server, and vendor support teams.
- Conduct root cause analysis and document corrective actions for recurring SAN issues.
- Support operational surge and on-call activities tied to critical incidents and outage response.
Operational Compliance and Resilience
- Ensure SAN network operations align with Client security, compliance, and operational standards.
- Support continuity and disaster recovery objectives by maintaining resilient SAN interconnectivity.
- Coordinate SAN-related tasks with enterprise infrastructure teams and the EOC for integrated operations.
- Maintain SOPs, topology diagrams, and implementation records for audits and operational readiness.
Experience:
- 8+ years of experience in data center network administration for storage area networks (SANs).
- Experience working with MDS and Nexus platforms.
- Must possess a CCNA Data Center Certification or equivalent.
Technical Skills:
- Staffing-matrix minimum technical prerequisites: MDS and Nexus administration; SAN fabric configuration, deployment, and maintenance; SAN connectivity and performance troubleshooting.
- Operational-context expectations under the ISS operating model (not additional staffing-matrix minimum technical prerequisites): support for 24x7x365 infrastructure monitoring and incident response.
- Operational-context expectations under the ISS operating model (not additional staffing-matrix minimum technical prerequisites): network documentation, escalation, and change control execution.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- CCNP Data Center or higher data center specialization.
- Experience supporting SAN networking in NetApp-centric enterprise storage environments.
- Experience supporting federal IT operations under FISMA/NIST-aligned requirements.
- Experience supporting DR/COOP failover connectivity across primary and alternate data centers.
- ITIL 4 Foundation (or equivalent) with strong incident, problem, and change management discipline.
- CCNP Data Center
- NetApp Certified Data Administrator (NCDA)
- ITIL 4 Foundation
The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time, hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, and paid holidays annually - as applicable.
Job Requirement ITIL NCDA NetApp Certified Data Administrator FISMA NIST CCNP Data Center SAN networking MDS Nexus CCNA SAN configurations Reach Out to a Recruiter Recruiter Email Phone Anushree Pal anushree.pal@collabera.com
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