Storage Architect

Fort Meade, MD TS/SCI with Polygraph Full\-Time $170,000 – $215,000 Actively hiring **Active TS/SCI clearance required.** Benz Technology is unable to sponsor security clearances. U.S. citizenship required. **About the Role** ------------------ As a Storage Architect, you will design and lead the deployment of enterprise storage and backup platforms for a federal customer environment. You will serve as the technical authority for storage infrastructure strategy, Information Lifecycle Management, and ongoing performance optimization. This is a high\-impact role with shared operational ownership alongside government stakeholders. **Responsibilities** -------------------- * Design, architect, configure, deploy, upgrade, and support enterprise storage and backup platforms and their management tools * Lead the development of new storage infrastructure and Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) designs, including requirements gathering and analysis * Share operational ownership of storage provisioning and availability with the government’s Storage Manager * Deliver technical architectural designs, strategies, and roadmaps on an ongoing basis * Conduct end\-to\-end performance analysis of the storage infrastructure, present findings, and provide actionable improvement recommendations * Track emerging storage and backup technologies and advise federal staff on future technology direction **Required Qualifications** --------------------------- * Hands\-on experience designing and deploying enterprise storage platforms (e.g., NetApp, Dell EMC, Pure Storage, HPE) * Experience with enterprise backup solutions (e.g., Commvault, Veeam, Veritas NetBackup) * Strong understanding of storage protocols: FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB/CIFS * Experience with Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) design and implementation * Ability to perform storage performance analysis and translate findings into architectural recommendations * Experience in a government or large enterprise customer\-facing environment **Desired Qualifications** -------------------------- * Experience with software\-defined storage (SDS) platforms * Familiarity with cloud\-integrated or hybrid storage architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP) * Experience with storage tiering and data deduplication/compression technologies * Knowledge of ITIL or other IT service management frameworks as applied to storage operations **Why engineers join Benz** * 15% employer 401(k) — vested day one, no match required * 28 paid days off per year * $7,500 annual tuition reimbursement * $2,500 training \& development budget * 28 years in business — our engineers stay through recompetes