Senior Storage & Backup Administrator / Senior Storage Engineer / Senior SAN/NAS Administrator

Compensation & Location

Location: Greensboro, NC

Schedule: Full-time contract

Work Type: Onsite 4 days and 1 day remote

Pay Range: $67.00 – $74.00 per hour (based on experience, geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills & internal equity)

📍 Must be willing to work onsite in Greensboro, NC

🌐 Sponsorship NOT is available for this role

⛔ W2 ONLY — No C2C, No 3rd Parties

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Storage & Backup Administrator to own the reliability, lifecycle, security, resilience, and continuous improvement of enterprise SAN, NAS, block storage, backup/recovery, monitoring, and infrastructure-service platforms.

This is a highly technical, hands-on infrastructure role requiring deep expertise with Dell Technologies storage and data protection, Cisco SAN/NX-OS, enterprise backup and recovery, VMware, monitoring, automation, and AWS. The ideal candidate brings 10 years of enterprise infrastructure experience and can independently lead complex storage, recovery, incident, and data-center activities.

What This Person Will Be Working On

• Own enterprise SAN, NAS, block storage, backup/recovery, monitoring, and automation platforms
• Administer Dell Technologies platforms such as PowerStore, Isilon/OneFS, Avamar, and Data Domain
• Manage Cisco SAN switching, NX-OS, zoning, provisioning, replication, capacity, and performance
• Lead backup/recovery validation, recovery testing, incident response, troubleshooting, and RCA
• Perform hands-on data-center work including rack/stack, cabling, hardware installation/removal, diagnostics, RMA, and decommissioning
• Manage storage upgrades, lifecycle planning, vulnerability remediation, and corrective actions
• Administer infrastructure monitoring and alerting using Icinga, Grafana, or comparable platforms
• Support infrastructure automation and scripting using Ansible or similar tools
• Integrate storage and backup platforms with VMware, Windows, Linux, Cisco UCS, Nutanix, AWS, databases, and applications
• Coordinate vendor/MSP support, maintain technical documentation and runbooks, and support Disaster Recovery exercises

Required Skills & Experience

• 10 years of progressive enterprise infrastructure experience
• 5 years administering enterprise SAN, NAS, or block-storage platforms
• 5 years administering enterprise backup and recovery platforms
• Advanced experience with Dell Technologies platforms such as PowerStore, Isilon/OneFS, Avamar, or Data Domain
• Advanced Cisco SAN switching and NX-OS experience
• Strong experience with zoning, provisioning, replication, storage networking, performance, capacity, lifecycle, and recovery validation
• Experience with infrastructure monitoring tools such as Icinga, Grafana, or comparable platforms
• Experience with Ansible, scripting, automation, or configuration management
• Working knowledge of VMware vSphere, Windows Server, Linux, Cisco UCS, Nutanix, and AWS
• Experience with enterprise backup/storage integrations
• Experience with ITSM, 24x7 operations, change control, patching, vulnerability remediation, major incidents, and RCA
• Hands-on data-center infrastructure experience
• Strong vendor/MSP coordination and escalation experience
• Strong technical documentation and management-level presentation skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; or Associate degree/military/industry training with equivalent professional experience

Desired Skills

• Strong VMware vSphere administration, particularly storage and backup integrations
• Familiarity with GitHub, GitLab, or similar SCM/version-control platforms
• Experience creating infrastructure standards, runbooks, technical diagrams, and lifecycle/capacity plans
• Experience leading Disaster Recovery and recovery testing
• Strong event management and alert-tuning experience
• Experience mentoring infrastructure engineers and supporting cross-training
• Relevant Dell Technologies storage/data protection training or certification
• Cisco Data Center/SAN training or certification
• ITIL Foundation certification
• Relevant OS, AWS/cloud, or automation certifications