Powerstore Storage Administrator - 23-09132
Job Description
Job DescriptionPowerstore Storage Administrator
Location: Fort Eustis, Virginia – Fully Onsite
Position Overview
The Federal Solution Architect will provide operational and administrative support for Dell Unity storage infrastructure in a secure enterprise environment. This role focuses on day-to-day storage administration, incident troubleshooting, change management, system monitoring, and continuous service improvement.
The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience administering Dell Unity storage platforms and supporting core storage operations. Familiarity with Dell VxRail and hyper-converged infrastructure is preferred.
Key Responsibilities Storage Administration
- Monitor, review, and manage Dell Unity storage infrastructure.
- Perform routine storage administration and operational maintenance.
- Manage user requests and storage-service requirements.
- Review system logs, alerts, and performance information.
- Generate regular operational and infrastructure reports.
- Support storage provisioning, configuration, and capacity management.
- Assist with host and network configuration activities related to storage services.
Incident and Problem Management
- Isolate, troubleshoot, and resolve storage-related incidents.
- Coordinate service incidents with internal teams and technology vendors.
- Open and manage vendor service requests when required.
- Participate in root-cause analysis and corrective-action reviews.
- Identify recurring issues and recommend preventive measures.
Change and Lifecycle Management
- Assist with software, firmware, and storage-platform updates.
- Implement approved change-management requests.
- Support migration activities and monitor migration progress.
- Evaluate infrastructure changes for operational impact.
- Maintain accurate records of configuration changes and maintenance activities.
Documentation and Knowledge Transfer
- Develop and update storage administration procedures, runbooks, and standard operating procedures.
- Assist with solution documentation, policies, and operational guidelines.
- Conduct knowledge-transfer sessions for customer technical staff.
- Share best practices related to storage administration and operations.
- Help address customer skills and resource gaps through mentoring and technical guidance.
Continuous Service Improvement
- Recommend procedural changes that improve operational efficiency and reliability.
- Provide performance-tuning and capacity-management recommendations.
- Review existing incident, capacity, performance, change, user, and backup-management processes.
- Recommend product enhancements, upgrades, and lifecycle improvements.
- Support implementation and use of Dell system-management tools.
Required Qualifications
- U.S. citizenship required.
- Experience administering Dell Unity storage systems.
- Strong understanding of enterprise storage administration and core storage operations.
- Experience with storage monitoring, provisioning, capacity management, and troubleshooting.
- Knowledge of storage-related host, network, and connectivity configurations.
- Experience with incident, problem, and change-management processes.
- Ability to review logs, diagnose issues, and coordinate technical resolutions.
- Experience creating and maintaining technical documentation and operational runbooks.
- Strong communication, analytical, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently in an onsite, mission-focused environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience administering Dell VxRail or other hyper-converged infrastructure platforms.
- Knowledge of Dell EMC storage and infrastructure management tools.
- Experience supporting storage migrations and infrastructure transitions.
- Familiarity with backup and recovery policies and enterprise data-protection environments.
- Experience working in federal, defense, or other regulated IT environments.
- Knowledge of storage performance optimization and lifecycle-management practices.
