Overview
**This position is contingent upon contract award**
SOSi is seeking a Data Storage and Recovery Administration Engineer in Wiesbaden, Germany. The ideal candidate will serve as a subject matter expert in the design, implementation, and daily management of enterprise storage solutions and Disaster Recovery (DR) architectures. This role is responsible for ensuring theater-level data availability and resilience by managing high-performance NetApp and Cisco MDS infrastructures, executing complex replication strategies, and leading failover operations to maintain mission-critical continuity.
Essential Job Duties
- Provide expert engineering and administration for enterprise SAN/NAS environments, specifically utilizing NetApp technology and Cisco MDS fabric switches.
- Manage and optimize data replication and backup strategies using SnapVault, SnapMirror, and disk snapshot technologies to support theater-level failover operations.
- Lead the planning and execution of Disaster Recovery initiatives, ensuring rapid data restoration and system availability in the event of hardware or site failure.
- Oversee storage connectivity, allocation, and infrastructure for Windows Server (2012/2016) environments, ensuring seamless integration between compute and storage layers.
- Direct daily storage operations, including capacity planning, performance tuning, and the maintenance of hardware and software within a high-availability data center.
- Maintain strict STIG compliance for all storage arrays and switches to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of the Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN).