Storage Systems Administrator

Why Join?

At ThunderYard, you'll be part of a team working on projects that directly support critical operations for federal clients. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career while contributing to innovative, impactful work that matters. You'll have the chance to build your skills in a dynamic, collaborative environment, where your contributions will make a significant difference.

Location

The ideal candidate is based in the Austin, TX area and is comfortable working onsite at the client location.

Summary:

The Storage Administrator supports the VINCI secure research enclave and associated infrastructure at the Department of Veterans Affairs. This position is responsible for the day-to-day administration, monitoring, and maintenance of SAN and NAS storage environments that support sensitive VA health research data and operational workloads. The candidate will work within a secure, closed-network enclave and must adhere to VA security and compliance requirements at all times.

Required Qualifications

• Administer, monitor, and maintain SAN and NAS storage systems in support of VINCI and CDW platform operations at AITC and Azure-connected environments
• Provision and manage storage volumes, LUNs, file shares, and storage pools to meet capacity and performance requirements
• Monitor storage capacity, performance metrics, and health status; respond to alerts and resolve incidents within defined SLAs
• Plan and execute storage expansions, migrations, and decommissions in coordination with infrastructure, DBA, and platform teams
• Support backup and recovery operations, including snapshot management and restore validation for SQL Server and research data stores
• Maintain storage documentation including configuration baselines, capacity plans, and change records
• Troubleshoot and resolve storage-related incidents escalated from operations staff
• 3–6 years of experience administering enterprise SAN/NAS storage environments
• Hands-on experience with storage platforms such as Dell EMC, NetApp, Pure Storage, or equivalent
• Familiarity with Fibre Channel (FC), zoning, and fabric management
• Experience with Windows Server storage integration (NTFS, SMB, or DFS)
• Understanding of backup/recovery concepts, snapshot technologies, or data retention policies
• Ability to obtain a public trust
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Microsoft SQL Server storage (tempdb, data/log file management, backup targets)
• Familiarity with FISMA compliance frameworks and ATO documentation support
• Experience in VA OIT or other federal agency IT environments
• Dell EMC, NetApp, or Pure Storage vendor certifications
• Experience with Azure storage integration or hybrid cloud storage models
• Familiarity with Hyper-V or VMware storage (VMFS, VHDX, storage vMotion)
• Experience participating in change advisory board (CAB) processes

Compensation:

The salary is budgeted at $115,000-$125,000 annually, plus benefits. ThunderYard offers benefits including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401k matching, PTO, certification reimbursement and more.

Vetting:

Applicants selected will be subject to a government investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements of the U.S. government client.

ThunderYard Solutions is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We don’t just accept difference – we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our community, and our customers. All applicants will be considered for employment without discrimination of race, color, religion, or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status, protected veteran status, family medical history or genetic information.