Job Description Embark on a journey of innovation with the BAE Systems’ Platform Engineering IT group in San Diego, California, where we seek an IT Storage Systems Administrator to deploy, monitor, and manage a diverse set of distributed storage systems. Platform Engineering manages a very dynamic multi-site development engineering development environment. In this role, you will work to implementing robust, resilient, and advanced storage solutions. You are not just addressing today’s needs but setting the foundation for future operations. This position is hybrid allowing some flexibility to work from home. As the IT Storage Systems Administrator, you will address existing challenges while defining capacity and technology solutions for future needs. Ideally, the candidate will have experience with the unique data storage needs for Kubernetes, LLM, or AI/ML processing. The IT Storage Administrator will work a coordinated cross-capability team including Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Security, and IT Operations to achieve your project objectives. At BAE Systems, we don’t just use technology; we evolve with it, offering you endless opportunities to stay at the forefront of the technological curve. Key Responsibilities:<ul><li style=”margin-left:8px”>Service Oriented: Address user service requests in a timely manner to design, implement, provision, and maintain services. Able to respond off-hours to occasional service disruptions. </li><li style=”margin-left:8px”>Storage Operations Maintenance: Troubleshoot and service storage solutions in the data centers with excellence, maximizing uptime, capacity management, and effectiveness.</li><li style=”margin-left:8px”>Process Focus: Mange work according to repeatable processes to maximize standardization and minimize baseline drift.</li><li style=”margin-left:8px”>Independent: Self motivated and able to operate within operational expectations with independence.</li><li style=”margin-left:8px”>Documentation Champion: Document configuration for new and existing systems as well as processes used to maintain systems.</li><li style=”margin-left:8px”>Security Oriented: Maintain data confidentiality and integrity through a variety of NACL, RBAC, LDAP, and other permission models. Also, work with security to define and apply hardening requirements for storage solutions.</li><li style=”margin-left:8px”>Forward Planning: Review utilization trends and customer usage projections to ensure sufficient capacity and capabilities are in place to meet projected needs.</li><li style=”margin-bottom:11px; margin-left:8px”>Data Center Maintenance: Coordinate with other on-site administrators to maintain the datacenter storage infrastructure.</li><li style=”margin-bottom:11px; margin-left:8px”>Flexibility: Ability to flex tasking to support other disciplines in their tasks as necessary. </li></ul>Required Education, Experience, & Skills <ul><li style=”margin-left:8px”>Clearance: Ability to obtain a Secret clearance with SCI</li><li style=”margin-left:8px”>Workforce Experience: 4+ years of experience in storage system management.</li><li style=”margin-left:8px”>Education: Minimum of High School Diploma </li><li style=”margin-left:8px”>Demonstrated Performance: Experience with various scalable storage solutions such as Ceph, Commvault, NetApp, Dell Unity, or HPE Nimble </li><li style=”margin-left:8px”>Data Center Management: Experience maintaining storage services in a data center, including storage configuration and installation, failure maintenance, and operations.</li><li style=”margin-left:8px”>Virtualization: Working knowledge with at least one on-premises virtualization environment such as VMware, Azure, or OpenStack with experience integrating storage. </li><li style=”margin-left:8px”>Permission Integration: Ability to integrate MS Active Directory and Linux permissions into managed storage device solutions.</li><li style=”margin-left:8px”>Storage Network Needs: Familiar with networking requirements for distributed storage solutions.</li><li style=”margin-left:8px”>Detail Oriented: Passionate about addressing details to ensure quality implementations.</li><li style=”margin-bottom:11px; margin-left:8px”>Security Certifications: Security+ CE or equivalent, or ability to get Security+ within 90 days of hire.</li></ul>Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills <ul><li style=”margin-left:8px”>Secret clearance</li><li style=”margin-left:8px”>Education: Bachelor’s Degree </li><li style=”margin-left:8px”>Experience in automating administrative tasks using PowerShell or other scripting languages.</li><li style=”margin-left:8px”>Experience using automated deployment services like Ansible a plus.</li><li style=”margin-left:8px”>Familiarity with SQL commands.</li><li style=”margin-left:8px”>Working knowledge of Virtual Machine (VM) technologies (ESXi, VCenter, VSphere, VMware).</li></ul><ul><li style=”margin-left:8px”>Experience in Linux system administration is a plus.</li><li style=”margin-bottom:11px; margin-left:8px”>Ability to rapidly adapt to new technologies.</li></ul> Pay Information Full-Time Salary Range: $92290 – $156860 Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience. Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics. About BAE Systems Electronic Systems BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts – defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team—making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you’ll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference. Electronic Systems (ES) is the global innovator behind BAE Systems’ game-changing defense and commercial electronics. Exploiting every electron, we push the limits of what is possible, giving our customers the edge and our employees opportunities to change the world. Our products and capabilities can be found everywhere – from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space. At our core are more than 14,000 highly talented Electronic Systems employees with the brightest minds in the industry, we make an impact – for our customers and the communities we serve.

Data Center Systems Administrator

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