Storage Engineer III
New Today
This role will require working weekends, holidays, shifts outside of normal business hours, and overtime. It will also require travel between offices domestically in NY, NJ, and CA, and stadiums throughout North America and Internationally for installations, maintenance, and support.
This role is onsite in our offices 5 days per week, in either Mount Laurel NJ or New York NY.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the installation, operation, administration, and maintenance storage systems at corporate offices and stadiums. This position will take an accountable role for storage systems, replication, backups and archiving workflows working with a team of engineers.
- Responds to technical escalations for storage related service issues, working with product support teams, IT staff and business groups to ensure resolution.
- Sets standards and monitors the performance and status of the storage systems. Implements tools and automation to accomplish this responsibility.
- Function as a subject matter expert for SAN/NAS storage technology, representing the NFL IT Department internally to the NFL and Clubs and externally to Stadium Authorities and vendors.
- Responsible for managing and maintaining storage diagrams, configurations, support, and training documentation.
- Able to provide reports for storage KPIs to show service levels, capacity analysis, performance, troubleshooting, and areas for improvement in storage infrastructure.
- Remains on the cutting edge by studying state-of-the-art storage technologies, participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
- NAS/SAN/Storage upgrades, provisioning, migrations, security remediation, patching and maintenance.
- Develop, design and document road maps for upgrades and implementations of new infrastructure technologies.
- Collaborate with engineers and operations team through technical escalations, procedures, and project tasks.
- Experienced technologist able to understand complexities and interdependencies in infrastructure through the applications and client layers.
- Provide technical support for various activities and internal infrastructure within the company.
- Assist in the research, design and documentation for upgrades and adoption of new storage technologies.
- Responsible for effectively engaging with IT project management and reporting project status.
- Protects intellectual property and operations by keeping confidential information.
- Establish and adhere to set project plans and release dates.
- Participates in special projects and performs other duties as directed.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent field experience and related certifications
- 5 - 8 years relevant experience, including hands on storage implementation and lifecycle maintenance.
- Advanced degree of knowledge of storage hardware (NetApp preferred).
- In depth experience supporting NetApp storage arrays in complex environments
- Strong knowledge of NAS protocols (SMB/CIFS, iSCSI, NFS, DFS and ZFS)
- Experience with the transfer of data to/from cloud offerings such as AWS S3.
- Experience with Cloud-NAS gateways.
- Experience with migrating large datasets (block and file level) across vendor platforms.
- Knowledge of security models and ACLs
- Experience working with virtualization technology preferably VMWare.
- Familiarity with multi-pathing and other high availability configurations on the server side.
- Understanding of IP storage networking including VLAN tagging, routing and L2 switching.
- Ability to troubleshoot storage related issues on both windows and linux platforms.
- Ability to correlate event data between network, storage, and systems.
- Strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Ability to work both independently and as a contributor in a team environment.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Willingness and drive to learn new technologies and concepts.
- Ability to identify automation opportunities and implement scripted solutions.
- Utilize standard tools and methodology to develop system and support performance metrics.
- Ability to monitor and validate backup systems.
- Ability to balance project-based workloads and daily tasks.
- Strong technical background in a hosted services environment.
Travel
- 25%
Terms / Expected Hours of Work
- NFL employees are required to work 40 hours per week in office when not traveling for work.
- FLSA exempt.
- This role will require working weekends, holidays, shifts outside of normal business hours, and overtime.
Salary / Pay Range
This job posting contains a pay range, which represents the range of salaries or hourly rates that the NFL believes, in good faith, at the time of this posting that it might be willing to pay for the posted job in the location(s) specified. The NFL expects to hire for this position near the middle of the range. Only in truly rare and exceptional circumstances, where an external candidate has experience, credentials or expertise that far exceed those required or expected for the position, would the NFL consider paying a salary or rate near the higher end of the range.
Salary
$115,000-$150,000 USD
At the NFL, in-person work at our offices is a top priority because it allows us to collaborate more effectively, build stronger connections, and maintain the culture that drives our success. This role requires onsite presence at an NFL office or stadium location, and remote and/or hybrid working options are not offered.
NO RELOCATION ASSISTANCE WILL BE PROVIDED.
The NFL is committed to building an inclusive work environment that reflects our incredible fan base. We provide an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all employees and applicants without regard to status as protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws.
WHO WE ARE:
NFL Core Values:
- Respect: Everyone matters. We celebrate diverse opinions, honor hard work, and value every contribution.
- Integrity: We do what's right, even when it's tough. We hold ourselves accountable and always follow through.
- Team Responsibility: We support each other and our communities. No one is bigger than the game, and every action impacts others.
- Resiliency: We set high standards, overcome adversity, and adapt to challenges, always striving for excellence.
NFL Leadership Attributes:
- Build Talent: We develop and nurture potential, empowering individuals to grow and succeed.
- Execute: We take action with precision, delivering results that drive our goals forward.
- Inspire: We motivate others through vision, energy, and a commitment to excellence.
- Live Our Values: We embody our core principles in every decision and action.
- Know the Business: We stay informed, understand our industry, and make decisions that strengthen our position.
- Think Big: We challenge the status quo, envision bold possibilities, and strive for transformative impact
WHO YOU ARE:
Talent Attributes: What we expect for our employees:
- Embody an enthusiastic, proactive can-do attitude
- Embrace grit, free from ego or entitlement
- Excel as a relationship builder, with the ability to influence
- Eager learner, driven by passion rather than just ambition
- Encompasses an incredible work ethic with an agile mindset
- Location:
- Mount Laurel
- Job Type:
- FullTime