[Hiring] CW Lead Engineer @Pyramid Consulting

Role Description

Immediate need for a talented CW Lead Engineer. This is a 12+ months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in East Coast Virtual (Remote).

Key Responsibilities:

• Formulates system scope through research and fact-finding to develop or modify moderately complex information systems.
• Evaluates and implements changes to existing system logic difficulties and documentation as necessary.
• Reviews flow charts, models, and procedures and feasibility studies to design possible system solutions.
• Reviews technical documentation to guide system users and to assist with the ongoing operation, maintenance, and development of the system.
• Collaborates with system analysts, engineers, and programmers to design systems and to determine project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements, systems performance standards, and interfaces.
• Identifies and documents all system constraints, implications and consequences of various proposed system changes.
• Educates end users on system designs and functionalities through creation of training materials and conducting demos.
• Evaluates the efficiency and effectiveness of application operations and troubleshooting problems.
• Build orchestrated patching playbooks with pre/post validation for PPDM, Data Domain, Avamar, Rubrik, and ONTAP, enabling on-disclosure CVE remediation.
• Develop a CVE-to-asset correlation service against live platform inventory.
• Build scheduled backup posture validation covering immutability, retention locks, replication, and anti-ransomware controls; advance existing prototypes to production.
• Implement configuration drift detection using ActiveIQ and ONTAP REST APIs, with automated baselines for top security-critical settings (FIPS, encryption-at-rest, audit logging, export policies).
• Build automated deprovisioning workflows for backup admin access tied to HR/IAM events.
• Integrate vault-based credential rotation for backup automation service accounts.
• Produce audit-ready documentation and evidence artifacts for each automated control.

Qualifications

• Key skills; NetApp ONTAP / Storage Engineering.
• PPDM / Data Domain / Backup Technologies.
• Python / PowerShell Automation.
• REST API & Vulnerability/Patch Automation.
• University (Degree) Preferred.
• 5+ Years Required; 7+ Years Preferred.

Requirements

• 7+ years of relevant IT experience, with significant hands-on work in data protection, backup and storage infrastructure.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience administering and engineering solutions on PPDM, Data Domain, ECS, Rubrik, and/or NetApp ONTAP in enterprise environments.
• Proven experience building automation and orchestration tooling (scripting, APIs, playbooks).
• Working knowledge of vulnerability management concepts, including CVE tracking, patch cycles, and asset correlation.
• Experience with REST API integration, particularly with NetApp ActiveIQ and/or ONTAP APIs.
• Experience with credential vaulting and automated secrets/credential rotation (e.g., CyberArk, HashiCorp Vault, or similar).
• Strong scripting ability (PowerShell, Python, or similar) for building integrations and automation.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and deliver production-grade solutions under compressed timelines.
• Experience producing technical documentation and audit/compliance evidence artifacts.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related technical field.
• Vendor certifications relevant to Dell PowerProtect (PPDM/Data Domain/ECS), Rubrik, or NetApp platforms.
• Experience with security configuration baselining and drift detection tooling.
• Familiarity with FIPS compliance, encryption-at-rest standards, and audit logging requirements in enterprise storage environments.
• Experience integrating with IAM/HR systems (e.g., SailPoint, Workday, ServiceNow) for automated provisioning/deprovisioning.
• Experience with anti-ransomware and immutability controls in backup environments (retention lock, replication validation).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines or infrastructure-as-code practices as applied to automation delivery.
• Strong stakeholder communication skills, with ability to translate technical automation work into audit-ready evidence and business-facing status updates.

Benefits

• Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Company Description

Our client is a leading Financial Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions.