Data Center Infrastructure Engineer

Job Description

Job DescriptionDescription:

Onsite in Washington, DC or Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB)

Our client seeks a Data Center Infrastructure Engineer to design and sustain mission-critical environments for federal programs. The role will operate and improve secure, high-availability data center infrastructure across servers, storage, networking, and power systems. The engineer will apply hands-on expertise to strengthen reliability, resiliency, performance, and operational excellence while collaborating across teams in high-visibility settings.

Due to federal security clearance requirements, applicant must be a United States Citizen or Permanent Resident. Due to federal security clearance requirements, applicant must be a United States Citizen or Permanent Resident with an active Top Secret clearance. This is a full-time, permanent opportunity, offering a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Qualified applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis.

Salary: $180,000 - $235,000/ yr. w2

Responsibilities:

• Use enterprise data center technologies to manage and operate servers, storage, networking, and power systems supporting mission-critical federal environments.
• Support and sustain high-availability operations by monitoring infrastructure health, responding to incidents, and troubleshooting complex hardware and facility issues.
• Design, implement, and improve data center infrastructure solutions that increase reliability, performance, and resiliency.
• Participate in Agile execution, planning, and technical discussions with immediate hands-on contribution.
• Identify risks, constraints, and capacity concerns and communicate mitigation strategies and recommendations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to execute infrastructure changes safely with minimal operational impact.
• Apply best practices for security, availability, and operational excellence in secure, high-visibility environments.
• Establish and maintain customer trust through disciplined execution, ownership, and technical excellence.

Experience Requirements:

• Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility.
• DoD 8140 certification aligned to the 451 System Administrator work role (e.g., Security+, Cloud+, SSCP, CASP+, or CISSP).
• 8+ years designing, implementing, and managing geographically dispersed data center infrastructure in enterprise or mission-critical environments.
• Proven experience ensuring reliability, scalability, and efficiency of data center operations, including servers, storage, networking, power, and environmental resource requirements.
• Hands-on administration of virtualized data center platforms, including VMware or equivalent enterprise virtualization technologies.
• Operational management of compute, storage, and network infrastructure, including capacity planning, performance optimization, and lifecycle management.
• Experience supporting high-availability data center operations, including monitoring, fault isolation, and incident response.
• Ability to contribute immediately with minimal ramp-up in a mission-critical operational environment.
• Required technical certifications include VMware VCP-DCV or equivalent data center platform certification and Security+.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related engineering field. Relevant experience may substitute where appropriate.
• Security+ certification.
• VMware VCP-DCV certification or equivalent data center platform certification.
• Cloud+, SSCP, CASP+, or CISSP certifications.

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Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

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