Data Center Infrastructure Engineer

Description:
Hybrid 2-3 days in Washington, DC

The Data Center Infrastructure Engineer will design and sustain mission-critical data center environments for the federal sector. The role will support secure, high-availability operations across servers, storage, networking, and facility systems. The engineer will contribute hands-on expertise to improve reliability, performance, resiliency, and operational excellence in high-visibility environments. The position requires disciplined execution, clear risk communication, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Due to federal security clearance requirements, applicant must be a United States Citizen 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: $170,000 - $230,000/ yr. w2

Responsibilities:
Responsibilities

• Use enterprise data center technologies to manage and operate servers, storage, networking, and power systems supporting mission-critical 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 hands-on contributions.
• Identify risks, constraints, and capacity concerns and communicate mitigation strategies and recommendations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to execute infrastructure changes safely and with minimal operational impact.
• Apply best practices for security, availability, and operational excellence in secure environments.
• Establish and maintain customer trust through disciplined execution, ownership, and technical excellence.

Experience Requirements:
Experience Requirements

• Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility.
• DoD 8140 certification aligned to the 451 System Administrator work role, such as 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 experience managing 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.
• VMware VCP-DCV or equivalent data center platform certification and Security+.

Education Requirements:
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.
• DoD 8140-aligned certification such as Cloud+, SSCP, CASP+, or CISSP.
• Active Top-Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.