Senior VMware & Data Center Engineer Security Clearance

Position: Senior VMware & Data Center Engineer with Security Clearance
Job Title:

Senior VMware & Data Center Engineer

Location:

Alexandria, VA
Type:
Direct Hire
Contractor Work Model:
Onsite

Hours:

40.0 hours per week
Security Clearance: TS/SCI Contact:
Responsibilities

• Design and sustain mission-critical data center environments with the goal to make an impact across the federal government.

• Use enterprise data center technologies to manage and operate servers, storage, networking, and power systems supporting mission-critical environments within the federal government.

• 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 actively in Agile execution, planning, and technical discussions, contributing immediately with hands-on expertise.

• Identify risks, constraints, and capacity concerns, and communicate them clearly along with mitigation strategies and recommendations.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure infrastructure changes are executed safely and with minimal operational impact.

• Apply best practices for security, availability, and operational excellence in secure, high-visibility environments.

• Establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence through disciplined execution, ownership, and technical excellence.
Requirements

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government-issued Top Secret with SCI security clearance.

• Possess DoD 8140 certification aligned to the 451 System Administrator work role, such as Security+, Cloud+, SSCP, CASP+, or CISSP.

• 8+ years of direct experience designing, implementing, and managing geographically dispersed data center infrastructure in enterprise or mission-critical environments.

• Demonstrated experience ensuring the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of data center operations, including servers, storage, networking, power, and environmental resource requirements.

• Hands-on experience administering 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.

• Hands-on experience supporting high-availability data center operations, including monitoring, fault isolation, and incident response.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related engineering field is required. Relevant experience may substitute where appropriate.

• 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
• Security+ Preferred:
• Masters Degree.