Data Center Engineer

Founded in 1999 in the beautiful Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, Cadre5 provides innovative technical solutions to our customers locally and nationally. Our Cadre5 Lab Partners division has partnered with the Digital Hosting Services team of the Enterprise Operations group of the Digital Services Infrastructure & Operations division of the Information Technology Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to recruit a hands-on Data Center Engineer who will contribute to the modernization of data center operations, especially around DCIM enhancements and PSC (Power, Space, Cooling) metrics integration.

You’ll design, implement, and continuously improve the physical and logical infrastructure across enterprise facilities, and build data-driven visibility through dashboards and automation. You’ll collaborate closely with IT operations, network, and facilities to ensure reliable service, efficient capacity usage, and compliance with ORNL and industry standards.

ORNL delivers scientific discoveries and technical breakthroughs needed to realize solutions in energy and national security and provides economic benefit to the nation. This premier research institution located near Knoxville in Oak Ridge, TN, addresses national needs through impactful research and world-leading research centers.

This is a full-time, permanent position that requires on-site work in Oak Ridge, TN. This position requires being available for on-call rotations and occasional after-hours work as needed.

• Working with highly talented team members
• Excellent medical insurance, including employer-paid benefits

• Coordinate installation, migration, and decommissioning of hardware ensuring compliance with PSC requirements.
• Develop and implement preventative maintenance schedules for all data center equipment.
• Identify and resolve problems involving infrastructure telemetry, capacity reporting, DCIM data ingestion, and facility system performance to support enterprise operational integration.
• Assist in managing power, space, cooling, and capacity planning.

• Manage data in DCIM platforms including EPMS, BMS, and SCADA integrations.
• Develop dashboards visualizing PSC metrics, PUE, trends, and alerts.
• Standardize DCIM data models, change records, and quality across sites.
• Enhance telemetry collection, health monitoring, and reporting to improve infrastructure visibility and observability.
• Use infrastructure data for predictive capacity planning.
• Optimize cooling and power efficiency from analytics.

• Ensure adherence to NFPA, DOE/ORNL, and facility safety policies.
• Implement strong physical security, surveillance, and access controls.
• Support DR readiness including redundancy and failover testing.
• Serve as the Alternate Laboratory Safety Manager (LSM‑Alt), ensuring SBMS safety policies and requirements are implemented and followed within all ITSD data center facilities.
• Serve as technical escalation for complex issues.
• Provide guidance to junior staff and coordinate with facilities engineers.
• Collaborate with vendors on upgrades and commissioning.
• Deliver ORNL’s mission by aligning behaviors, priorities, and interactions with our core values of Impact, Integrity, Teamwork, Safety, and Service. Promote equal opportunity by fostering a respectful workplace – in how we treat one another, work together, and measure success.

• BS in information technology, computer science, engineering or a related field, with 5 years of experience in a data center or similar IT infrastructure environment. Equivalent education and experience may be considered.
• Ability to participate in on-call rotations and occasional…