Senior Data Center Engineer US, DC, Tampa, San Antonio; Secret

Overview

Tampa, FL;
United States;
Washington, DC

The SMX Space and Intelligence (S&I) Business Unit (BU) is on the ground floor across the future remote sensing ecosystem for all orbital regimes (LEO, MEO, HEO, and GEO). We build, integrate, and operationally support our customer s emerging space-ground systems to include real-time data processing frameworks, sensor data processing, and data visualization. We are teamed with the most passionate companies in industry, dedicated to bringing best-of-breed capabilities to address our customers most pressing needs.

We have an immediate opportunity for a Senior Data Center Engineer who is excited to apply their talents to our customer s challenging project and one who will thrive in a collaborative environment. The ideal candidate is a recognized professional with hands-on expertise and an excellent understanding of engineering processes supporting large, National Defense, Agile software development programs.

Work will be performed in Colorado. Please apply to this role if you have interest in relocating to Colorado.

• Recommend and follow technical standards for data center configuration.
• Document technical configurations for both datacenters and for cloud architecture.
• Install and configure servers and necessary applications to support data center and Infrastructure strategy.
• Configure, monitor, and periodically test backup/recovery of systems.
• Proactively monitor data center status/health and address issues as appropriate.
• Perform system upgrades and patches as necessary to include firmware, operating system, and applications.
• Engage with vendors for license renewals, hardware/software, and support contracts.
• Support system administrator personnel as necessary to resolve end user and systems issues.
• Ensure security standards and practices are implemented and maintained within the infrastructure environment.
• Set up, configures, and supports internal and/or external networks.
• Develops and maintains all security and network configurations.
• Troubleshoots all data center and network performance issues.
• Maintains and exercises a disaster recovery plan annually.
• Architect and administer Linux and Windows server environments, Dell SAN and NAS storage solutions, VMware/vSphere, Data Networking (routing and switching including Cisco 9000 series), Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), Backup and replication configuration/testing, Palo Alto SD-WAN and NGFW environments.
• Other duties as assigned.

• 8+ years professional experience performing duties of a datacenter engineer
• CompTIA Security+ Certification
• Knowledge of Microsoft Windows server environments including experience managing Active Directory
• In-depth working knowledge and experience with VMware / vCenter / vSphere
• General working knowledge and previous experience supporting Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC) services
• Expert understanding of LAN/WAN principles and protocols, including BGP routing
• In-depth experience designing, deploying, and managing firewalls
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information technology or related field
• Demonstrated attention to detail
• Good verbal and written communication skills

• Active DoD TS/SCI clearance
• OCP Red Hat experience
• Experience managing Palo Alto and Panorama firewalls
• Experience configuring and supporting Dell Power Scale, Power Store and/or Unity; experience with Cohesity or Veeam backup solutions
• Experience with VMware compute, storage, and network configurations
• Experience with on-prem, hybrid and cloud environments supporting Kubernetes environments

Final date to receive applications: March 30, 2026

Salary determination considers location, contract labor categories, prior experience, skills, education, and certifications. The proposed salary for this position is $123,900 - $206,400 USD
.

At SMX®, we are a team of technical and domain experts dedicated to enabling your mission. We value investment in people and offer a competitive mix of compensation, learning & development opportunities, and benefits, including health insurance, paid leave, and retirement.

Equal Opportunity SMX is an Equal…