Data Center Infrastructure Engineer

Description

Job Description:

We are in search of an experienced Data Center Infrastructure Engineer supporting the Cyber TRIDENT Program in Orlando “The City Beautiful,” Florida. The candidate will guide the definition, implementation, and delivery of capability focused on Cyber Training systems. The selected candidate will leverage their skills to provide engineering support of a virtualized computing environment.

The Data Center Infrastructure Engineer will provide support in a Top-Secret Special Compartment Information (TS/SCI) classified environment which is technically complex, has little government provided documentation and limited OEM documentation.

Shift work (Evening (1-10pm) Weekdays) and some travel required.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Supports the design, implementation, operation and maintenance of full stack data center infrastructure, including but not limited to: Compute, Storage, Networking, Power, Cabling, Racking, Virtualization, Containerization and physical facility infrastructure. 
• Specializes in at least one functional area within the system.
• Maintains relevancy with commercial solutions, processes and architectures related to their functional area to keep pace with industry offerings and trends.
• Designs and Implements enhancements to the system, ensuring that application software, cybersecurity and operational use cases are fully accounted for.
• Responsible for ensuring maximum system uptime and rapidly responds to hardware and software failures.
• Quickly diagnoses operational, performance or other issues and leads the implementation of resolutions.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 or more years of experience in a relevant field. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Experience in maintenance and monitoring of server systems.
• Experience working within a data center or network operation center environment.
• Experience with operating systems and networking protocols.
• Self-starter that can work independently while possessing the communication skills to work effectively with engineering teams, customers, and senior leadership.
• Secret clearance is required.  Ability to obtain U.S. DoD Tope Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or similar field.
• CCNA or CISSP is highly desired.
• Experience with Enterprise Virtualization (VMWare, NSX-T) – vCloud experience a plus
• Experience working with and troubleshooting hardware or network related issues using Linux-based tools.
• Experience with light coding or scripting.
• Ability to collaborate and partner with stakeholders and teams to overcome challenges.
• Ability to manage competing and changing priorities.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Covid Guidance

In order to enter Leidos facilities in the U.S. and to attend Leidos events outside our facilities, employees are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or maintain proof of a negative COVID-19 test within 96 hours of entry. In addition, we are receiving guidance from certain customers that onsite contractor personnel will need to be fully vaccinated to access customer facilities. If you are not vaccinated, please consider getting your COVID-19 vaccination as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please contact your Talent Acquisition POC. 

About Leidos

Leidos is a Fortune 500® technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets. The company’s 43,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $13.7 billion for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.