Data Center Infrastructure Engineer (TS)

Koniag Government Services•Washington, DC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Koniag Management Solutions, LLC (KMS), a Koniag Government Services (KGS) company, is hiring a Data Center Infrastructure Engineer. This engineer will ensure the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of all mission‑critical operations across servers, storage systems, networking architecture, and power/cooling systems. The role blends infrastructure engineering, automation, modernization planning, and operational sustainment. The selected candidate will support data center operations at Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling and must maintain an active TS/SCI clearance.

Requirements

Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with ability to obtain additional security requirements.
Must possess the required Top-Secret Clearance.
Strong understanding of data center and cloud-native technologies including: Kubernetes, Rancher, Helm, Docker Cilium, Rook, Ceph, MinIO, S3, PortWorx Load balancing, ingress, and distributed networking Ansible, Desired State Configuration, Terraform Python, PowerShell, scripting/automation Server/storage platforms, virtualization, and networking fundamentals Power/cooling considerations for data center operations Monitoring and observability stacks (metrics, logs, tracing) Incident response and SLO/SLA-driven operations
At least two of the following certifications: Security +, Cloud Associate (AWS Solutions Architect Associate / Azure AZ‑104 / Google Associate Cloud Engineer), Terraform Associate, Cloud Professional/Architect (AWS Solutions Architect Professional / Azure Architect Expert), CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator).
TS/SCI security clearance required, candidate will not be considered without.

Nice To Haves

CKA (if not used above)
RHCSA
AWS DevOps Engineer or Azure AZ‑400
CCSP
Advanced observability tool certifications (Datadog, New Relic, Dynatrace, etc.)
Incident management or SRE‑focused training
Managing and modernizing enterprise or DoD data center infrastructure.
Operating large-scale Kubernetes clusters across on-prem and hybrid cloud environments.
Designing and operating high-availability server and storage platforms.
Implementing enterprise monitoring frameworks using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry, or similar.
Supporting data center readiness, facility coordination, and hardware lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

Design, engineer, and implement infrastructure solutions for data center environments, including compute platforms, storage systems, networking, power, and cooling.
Monitor and maintain data center systems to ensure high availability, performance, and operational continuity.
Manage containerized and cloud-native infrastructure using technologies such as Kubernetes, Rancher, Helm, and Docker.
Deploy and manage distributed storage technologies including Rook, Ceph, MinIO, S3-compatible systems, and PortWorx.
Implement infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible, and Desired State Configuration (DSC).
Engineer and support load balancing, service networking, and cluster‑level connectivity.
Develop automation scripts and operational tooling using Python, PowerShell, and shell scripting.
Support observability and monitoring systems to ensure proactive detection and incident response for infrastructure components.
Participate in major incident response efforts and post-incident reviews, implementing corrective and preventive measures.
Oversee data center physical operations including rack/stack tasks, cabling, hardware provisioning, and asset management.
Collaborate with engineering, cybersecurity, cloud, and application teams to support enterprise modernization efforts.