Data Center Management SETA

SAIC•Chantilly, VA

About The Position

SAIC is seeking a Data Center oversight SETA professional to assist a government customer with oversight of a data center support services contract. The role provides technical advice on site requirements and coordinates with local and remote government customers. The successful candidate will create and update policies for configuration management, incident management, access management, and infrastructure management, using working knowledge of these areas and judgment and flexibility to support evolving site requirements.

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in a STEM-related field and at least five years of experience; a master's degree in a STEM-related field and at least three years of experience; or more than ten years of data center management experience in lieu of a degree.
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must possess and maintain an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Data center facilities management experience, with working knowledge of configuration control, incident reporting and escalation, physical and logical access approvals and reviews, and infrastructure capacity and maintenance practices sufficient to develop and update operational policies and procedures.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Data Center Technician Professional (DCTP) certification.
Data Center Design Professional (DCDP) certification.
Data Center Energy Practitioner (DCEP) certification.
Certified data center professional certification, such as BICSI.

Responsibilities

Produce thorough, practical, and consistent recommendations and deliverables aligned with organizational objectives.
Facilitate customer-focused IT infrastructure provisioning.
Oversee planning, allocation, and utilization of Power, Space, and Cooling (P/S/C) resources.
Review enterprise data center directives and create, review, and update policies, processes, and standard operating procedures for configuration, incident, access, and infrastructure management; coordinate stakeholder reviews and government approval, maintain version history, and revise guidance as requirements or lessons learned change.
Develop and manage site-level P/S/C metrics and distribute data to stakeholders.
Coordinate Technical Exchange Meetings (TEMs) with Acquisition Offices and systems owners to facilitate requirements analysis.
Review and comment on Requests for Change (RFCs), communicate impacts to data center P/S/C resources, and maintain policy requirements for configuration baselines, asset records, and change approvals.
Assist with shaping, developing, and documenting data center project funding requests.
Assist with planning data center renovations and upgrades, including updates to infrastructure capacity, maintenance, equipment lifecycle procedures, and related incident reporting, escalation, and service restoration guidance.
Provide written and oral project-level briefings to stakeholders.