Data Center Operations Team Lead

General Dynamics Information Technology•Arlington, VA

2d•$128,039 - $173,229•Onsite

About The Position

GDIT seeks a Data Center Manager for their federal client in their Infrastructure team. A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. At GDIT you’ll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate. The role requires flexibility to support issues or planned activities after hours, weekends and holidays as needed. Successful candidate must possess and be able to demonstrate technical skills and engineering attitude for success, dedication and commitment. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Data Center Manager you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other scientific or technical discipline directly related to this labor category (or additional equivalent experience in lieu of a degree)
10+ years of working experience managing server and support services, including at least 3 years in an IT outsourcing environment to manage Contractor Personnel performance of the Services.
ITIL v3 or v4 Foundation Certified
Excellent analytical, organizational, time management and problem-solving skills
Excellent oral and written communication skills, including ability to interact professionally with executives, customers, vendors and department staff
U.S. Citizenship and background investigation is required; you must have a current clean financial background.
Successful candidate must possess and be able to demonstrate technical skills and attitude for success, dedication and commitment.

Nice To Haves

Project management experience is a plus

Responsibilities

Demonstrated experience managing Data Center Operations similar in size, complexity, dynamics, availability and scope to that of the contract.
Demonstrated experience managing mainframe and server physical and logical security, disaster recovery failover, business continuity, and batch job scheduling in mainframe and distributed (i.e., Windows and UNIX) operating system environments.
Demonstrated experience managing large, complex server environments containing over 2,000 physical servers that host over 15,000 physical or virtual servers.
Demonstrated experience planning and executing server consolidation and virtualization efforts on Windows, Solaris, and Red Hat Linux in a production operational environment.
Demonstrated experience managing enterprise class storage across server technologies (e.g., Windows, Solaris, Red Hat, VMware) implementing operational best practices, provisioning standards, and storage migrations and optimizations.
Demonstrated experience with implementing ITIL standards and processes in a large, highly available, dynamic data center operation.
Demonstrated experience managing a 7x24x365 Data center that monitors a national service and manages faults and failures proactively and reactively.
Demonstrated experience managing IBM Z10 mainframe with z/OS Operating System.
Demonstrated experience translating between business requirements and technical implementation.
Demonstrated experience with systems engineering in the context of a large, complex infrastructure.

Benefits

401K with company match
Comprehensive health and wellness packages
Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays
variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
dental plan options
a vision plan
a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
full flex work weeks where possible
a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
short and long-term disability benefits
life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.