Data Center Technician - TS/SCI with Polygraph
About The Position
Own your opportunity to support national defense. Your work will help keep critical operations secure and connected across the global enterprise directly, contributing to a mission that protects our nation every day. CIS is growing, and we invite both our experienced incumbents and new team members to be part of what’s next. Incumbents bring invaluable mission insight, while new talent adds fresh ideas and energy. Together, we’ll strengthen continuity and drive the next generation of innovation. As a Data Center Technician supporting CIS, you will help ensure the reliability, security, and efficiency of mission critical data center environments across a globally distributed enterprise. You will manage core data center operations including equipment installation, physical infrastructure upkeep, environmental monitoring, and hands-on technical support. Your work enables secure, resilient, and high-performance compute environments that power essential IT services and sustain operational readiness.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related field, or 10+ years of relevant IT experience in lieu of a degree
- Meet DoD 8140 Information Assurance Workforce certification requirements (e.g., Security+ CE, etc.)
- Active TS/SCI clearance with a favorable polygraph
- Hands-on experience with data center operations including rack/stack, cabling, hardware support, and physical infrastructure management
- Understanding of power, cooling, cable management, and environmental monitoring standards
- Familiarity with patching, security compliance, configuration baselines, and change control processes
- Strong documentation, communication, and cross team coordination skills
- Ability to support CONUS/OCONUS travel as required
- US citizenship required
Nice To Haves
- Data Center
- Data Center Administration
- Data Center Design
- Data Center Services
- Data Center Support
Responsibilities
- Perform hands-on installation, racking, cabling, and maintenance of servers, appliances, storage systems, and supporting data center equipment
- Manage physical data center operations including rack management, power and cooling checks, environmental monitoring, and incident response
- Conduct hardware break/fix, perform equipment moves, decommission devices, and maintain accurate inventory and documentation
- Implement data center best practices for cabling, labeling, access control, compliance, and physical security standards
- Support site inspections, readiness assessments, and quality assurance reviews to maintain facility health and operational standards
- Coordinate with engineering, operations, and cyber teams to integrate new equipment, support lab environments, and maintain compliant configurations
- Ensure proper handling of equipment in accordance with lifecycle management, declassification, and sanitization requirements
- Implement and validate patches and security updates in alignment with vulnerability management and security directives
- Investigate and resolve patch related compliance issues, supporting POA&M development and corrective action verification
Benefits
- Variety of medical plan options
- Dental plan options
- Vision plan
- 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
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
