Data Center

Saxon Global • Alexandria, VA

4d

About The Position

Work closely with engineering, network, systems, facilities, and project management teams to rack, stack, cable, and deploy servers, storage arrays, network switches, and supporting infrastructure in alignment with documented standards. Collaborate with team members to diagnose and resolve hardware, cabling, and connectivity issues, escalating complex problems as needed while maintaining ownership through resolution.

Contribute to a highly collaborative and safety-focused data center environment with clear communication, well-documented procedures, and shared accountability for uptime and performance. Execute hardware lifecycle activities—including refreshes, upgrades, migrations, and decommissioning—ensuring proper sanitization, disposal, and documentation so that infrastructure remains secure, compliant, and optimized for the mission.

Apply technical expertise with bare-metal systems, TCP/IP networking, VLANs, DNS, DHCP, rack layout best practices, and data center cabling standards to support deployment efficiency, incident response, and continuous improvement of infrastructure operations.

Requirements

• 5+ years of required experience.
• Proven experience installing, configuring, maintaining, and decommissioning bare-metal servers, storage systems, and network devices.
• Strong understanding of data center cabling standards, rack layout best practices, and cable management.
• Familiarity with TCP/IP networking, VLANs, DNS, DHCP, routing fundamentals, and switch connectivity.
• Experience performing hardware validation, burn-in testing, and deployment verification.
• Ability to perform root cause analysis for hardware failures and operational incidents, and replace field-replaceable units such as drives, memory, CPUs, power supplies, and NICs.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills in a production data center environment.
• Clear, professional verbal and written communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to identify risks, remove roadblocks, and recommend solutions as a trusted advisor for infrastructure-related initiatives.
• Proven ability to follow and improve standard operating procedures, runbooks, and change management processes.
• Physical ability to lift and move equipment up to 50 lbs; work in raised-floor data center environments; install equipment in racks and perform cable management; and stand, bend, climb ladders, and work in confined spaces for extended periods.
• Security+ certification is required.
• TS/SCI security clearance; must be eligible to maintain or obtain.

Nice To Haves

• CDCMP (Certified Data Center Management Professional) certification.
• CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) certification.
• ITIL certification.
• Experience supporting incident responses and maintenance activities to minimize service disruption.
• Experience with capacity planning, hardware audits, and infrastructure optimization initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Rack, stack, cable, and deploy servers, storage arrays, network switches, and supporting infrastructure in accordance with documented standards.
• Diagnose and resolve hardware, cabling, and connectivity issues; escalate complex problems as needed and maintain ownership through resolution.
• Perform hardware lifecycle activities, including refreshes, upgrades, migrations, and decommissioning.
• Ensure proper sanitization, disposal, and documentation during hardware lifecycle activities.
• Apply knowledge of bare-metal systems, TCP/IP networking, VLANs, DNS, DHCP, rack layout practices, and data center cabling standards to support deployments, incident response, and infrastructure improvements.
• Perform hardware validation, burn-in testing, and deployment verification.
• Conduct root cause analysis for hardware failures and operational incidents, and replace field-replaceable units such as drives, memory, CPUs, power supplies, and NICs.
• Follow and improve standard operating procedures, runbooks, and change management processes.
• Support incident responses and maintenance activities to minimize service disruption.
• Contribute to capacity planning, hardware audits, and infrastructure optimization initiatives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed