Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Amentum•Fort Meade, MD

4d•$190,000 - $230,000•Onsite

About The Position

Amentum is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to support a Department of Defense enterprise program delivering critical IT capabilities and services. The role is based at Fort Meade, Maryland, and supports mission-critical work for the Nation’s security and intelligence mission. The engineer leads a three-person team and coordinates physical infrastructure work with technicians, engineering teams, facilities personnel, and network architects. The position combines hands-on installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of physical IT infrastructure with site surveys, planning, documentation, operational process management, and team direction. Work includes supporting development, pre-production, and production environments; partner-managed facilities; and new site deployments from initial survey through operational handoff. The employee works daily in a SCIF, performs hands-on work in data centers, and travels as needed for surveys and installations. The role requires a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or additional years of experience in place of the degree, ten years of relevant deployment experience, seven years managing IT facility infrastructure as a manager or technical lead, and an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility. The regular schedule is eight hours per day, Monday through Friday. The role must also be able to support non-standard hours, including a minimal on-call rotation and availability during deployment surges and maintenance windows, and travel up to 20%. Compensation is listed at $190,000–$230,000. Benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance; paid time off and holidays; retirement benefits including 401(k) matching; educational reimbursement; parental leave; employee stock purchase plan; tax-saving options; disability and life insurance; and pet insurance.

Requirements

Ten years of experience supporting physical IT infrastructure installations and deployments in communications facilities or data centers.
Seven years of experience managing data center or other IT facility infrastructure, including hardware, IT infrastructure, and critical facilities, as a manager or technical lead.
Hands-on experience installing and troubleshooting servers, network equipment, racks, and cabling, and verifying installations against approved plans and applicable codes.
Experience developing and improving installation checklists, maintenance procedures, and equipment documentation.
Proven experience implementing, improving, and managing operational processes.
Ability to support non-standard hours, including a minimal on-call rotation and availability during deployment surges and maintenance windows.
Working knowledge of Agile frameworks such as Scrum, SAFe, and Kanban, and associated tools.
Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills.
Ability to travel up to 20%.
Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Information Technology, Data Center Management, or a related field; additional years of experience may substitute for the degree.
Ability to work in a SCIF daily and perform hands-on work in data center environments.
Ability to handle equipment safely, pay close attention to detail, and coordinate across technical teams.
Must successfully complete the drug screening process and comply with company drug and alcohol policies.

Nice To Haves

Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP).
BICSI Technician (TECH).
BICSI Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD).
BICSI Data Center Design Consultant (DCDC).
BICSI Registered Telecommunications Project Manager (RTPM).
Working knowledge of physical site or plant networking infrastructure requirements, fiber-optic and data-cabling construction and installation, facility power and HVAC concerns, equipment rack construction and installation, and use of hand or other low-level construction tools.

Responsibilities

Direct a three-person team, coordinating between technicians and cross-functional engineering, facilities, and network architecture groups.
Coordinate and perform physical infrastructure installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting in development, pre-production, and production environments.
Work with Unified Communications, systems, and network engineers and architects to support engineering requirements and new site deployments from survey through operational handoff.
Identify gaps and requirements for establishing and maintaining 99.999% infrastructure availability at facilities.
Set priorities and direct physical infrastructure support throughout site surveys, installation, system testing and acceptance, and ongoing demand and scheduled maintenance.
Install, rack, cable, and connect servers, storage, network, and Unified Communications equipment according to approved designs, including staging, labeling, physical connections, and low-level troubleshooting.
Participate in site surveys to assess rack space, power capacity and distribution, cooling, connectivity, cable pathways, and equipment access.
Prepare and update site survey reports for partner-managed facilities to establish infrastructure baselines for new and existing systems.
Document site readiness gaps and coordinate their resolution with Government managers, engineering teams, and facility points of contact before installation.
Assist with bills of materials, rack elevations and layouts, installation plans, deployment checklists, and schedules.
Create and maintain accurate, current data center cable maps, port assignments, rack elevation diagrams, and other as-built documents.
Develop and maintain installation guides, checklists, and standard operating procedures for equipment setup, cabling, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
Coordinate and perform demand and preventive maintenance at partner-managed sites.
Perform Change and Configuration Management activities for assigned systems.
Follow applicable safety, quality, operational, and environmental requirements; complete required training and safety responsibilities.