Physical Infrastructure Engineer - Senior

Amentum•Fort Meade, MD

4d•$135,000 - $200,000•Onsite

About The Position

Amentum is seeking a Senior Physical Infrastructure Engineer to support DISA and a Department of Defense IT enterprise program at Fort Meade, Maryland. The role supports mission-critical work for the Nation’s security and intelligence mission, contributing to the engineering, integration, deployment, and sustainment of IT capabilities. The position requires a detail-oriented, adaptable engineer who can work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic, mission-focused environment. The engineer validates physical infrastructure readiness at government and partner-managed sites; surveys secure facilities; and plans, designs, oversees, and verifies data center infrastructure installations. The position works closely with site personnel, facility managers, and communications, systems, network, and project teams. It also supports remote-site troubleshooting, deployments, site activation, maintenance, readiness reviews, and incident response. All work must comply with engineering standards, government codes and installation guidelines, secure-facility requirements, and local site procedures. The employee works daily in a SCIF and may also work in data centers or travel to remote sites for short-duration surveys, installation, or troubleshooting. The schedule is eight hours per day, Monday through Friday; mission needs may require non-standard hours, on-call support, and deployment surges. Travel may be up to 25%. An active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and CompTIA Security+ CE are required. Candidates need an associate’s degree in IT or a related technical field, or an equivalent combination of technical certifications and relevant professional or military experience, as well as the specified experience in large IT projects, communications and data center operations, and installation and maintenance of networks, servers, systems, or unified capabilities.

Requirements

Thorough knowledge of physical infrastructure design principles, installation methods, and facility buildout practices relevant to secure facilities.
Experience validating server, network, and rack-level infrastructure installations for compliance with engineering drawings, specifications, and program standards.
Ability to generate, interpret, and revise technical documentation, including layout drawings, rack elevations, cabling diagrams, and As-Built packages, using Visio or CAD-based tools.
Experience working with ICD-705 or similar secure-facility construction and installation standards.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office products.
Strong organizational, communication, and project coordination skills, including the ability to manage multiple engineering activities under tight timelines.
Ability to support non-standard hours, on-call rotations, and deployment surge requirements based on mission needs.
Ability to travel up to 25%, including to government and partner-managed sites.
Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
Associate’s degree in IT or a related technical field, or an equivalent combination of technical certifications and relevant professional or military experience.
Ten years deploying large IT projects in communications and data centers.
Seven years in communications and data center operations, including hardware, IT infrastructure, and critical facilities.
Five years installing and maintaining IP networks (such as Cisco or Juniper), servers/systems (such as Windows, Linux, VMware, or cloud), and/or Unified Capabilities (such as Cisco UC, MS Teams, VoIP, or video conferencing).
CompTIA Security+ CE certification.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
BICSI certification such as Data Center Design Consultant (DCDC) or Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD).
Certified Data Center Facilities Operations Manager (CDFOM) certification or a similar data center infrastructure credential.

Responsibilities

Validate physical infrastructure readiness and facility prerequisites at new government and partner-managed sites.
Conduct site surveys assessing electrical, mechanical, environmental, security, space, and cable pathway requirements for mission equipment in secure facilities.
Verify that power, grounding, cooling, rack systems, cabling pathways, and environmental conditioning are ready to support deployment and operations.
Coordinate requirements and deployment sequencing with site personnel, government facility managers, Unified Communications, systems engineering, network engineering, and other cross-functional teams.
Monitor infrastructure conditions and issues across supported sites, identify risks, and coordinate or escalate corrective actions.
Travel to remote sites as required to troubleshoot and resolve physical-layer issues and support incident response.
Plan, design, and oversee the installation, configuration, integration, and modification of data center physical infrastructure in accordance with engineering standards, government codes, and program requirements.
Review facility specifications, installation standards, ICD-705 requirements, and construction schedules against program technical and security objectives.
Develop and maintain layout drawings, rack elevations, cable routing diagrams, power distribution schematics, and As-Built documentation.
Perform, direct, or inspect installation of IT equipment, structured cabling, and supporting physical components for conformance with approved drawings, specifications, and timelines.
Participate in equipment deployments, preoperational configuration, compliance checks, and readiness validation during site activation.
Conduct preventive maintenance, fault isolation, root cause analysis, and corrective actions for rack-level and physical-infrastructure interface issues within established SLAs.
Support Project Managers, Site Managers, and Cross Functional Team Leads during deployments, authorized service interruptions, and infrastructure readiness reviews.
Ensure work follows government installation guidelines, secure-facility requirements, local site TTPs, and applicable regulatory and security standards.
Complete applicable safety training and responsibilities, comply with quality-system and customer requirements, and follow operational, safety, quality, and environmental procedures.