About The Position
The SMX Space and Intelligence (S&I) Business Unit (BU) is on the ground floor across the future remote sensing ecosystem for all orbital regimes (LEO, MEO, HEO, and GEO). We build, integrate, and operationally support our customer's emerging space-ground systems to include real-time data processing frameworks, sensor data processing, and data visualization. We are teamed with the most passionate companies in industry, dedicated to bringing best-of-breed capabilities to address our customers most pressing needs. We have an immediate opportunity for a Senior Data Center Engineer who is excited to apply their talents to our customer's challenging project and one who will thrive in a collaborative environment. The ideal candidate is a recognized professional with hands-on expertise and an excellent understanding of engineering processes supporting large, National Defense, Agile software development programs. Work will be performed in Colorado. Please apply to this role if you have interest in relocating to Colorado.
Requirements
- Secret clearance
- 8+ years professional experience performing duties of a datacenter engineer
- CompTIA Security + (Plus) Certification
- Knowledge of Microsoft Windows server environments including experience managing Active Directory
- In-depth working knowledge and experience with VMware / vCenter / vSphere
- General working knowledge and previous experience supporting Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC) services
- Expert understanding of LAN/WAN principles and protocols, including BGP routing
- In-depth experience designing, deploying, and managing firewalls
- A bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information technology or related field
- Demonstrated attention to detail
- Good verbal and written communication skills
Nice To Haves
- Active DoD TS/SCI clearance
- Candidates with OCP Red Hat experience will be highly preferred
- Experience managing Palo Alto and Panorama firewalls
- Direct experience configuring and supporting Dell Powerscale, Powerstore and/or Unity In-depth knowledge and experience with Cohesity or Veeam backup solutions
- Experience with VMWare compute, storage, and network configurations
- Experience with on-prem, hybrid and cloud environments supporting kubernetes environments
Responsibilities
- Recommend and follow technical standards for data center configuration.
- Document technical configurations for both datacenters and for cloud architecture.
- Install and configure servers and necessary applications to support data center and Infrastructure strategy.
- Configure, monitor, and periodically test backup/recovery of systems.
- Proactively monitor data center status/health and address issues as appropriate.
- Perform system upgrades and patches as necessary to include firmware, operating system, and applications.
- Engage with vendors for license renewals, hardware/software, and support contracts.
- Support system administrator personnel as necessary to resolve end user and systems issues.
- Ensure security standards and practices are implemented and maintained within the infrastructure environment.
- Sets up, configures, and supports internal and/or external networks.
- Develops and maintains all security and network configurations.
- Troubleshoots all data center and network performance issues.
- Maintains and exercises a disaster recovery plan annually.
- This individual is responsible for architecting and administering the following environments: Linux and Windows server environments, Dell SAN and Tired NAS storage solutions, VMWare/vSphere environment, Data Networking (routing and switching including Cisco 9000 series), Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solutions, Backup and replication configuration and testing, Palo Alto SDWAN and NGFW environments
- Other duties as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
