Data Center Infrastructure Engineer

As a Data Center Infrastructure Engineer, you’ll design and sustain mission-critical data center environments with the goal to make an impact across the federal government. Our team is responsible for delivering secure, high-availability infrastructure operations, and you’ll contribute hands-on expertise that strengthens reliability, resilience, and the organization’s ability to support critical missions.We know that you can’t have great technology services without amazing people. We are obsessed with our people and have led a two-decade legacy of building the best and brightest teams. Because we know our future relies on our deep understanding and relentless focus on our people, we live by our mission: A passion for our people. Value for our customers.If you think you can see yourself delivering our mission and pursuing our goals with us, then check out the job description below!Type: Direct Placement/Full Time SalariedLocation: Onsite - Washington DC, 20020Clearance Requirements - Top Secret/SCI EligibleDue to federal security contract requirements, applicant must be a United States Citizen. What you’ll do:Use enterprise data center technologies to manage and operate servers, storage, networking, and power systems supporting mission-critical environments within the federal government.Support and sustain high-availability operations by monitoring infrastructure health, responding to incidents, and troubleshooting complex hardware and facility issues.Design, implement, and improve data center infrastructure solutions that increase reliability, performance, and resiliency.Participate actively in Agile execution, planning, and technical discussions, contributing immediately with hands-on expertise.Identify risks, constraints, and capacity concerns, and communicate them clearly along with mitigation strategies and recommendations.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure infrastructure changes are executed safely and with minimal operational impact.Apply best practices for security, availability, and operational excellence in secure, high-visibility environments.Establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence through disciplined execution, ownership, and technical excellence.What you’ll need to succeed:Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility required.Possess DoD 8140 certification aligned to the 451 System Administrator work role, such as Security+, Cloud+, SSCP, CASP+, or CISSP.8+ years of direct experience designing, implementing, and managing geographically dispersed data center infrastructure in enterprise or mission-critical environments.Demonstrated experience ensuring the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of data center operations, including servers, storage, networking, power, and environmental resource requirements.Hands-on experience administering virtualized data center platforms, including VMware or equivalent enterprise virtualization technologies.Operational experience managing compute, storage, and network infrastructure, including capacity planning, performance optimization, and lifecycle management.Hands-on experience supporting high-availability data center operations, including monitoring, fault isolation, and incident response.Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related engineering field is required. Relevant experience may substitute where appropriate.Ability to contribute immediately with minimal ramp-up in a mission-critical operational environment.Required technical certifications include VMware VCP-DCV or equivalent data center platform certification and Security+.Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.Please be advised- If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please confirm that they have an Eliassen.com email address and never provide personal or financial information to anyone who is not clearly associated with Eliassen Group. If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact InfoSec@eliassen.com.Job ID: 022026-105479Pay: 170,000 - 230,000 / salary W2