Data Center Administrator: TS/SCI with Poly (Mission-Critical)

General Dynamics IT; Maryland; On-site; USD 97,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics IT is seeking a Data Center Technician to support CIS data center operations. The role focuses on hands-on installation, rack management, and environment monitoring to ensure secure, resilient compute environments for mission-critical services.

Required qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related field or substantial IT experience, DoD 8140 IA certification, and a TS/SCI clearance with favorable polygraph. Onsite work with travel up to 25% is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT-related field or 8–12 years IT experience in lieu
• DoD 8140 Information Assurance Workforce certification (e.g., Security+ CE) required
• Active TS/SCI clearance with a favorable polygraph
• Onsite data center operations experience

Responsibilities

• Install, rack, cabling, and maintain servers and storage in data centers
• Manage rack space, power, cooling, and environmental monitoring
• Perform hardware break/fix, moves, decommissioning, and inventory
• Ensure physical security, labeling, and change control compliance
• Coordinate with engineering, operations, and cyber teams

Skills

Cross-team coordination

Documentation

Security compliance

Power & cooling awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT-related field

Job description

General Dynamics IT is seeking a Data Center Technician to support CIS data center operations. The role focuses on hands-on installation, rack management, and environment monitoring to ensure secure, resilient compute environments for mission-critical services.

Required qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related field or substantial IT experience, DoD 8140 IA certification, and a TS/SCI clearance with favorable polygraph. Onsite work with travel up to 25% is expected.