Data Center Engineer

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd; Texas; On-site; USD 120,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in consulting is seeking a Data Center Engineer to enhance operations and processes for client success in Texas. The role involves managing data center systems, ensuring compliance with security standards, and collaborating on infrastructure projects. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar role, along with necessary security clearances.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of proven experience in Data Center Engineering.
• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required.
• Proficiency in data center management software and networking.

Responsibilities

• Oversee health, uptime, and performance of data center systems.
• Deploy, configure, and manage servers and virtualization platforms.
• Develop and implement backup strategies and disaster recovery plans.

Skills

Data Center Management

Troubleshooting

Disaster Recovery Planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

VMware

Hyper-V

SolarWinds

Nagios

Job description

Our Deloitte AI & Engineering team to transform technology platforms, drive innovation, and help make a significant impact on our clients’ success. You’ll work alongside talented professionals reimagining and reengineering operations and processes that are critical to businesses. Your contributions can help clients improve financial performance, accelerate new digital ventures, and fuel growth through innovation.

Work You’ll Do

• Oversee health, uptime, and performance of data center systems (servers, storage, network, cooling)
• Perform regular checks, maintenance, and troubleshooting for physical and virtual servers
• Maintain equipment inventories, asset tracking, and documentation of change management for hardware and configurations
• Deploy, configure, and manage servers, hypervisors, and virtualization platforms per organizational standards
• Update system configurations, Operating System patches, firmware, and security baselines
• Use monitoring tools to assess system health, storage, network performance, and environmental metrics
• Identify and resolve performance issues, optimizing resources to meet organizational needs
• Develop and implement backup strategies, disaster recovery plans, and high availability configurations
• Conduct regular backup testing and recovery drills for business continuity
• Support data center network infrastructure (switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers)
• Ensure compliance with security standards and implement network security measures
• Maintain documentation for operations, including network diagrams, hardware configurations, and recovery procedures
• Provide regular updates on metrics, incidents, and operational improvements
• Collaborate with engineering/project teams on infrastructure projects, upgrades, and capacity planning

The Team

Deloitte’s Government and Public Services (GPS) practice – our people, ideas, technology and outcomes—is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Ability to be onsite 100% of the time in one of the locations listed: Washington DC; Reston, VA; Colorado Springs, CO; Tampa, FL; St. Louis MO and Huntsville, AL
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required.
• Proven experience at least 5+ years in Data Center Engineering.
  
  Preferred:
• Proficient in data center management software, virtualization (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V), and monitoring tools (e.g., SolarWinds, Nagios)
• Possess knowledge of networking, storage systems (SAN, NAS), and backup solutions

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $120,000 to $195,000.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

Information for applicants with a need for accommodation: https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/careers/articles/join-deloitte-assistance-for-disabled-applicants.html

Our Deloitte AI & Engineering team to transform technology platforms, drive innovation, and help make a significant impact on our clients’ success. You’ll work alongside talented professionals reimagining and reengineering operations and processes that are critical to businesses. Your contributions can help clients improve financial performance, accelerate new digital ventures, and fuel growth through innovation.

Work You’ll Do

• Oversee health, uptime, and performance of data center systems (servers, storage, network, cooling)
• Perform regular checks, maintenance, and troubleshooting for physical and virtual servers
• Maintain equipment inventories, asset tracking, and documentation of change management for hardware and configurations
• Deploy, configure, and manage servers, hypervisors, and virtualization platforms per organizational standards
• Update system configurations, Operating System patches, firmware, and security baselines
• Use monitoring tools to assess system health, storage, network performance, and environmental metrics
• Identify and resolve performance issues, optimizing resources to meet organizational needs
• Develop and implement backup strategies, disaster recovery plans, and high availability configurations
• Conduct regular backup testing and recovery drills for business continuity
• Support data center network infrastructure (switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers)
• Ensure compliance with security standards and implement network security measures
• Maintain documentation for operations, including network diagrams, hardware configurations, and recovery procedures
• Provide regular updates on metrics, incidents, and operational improvements
• Collaborate with engineering/project teams on infrastructure projects, upgrades, and capacity planning

The Team

Deloitte’s Government and Public Services (GPS) practice – our people, ideas, technology and outcomes—is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Ability to be onsite 100% of the time in one of the locations listed: Washington DC; Reston, VA; Colorado Springs, CO; Tampa, FL; St. Louis MO and Huntsville, AL
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required.
• Proven experience at least 5+ years in Data Center Engineering.
  
  Preferred:
• Proficient in data center management software, virtualization (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V), and monitoring tools (e.g., SolarWinds, Nagios)
• Possess knowledge of networking, storage systems (SAN, NAS), and backup solutions

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $120,000 to $195,000.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

Information for applicants with a need for accommodation: https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/careers/articles/join-deloitte-assistance-for-disabled-applicants.html