Data Center Engineer (VDI)

KBR, Inc; Maryland; On-site; USD 120,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Data Center Engineer to join their National Security Solutions team. This role involves providing infrastructure engineering for cutting-edge data center technologies, optimizing services for security and performance, and ensuring the transition from legacy systems to modern environments. You will work in a collaborative setting, contributing to impactful projects that enhance national security. If you're passionate about technology and want to make a difference in the field of space defense, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a dynamic team and help shape the future of defense systems.

Benefits

401K plan with company match

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Flexible work schedule

Professional training and development

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in Infrastructure/Datacenter engineering.
• Top Secret clearance required with relevant certifications.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize infrastructure services for data centers.
• Provide advanced technical support and document requirements.

Skills

Infrastructure Engineering

Data Center Technologies

VMware vCloud Enterprise Suite

Operating Systems (Windows, Linux, Solaris, UNIX, AIX)

Data Quality Engineering

Automation and Orchestration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

PhD

Tools

VMware

Hybrid Cloud Solutions

ITIL Foundations

Job description

Data Center Engineer (VDI and S-NET)

Data Center Engineer (VDI and S-NET)

Apply locations: Fulton, Maryland, Washington DC Metro Area

Time type: Full time

Posted on: Posted 2 Days Ago

Job requisition id: R2105191

Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!

KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.

Why Join Us?

• Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
• Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
• Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide infrastructure engineering for periodic data center refresh and/or new data center technologies, including future cloud capabilities.
• Design, deliver, and optimize Infrastructure Services to improve security, availability, performance, and resource utilization in the data centers.
• Review current infrastructures, architectures, designs, and operations to identify potential improvements.
• Analyze, refine, and document the requirements for transition from legacy hardware into modern data center infrastructure environment.
• Design and build host & tenant environment with security hardened configuration for infrastructure services and design ongoing maintenance practices and procedures for infrastructure hosted service patching and updates.
• Design virtual Infrastructure services to maximize available capacity of physical compute, storage, and network hardware resources.
• Document security, configuration, and performance benchmarks of Infrastructure Services.
• Design production infrastructure services that support highly available, private cloud, active-active data center operations, within the constraints of the environment.
• Design practices, procedures, Automation and Orchestration to provision, de-provision, and entitle Compute, Storage, and Network resources.
• Identify infrastructure security-relevant actions, tests, and key performance indicators for Information Dashboard and Reporting.
• Design Service Catalog Items for Infrastructure Services for business and IT technical services.
• Provide advanced technical support in the research, experimentation, business analysis and use of systems technology including architecture, integration capabilities and database management.
• Develop the end-to-end vision and the logical design that translates into physical databases, and how the data will flow through the successive stages involved.
• Participate in strategic data planning, including development and implementation of DA policies, standards, and procedures.
• Understand data from the perspective of data processing and in the context of different life-cycle phases.
• Activities may include data quality engineering, metadata consolidation and integration, metamodel development and maintenance, repository management, data warehouse design and data mining, data security administration, and formulation of enterprise-specific data metrics.

Work Environment:

• Location: Annapolis Junction MD [On-site]
• Travel Requirements: Minimal 0-20% Travel
• Working Hours: Standard 40 hour per week

Qualifications:

Required:

• Clearance: Top Secret with SCI
• Requires 5 to 8 years with BS/BA or 3 to 5 years with MS/MA or 0 to 2 years with PhD.
• Experience in Infrastructure/Datacenter engineering and integration for both physical and virtual infrastructure hosting one or more Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, Solaris, UNIX, and/or AIX systems.
• Experience in VMware vCloud Enterprise Suite and hybrid cloud with multiple classified Government clouds.
• Must have a current DoD 8570.1-M IAT Level III certification.

Desired:

• Professional-level Linux, VMware, Network, Storage, or Cloud certifications desired.
• ITIL Foundations certification desired.

Basic Compensation:

$120,000 to $205,000

This range is for the Maryland area only. The offered rate will be based on the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.

Additional Compensation:

KBR may offer bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels, per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of a sign-on bonus, relocation benefits, short-term incentives, long-term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you’re excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Let's shape the future together.

KBR Benefits:

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.

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