External Job Posting Title Data Center - Systems Engineer - Lead

Peraton; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 80,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton in Philadelphia, PA seeks a senior data center systems engineer to serve as a trusted technical lead across compute, storage, and facilities within our nationwide data center portfolio. The role requires 6 years of data center experience, supervisory capability, and strong incident triage, with hands-on work in DCIM, VMware vSphere, PowerShell, Python, and vendor coordination.

Salary ranges from $80,000 to $128,000 annually, with potential overtime and a discretionary bonus depending on

Qualifications

• 6 years of data center systems engineering experience.
• Must have or be able to obtain VAPublic Trust — High Risk background.
• Supervisory experience required.
• Shift work may be required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior escalation engineer for compute, storage, and systems services across data center facilities.
• Lead complex troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and remediation for high-impact incidents.
• Design and execute maintenance windows, upgrades, and technology refresh activities.
• Mentor mid-level engineers; contribute runbooks, standards, and automation improvements.
• Coordinate vendor engagements for warranty, break/fix, and firmware/OS upgrades.

Skills

Data center engineering

Senior troubleshooting

Mentoring

Vendor coordination

Shift work

Tools

VMware vSphere

PowerShell

Python

DCIM tools

ServiceNow

Wireshark

Job description

Responsibilities

Peraton supports the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mission to deliver timely, reliable care and benefits to America's Veterans by engineering, operating, and modernizing a nationwide data center portfolio. Our team runs enterprise and regional data centers, telecommunications spaces, and secure network connections that host the systems Veterans depend on — from claims processing and pharmacy fulfillment to appointment scheduling and benefits delivery. We provide full-lifecycle data center and cloud engineering, 24×7×365 operations and monitoring, DCIM platform administration, analytics, and facility infrastructure reporting. If you want your engineering, operations, or analytics work to matter to someone, this is where it does.

Position Duties & Responsibilities

• Serve as senior/escalation-level engineer for compute, storage, and systems services across data center facilities.
• Lead complex troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and remediation for high-impact incidents.
• Design and execute maintenance windows, upgrades, and technology refresh activities.
• Mentor mid-level engineers; contribute runbooks, standards, and automation improvements.
• Coordinate vendor engagements for warranty, break/fix, and firmware/OS upgrades.

Qualifications

Requirements

• Currently possess or be able to obtain VAPublic Trust — High Risk (BI High) / Tier 4 background investigation.
• 6 years of data center systems engineering experience, with demonstrated senior-level troubleshooting capability.
• Supervisory experience
• Shiftwork may be required

Desired Skills, Tools & Certifications

• Tools: Data center monitoring and management tools including Nlyte Asset Optimizer / Energy Optimizer (DCIM), ServiceNow (ITSM/CMDB), SolarWinds, Nagios, PRTG, PuTTY, Wireshark, PowerShell, Python, Power BI, MS Visio, and SharePoint. plus VMware vSphere, Ansible / PowerShell / Python for automation.
• Processes: ITIL v4 service management, SAFe Agile / Scrum for iterative delivery, NIST 800-53 / RMF, ISO 27001, TIA-942, ASHRAE TC 9.9, VA CRISP alignment, NFPA 70/70E, and OSHA safety practices.; TIA-942.
• Certifications (desirable): CompTIA Server+ / Network+ / Security+, Microsoft Certified: Windows Server / Azure Administrator, Red Hat RHCSA/RHCE, VMware VCP-DCV, ServiceNow CSA, Nlyte Certified Administrator, CDCP., ITIL v4 Foundation (Practitioner/Managing Professional a plus), SAFe Practitioner or SAFe DevOps

Work location: Philadelphia, PA

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$80,000 - $128,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.