Senior Data Center Systems Engineer — DCIM & VMware

Peraton

Philadelphia (Philadelphia County)

On-site

USD 80,000 - 128,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Peraton in Philadelphia, PA seeks a data center systems administrator to configure, monitor, and maintain both physical and virtual infrastructure across Windows and Linux environments. This role supports VA data center operations with emphasis on reliability, security, and efficient change management.

You will work with DCIM and ITSM tools, perform rack and stack tasks, and respond to incidents within SLAs, contributing to enterprise cloud engineering and 24/7 operations for essential

Qualifications

Bachelor's in a technical field or equivalent experience.
5+ years of enterprise data center systems administration experience.
Background investigation suitable for VA/public trust.

Responsibilities

Configure, administer, monitor, troubleshoot, and maintain data center compute and systems infrastructure.
Rack, cable, and decommission IT equipment per standards.
Triage and resolve tickets in ServiceNow within SLAs.
Update CMDB and DCIM records to reflect reality.
Support planned changes, patch cycles, and after-hours cutovers.

Skills

Windows Server

Linux

VMware

Structured cabling

Rack/stack work

PowerShell

Python

Power BI

PuTTY

Wireshark

Nagios

SolarWinds

ServiceNow

DCIM (Nlyte)

Education

Bachelor's in a technical field

Experience: 5+ years enterprise data center systems administration

Tools

Nlyte Asset Optimizer / Energy Optimizer

ServiceNow ITSM/CMDB

VMware vSphere

PowerShell

Python

Job description

You will work with DCIM and ITSM tools, perform rack and stack tasks, and respond to incidents within SLAs, contributing to enterprise cloud engineering and 24/7 operations for essential

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