Senior Datacenter Systems Engineer - Onsite

Twosixtechnologies; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

Retirement benefits

Paid leave

Tuition assistance

Professional development

Job summary

Two Six Technologies is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer focused on Datacenter Infrastructure in Herndon, VA. You will design, deploy, and maintain datacenter and server-room environments to support unclassified and classified operations, coordinating with facilities, security, engineering, and operations.

The role requires hands-on work with servers, networking, rack power, and cooling, plus license management, hardware/software upgrades, and detailed documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field; 5+ years of overall technical experience; or comparable education and experience.
• 2+ years of data center/server-room infrastructure experience.
• Experience planning datacenter infrastructure including power, cooling, and layout.
• Experience supporting infrastructure in a SCIF and/or SAPF.
• Hands-on experience installing, configuring, maintaining, or troubleshooting servers and networking equipment.
• Experience maintaining infrastructure documentation, inventories, and configuration records.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design, plan, implement, and maintain datacenter and server-room infrastructure including servers, network, rack power and cooling systems.
• Plan infrastructure capacity and equipment layouts with facilities team.
• Install, configure, test, troubleshoot, and maintain servers and network equipment.
• Coordinate infrastructure changes with facilities, security, engineering, and operations.
• Manage licenses, hardware/software upgrades, system updates, and lifecycle replacements.
• Maintain accurate infrastructure documentation and layouts; update records.
• Follow change-control, safety, security, and facility-access procedures.
• Identify infrastructure risks and plan improvements.

Skills

5+ years experience

Data center experience

Infrastructure planning

SCIF/SAPF experience

Hands-on servers/networks

Documentation

TS/SCI clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

CCNA certification

Job description

Two Six Technologies is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer focused on Datacenter Infrastructure in Herndon, VA. You will design, deploy, and maintain datacenter and server-room environments to support unclassified and classified operations, coordinating with facilities, security, engineering, and operations.

The role requires hands-on work with servers, networking, rack power, and cooling, plus license management, hardware/software upgrades, and detailed documentation.