Senior Lead Data Center Systems Engineer - Automation & Ops

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

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a senior data center systems engineer in Philadelphia, PA to serve as a high-visibility escalation expert for compute, storage, and systems services across multiple data center facilities. You will lead complex troubleshooting, coordinate maintenance windows, and mentor junior engineers while driving automation improvements.

The role requires 6 years of data center experience, supervisory capability, and the ability to work shifts.

Qualifications

• 6 years of data center systems engineering experience
• Demonstrated senior-level troubleshooting capability
• Supervisory experience
• Shiftwork may be required

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.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Leadership

Shifts

Vendor coordination

Tools

Nlyte DCIM

ServiceNow

SolarWinds

Nagios

PRTG

PuTTY

Wireshark

PowerShell

Python

Power BI

MS Visio

SharePoint

VMware vSphere

Ansible

Job description

Peraton is seeking a senior data center systems engineer in Philadelphia, PA to serve as a high-visibility escalation expert for compute, storage, and systems services across multiple data center facilities. You will lead complex troubleshooting, coordinate maintenance windows, and mentor junior engineers while driving automation improvements.

The role requires 6 years of data center experience, supervisory capability, and the ability to work shifts.