Senior VMware & Data Center Engineer

System One; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) plan

Life Insurance

Spending accounts

Job summary

System One, Inc. seeks a Senior VMware & Data Center Engineer to design and sustain mission-critical data centers for federal environments in the Washington, DC area. You will manage servers, storage, networking, and power, ensuring high availability and security in enterprise facilities.

Requires 8+ years of hands-on data center experience, VMware expertise, and DoD 8140-aligned certs with active TS/SCI preferred. Direct permanent onsite role with 40 hours/week and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 8+ years designing, implementing, and managing dispersed data center infra.
• Hands-on virtualization experience with VMware or similar.
• Active TS/SCI with security clearance preferred.
• DoD 8140-aligned certs such as Security+, CISSP, CASP+ or SSCP.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering required; master’s preferred.
• Ability to contribute immediately with minimal ramp-up.

Responsibilities

• Design and sustain mission-critical data center environments for federal government.
• Manage servers, storage, networking, and power in enterprise data centers.
• Monitor health, respond to incidents, troubleshoot complex issues.
• Design and improve data center infrastructure for reliability and performance.
• Participate in Agile planning and hands-on technical discussions.
• Identify risks and capacity concerns with mitigation plans.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to minimize operational impact.
• Apply security, availability, and operational excellence best practices.
• Establish customer trust through disciplined execution and ownership.

Skills

VMware administration

Data center operations

Incident response

Security best practices

Agile participation

Capacity planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Operational excellence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

VMware VCP-DCV

Security+ (DoD 8140 aligned)

DoD 8140 framework

Job description

Job Title: Senior VMware & Data Center Engineer

Location: Washington, DC
Type: Direct Permanent Hire
Contractor Work Model: Onsite
Hours: 40.0 hours per week
Security Clearance: Must have ActiveTS/SCI

Responsibilities

• Design and sustain mission-critical data center environments with the goal to make an impact across the federal government.
• Use enterprise data center technologies to manage and operate servers, storage, networking, and power systems supporting mission-critical environments within the federal government.
• Support and sustain high-availability operations by monitoring infrastructure health, responding to incidents, and troubleshooting complex hardware and facility issues.
• Design, implement, and improve data center infrastructure solutions that increase reliability, performance, and resiliency.
• Participate actively in Agile execution, planning, and technical discussions, contributing immediately with hands‑on expertise.
• Identify risks, constraints, and capacity concerns, and communicate them clearly along with mitigation strategies and recommendations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure infrastructure changes are executed safely and with minimal operational impact.
• Apply best practices for security, availability, and operational excellence in secure, high‑visibility environments.
• Establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence through disciplined execution, ownership, and technical excellence.

Requirements

• Must have active U.S. Government Issued Top Secret with SCI security clearance.
• Possess DoD 8140 certification aligned to the 451 System Administrator work role, such as Security+, Cloud+, SSCP, CASP+, or CISSP.
• 8+ years of direct experience designing, implementing, and managing geographically dispersed data center infrastructure in enterprise or mission-critical environments.
• Demonstrated experience ensuring the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of data center operations, including servers, storage, networking, power, and environmental resource requirements.
• Hands‑on experience administering virtualized data center platforms, including VMware or equivalent enterprise virtualization technologies.
• Operational experience managing compute, storage, and network infrastructure, including capacity planning, performance optimization, and lifecycle management.
• Hands‑on experience supporting high‑availability data center operations, including monitoring, fault isolation, and incident response.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related engineering field is required.
• Relevant experience may substitute where appropriate.
• Ability to contribute immediately with minimal ramp‑up in a mission‑critical operational environment.
• Required technical certifications include VMware VCP-DCV or equivalent data center platform certification and Security+.
• Preferred: Masters Degree.

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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