Senior VMware & Data Center Engineer - TS/SCI Clearance

System One, Inc.; 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

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.