Server Lead

Caelum Research Corporation; Huntsville, Northern (AL, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Life Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Job summary

Caelum Research Corporation in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Server Lead to drive enterprise compute, virtualization, and infrastructure modernization for a DoD contract.

You will oversee Windows/Linux, VMware and OpenShift, manage availability and security baselines, and plan upgrades while coordinating with field teams.

Active DoD clearance is required; on‑site work and after‑hours support are expected.

Qualifications

• 8+ years enterprise server/infrastructure engineering with technical-lead responsibility.
• Advanced Windows Server and Linux/RHEL administration.
• Strong VMware, storage, backup, VDI and high-availability knowledge.
• DoD STIG, patching, vulnerability remediation and secure-baseline experience.
• Ability to support on-site and after-hours escalation.
• Ability to obtain and maintain required clearance/access.

Responsibilities

• Lead Windows/Linux, VMware ESXi/vSphere/vCenter/VCF, VDI and Red Hat OpenShift environments.
• Own availability, capacity, performance, patching, lifecycle planning and configuration baselines.
• Lead backup/recovery, restoration testing, replication, retention and RPO/RTO achievement.
• Integrate DISA STIGs, vulnerability remediation, privileged access, logging and RMF continuous monitoring.
• Plan upgrades and migrations with testing, rollback, change control and validation.
• Automate operations using PowerShell, Ansible or approved orchestration.
• Maintain system plans, diagrams, SOPs, inventories, recovery procedures and RMF evidence.
• Serve as senior escalation authority for mission-impacting infrastructure events.

Skills

Technical leadership

Windows Server administration

Linux/RHEL administration

VMware/VDI

Security baselines (STIG)

On-call support

DoD clearance readiness

Tools

VMware VCP/VCAP

OpenShift

Red Hat

VCF/SDDC Manager

Cohesity/Dell PowerProtect

Job description

POSITION: Server Lead

LOCATION: Huntsville, AL

SCOPE: Acts as Server Lead on a major IT services contract for the U.S. Army. Provide senior technical leadership for enterprise compute, virtualization, operating systems, VDI, container platforms, storage integration, backup/recovery and infrastructure modernization supporting mission operations.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead Windows/Linux, VMware ESXi/vSphere/vCenter/VCF, VDI and Red Hat OpenShift environments.
• Own availability, capacity, performance, patching, lifecycle planning and configuration baselines.
• Lead backup/recovery, restoration testing, replication, retention and RPO/RTO achievement.
• Integrate DISA STIGs, vulnerability remediation, privileged access, logging and RMF continuous monitoring.
• Plan upgrades and migrations with testing, rollback, change control and validation.
• Automate operations using PowerShell, Ansible or approved orchestration.
• Maintain system plans, diagrams, SOPs, inventories, recovery procedures and RMF evidence.
• Serve as senior escalation authority for mission-impacting infrastructure events.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 8+ years enterprise server/infrastructure engineering with technical-lead responsibility.
• Advanced Windows Server and Linux/RHEL administration.
• Strong VMware, storage, backup, VDI and high-availability knowledge.
• DoD STIG, patching, vulnerability remediation and secure-baseline experience.
• Ability to support on-site and after-hours escalation.
• Ability to obtain and maintain required clearance/access.

PREFERRED/HIGHLY DESIRED:

• VMware VCP/VCAP, Red Hat, Microsoft or OpenShift certifications.
• VMware VCF/SDDC Manager, vSAN, Cohesity, Dell PowerProtect and SAN/NFS/SMB.
• RMF/eMASS evidence and classified-network experience.
• Army/Redstone enterprise infrastructure experience.

SECURITY CLEARANCE: Active DoDSecret Clearance

BENEFITS: We designed our employee benefits program around the goal of improving the quality of life for each employee. We offer some of the most competitive benefits in the industry to include Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurances; Short- and Long-Term Disability; Paid Leave, Holidays, Bereavement, Military, and Jury Duty; 401(k) Retirement Plan, Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care, Health Savings Account, Tuition/Training Assistance, and Referral Bonuses.