Sr Data Center Engineer

Peraton; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

PTO & Holidays

Job summary

Peraton in Austin, TX seeks an experienced data center engineer to lead modernization, capacity planning, resiliency, and infrastructure optimization initiatives across enterprise data centers, with a focus on VA mission-critical environments, security compliance, and robust 24x7 operations.

You will own the technical outcomes for assigned workstreams, mentor junior engineers, and produce reference designs across power, cooling, cabling and compute.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Computer Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of data center engineering experience with a demonstrated record leading modernization/capacity work.
• Education substitutions per Peraton Career & Compensation Framework: Master's substitutes ~2 years of required experience; Ph.D. substitutes ~5 years; In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, 4 additional years of relevant experience is acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex data center engineering, modernization, capacity, resiliency, and infrastructure-optimization initiatives.
• Own the technical outcome for assigned engineering workstreams; guide junior engineers and provide design authority on reviews.
• Author reference designs and standards content across power, cooling, cabling, and compute domains.
• Serve as senior technical interface to VA stakeholders during design reviews, site assessments, and modernization planning.

Skills

Nlyte Asset Optimizer

Energy Optimizer

ServiceNow

SolarWinds

Nagios

PRTG

PowerShell

Python

Power BI

AutoCAD

TileFlow

Wireshark

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Engineering or related field

Master's degree substitutions ~2 years of experience

Ph.D. substitutions ~5 years of experience

Tools

Nlyte Asset Optimizer

Energy Optimizer

ServiceNow

SolarWinds

Nagios

PRTG

PuTTY

Wireshark

PowerShell

Python

Power BI

MS Visio

SharePoint

AutoCAD

TileFlow

Job description

About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

About The Role

Peraton supports the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mission to deliver timely, reliable care and benefits to America's Veterans by engineering, operating, and modernizing a nationwide data center portfolio. Our team runs enterprise and regional data centers, telecommunications spaces, and secure network connections that host the systems Veterans depend on - from claims processing and pharmacy fulfillment to appointment scheduling and benefits delivery. We provide full-lifecycle data center and cloud engineering, 24x7x365 operations and monitoring, DCIM platform administration, analytics, and facility infrastructure reporting. If you want your engineering, operations, or analytics work to matter to someone, this is where it does.

Position Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead complex data center engineering, modernization, capacity, resiliency, and infrastructure-optimization initiatives.
• Own the technical outcome for assigned engineering workstreams; guide junior engineers and provide design authority on reviews.
• Author reference designs and standards content across power, cooling, cabling, and compute domains.
• Serve as senior technical interface to VA stakeholders during design reviews, site assessments, and modernization planning.

#VAIEO

Qualifications

Requirements

• Currently possess or be able to obtain VA Public Trust - High Risk (BI High) / Tier 4 background investigation.
• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Engineering, or a related field; 8+ years of data center engineering experience with a demonstrated record leading modernization/capacity work.
• Education substitutions (per Peraton Career & Compensation Framework): Master's degree substitutes ~2 years of required experience; Ph.D. substitutes ~5 years of required experience. In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, 4 additional years of relevant experience is acceptable (Associate's degree + 2 additional years also accepted for equivalent professional levels).

Desired Skills, Tools & Certifications

• Tools: Data center monitoring and management tools including Nlyte Asset Optimizer / Energy Optimizer (DCIM), ServiceNow (ITSM/CMDB), SolarWinds, Nagios, PRTG, PuTTY, Wireshark, PowerShell, Python, Power BI, MS Visio, and SharePoint. plus AutoCAD, TileFlow familiarity.
• Processes: ITIL v4 service management, SAFe Agile / Scrum for iterative delivery, NIST 800-53 / RMF, ISO 27001, TIA-942, ASHRAE TC 9.9, VA CRISP alignment, NFPA 70/70E, and OSHA safety practices.; TIA-942, VA Handbook 7002.
• Certifications (desirable): PE (Electrical or Mechanical), BICSI RCDD, Uptime Institute ATD/ATS, EPI CDCP/CDCS/CDCE, LEED AP, CEM., ITIL v4 Foundation (Practitioner/Managing Professional a plus), SAFe Practitioner or SAFe DevOps.

Work location: Austin, TX

Details

Target Salary Range: $104,000 - $166,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.