Data Center Infrastructure Engineer

Washington dc, DC


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Type: Permanent

Category: Engineer

Industry: Government

Reference ID: JN -022026-105479

Date Posted: 05/12/2026

Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/REYqTZ


Description:

Onsite in Washington, DC or Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB)

 

Our client seeks a Data Center Infrastructure Engineer to design and sustain mission-critical environments for federal programs. The role will operate and improve secure, high-availability data center infrastructure across servers, storage, networking, and power systems. The engineer will apply hands-on expertise to strengthen reliability, resiliency, performance, and operational excellence while collaborating across teams in high-visibility settings.

 

Due to federal security clearance requirements, applicant must be a United States Citizen or Permanent Resident. Due to federal security clearance requirements, applicant must be a United States Citizen or Permanent Resident with an active Top Secret clearance. This is a full-time, permanent opportunity, offering a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Qualified applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis.

 

Salary: $180,000 - $235,000/ yr. w2

 


Responsibilities:
  • Use enterprise data center technologies to manage and operate servers, storage, networking, and power systems supporting mission-critical federal environments.
  • 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 in Agile execution, planning, and technical discussions with immediate hands-on contribution.
  • Identify risks, constraints, and capacity concerns and communicate mitigation strategies and recommendations.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to execute infrastructure changes safely with minimal operational impact.
  • Apply best practices for security, availability, and operational excellence in secure, high-visibility environments.
  • Establish and maintain customer trust through disciplined execution, ownership, and technical excellence.

Experience Requirements:
  • Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility.
  • DoD 8140 certification aligned to the 451 System Administrator work role (e.g., Security+, Cloud+, SSCP, CASP+, or CISSP).
  • 8+ years designing, implementing, and managing geographically dispersed data center infrastructure in enterprise or mission-critical environments.
  • Proven experience ensuring reliability, scalability, and efficiency of data center operations, including servers, storage, networking, power, and environmental resource requirements.
  • Hands-on administration of virtualized data center platforms, including VMware or equivalent enterprise virtualization technologies.
  • Operational management of compute, storage, and network infrastructure, including capacity planning, performance optimization, and lifecycle management.
  • Experience supporting high-availability data center operations, including monitoring, fault isolation, and incident response.
  • 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+.

Education Requirements:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related engineering field. Relevant experience may substitute where appropriate.
  • Security+ certification.
  • VMware VCP-DCV certification or equivalent data center platform certification.
  • Cloud+, SSCP, CASP+, or CISSP certifications.

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Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team (noreply@eliassen.com, 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.
 

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
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About Eliassen Group:
 
Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.
 
Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.
 
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