Data Center Management Specialist, Storage and Network Senior Provisioning needed for a Direct Hire opportunity with SOC's client to work onsite in Manassas, VA. *Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Poly is required for this position!*
Job Summary: This position will be part of a data center support team providing a range of services on a new multi-year federal contract. Areas of responsibility will include lifecycle and incident management of data center infrastructure and various hardware and software platforms and tools. The team will deliver according to Service Level Agreements and ensure customer satisfaction. US citizenship with an active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Poly are required. Key Responsibilities:
Maintain data center network and internal system network gear on a large Federal Government contract
Designing and implementing new network solutions and/or improving the efficiency of current networks
Installing, configuring and supporting network equipment including routers, proxy servers, switches, WAN accelerators, DNS and DHCP
Assist in system installations and troubleshooting following government and company directed standards.
Investigating faults in the network
Updating network equipment to the latest firmware releases
Reporting network status to key stakeholders
Required: Clearance required: TS/SCI with Full Scope Poly Location: Manassas, VA, Onsite Work Required Skills:
Strong collaboration skills; works well on a team
Excellent communication and troubleshooting skills
Experience with a broad range of networking and IP/network protocols, especially data center network Experience designing, installing testing, implementing network technologies to include VXLAN technology in an UCS architecture
Experience analyzing network and storage characteristics (e.g. traffic time, connect time, transmission speeds, utilization, packet size, and throughput), performance, and recommending procurement, removals, and modification to network components
Experience with commercial data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software
Security+ and CISSP certification
Flexible, proactive, ability to work with minimal direction in an open and fast-paced environment
Experience with configuration management tools
Preferred Skills:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent work experience
Strong knowledge of Information Technology Service Management, ITIL preferably
Experience with ServiceNow
Expert with Policy Based Routing, Quality of Service, Netflow, virtual networks, IPSec
Experience deploying and managing network attached storage (NAS) systems and network file systems including NFS and CIFS
Experience with NetApp NAS/SAN storage environments
Experience with Nlyte
Cisco CCNA or equivalent
Employment Pre-requisites The following requirements must be met to be eligible for this position: successful completion of a background investigation and drug urinalysis. SOC, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability.