Overview
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 do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visitperaton.comto learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Responsibilities
Peraton supports the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mission to delivertimely, 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, 24×7×365 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 & ResponsibilitiesLead 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
RequirementsCurrently possess or be able to obtainVA Public Trust -High Risk (BI High) / Tier 4background investigation.Bachelor's degree, preferably in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Engineering, or a related field; 8+yearsof 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 aBachelor'sdegree, 4additionalyears of relevant experience is acceptable (Associate'sdegree + 2additionalyears also accepted for equivalent professional levels).Desired Skills, Tools & CertificationsTools:Data center monitoring and management tools includingNlyteAsset Optimizer / Energy Optimizer (DCIM), ServiceNow (ITSM/CMDB), SolarWinds, Nagios, PRTG, PuTTY, Wireshark, PowerShell, Python, Power BI, MS Visio, and SharePoint.plusAutoCAD,TileFlowfamiliarity.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