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 & ResponsibilitiesConfigure, administer, monitor, troubleshoot, andmaintaindata center compute and systems infrastructure - physical and virtual servers, storage, and supporting services.Rack, cable, and decommission IT equipmentin accordance withairflow, containment, and asset-disposal standards.Triage and resolve tickets in ServiceNow within response and resolution SLAs; escalate cleanly whenrequired.Update the CMDB and DCIM records to reflect physical and logical reality.Support planned changes, patch cycles, and after-hours cutovers.#VAIEO
Qualifications
RequirementsCurrentlypossessor be able toobtain VAPublicTrust -High Risk (BI High) / Tier 4background investigation.Bachelor'sin a technical field; 2+yearsof enterprise data center systems administration experience.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).Hands-on experience with Windows Server, Linux, VMware, structured cabling (CAT6, fiber), and rack/stack work.Shiftwork may be requiredDesired 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.plusVMware vSphere.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):CompTIA Server+ / Network+ / Security+, Microsoft Certified: Windows Server / Azure Administrator, Red Hat RHCSA/RHCE, VMware VCP-DCV, ServiceNow CSA,NlyteCertified Administrator, CDCP., ITIL v4 Foundation (Practitioner/Managing Professional a plus), SAFe Practitioner or SAFe DevOps.Work location:Philadelphia, PA