Data Center Management SETA

JOB DESCRIPTION:

SAIC is seeking a Data Center oversight SETA professional with strong verbal and written communication skills to assist a government customer with oversight of a data center support services contract. The successful applicant will provide technical advice on site requirements and coordinate with local and remote government customers. The role includes creating and updating policies for configuration management, incident management, access management, and infrastructure management. Candidates must have working knowledge of all four areas and the judgment and flexibility to support evolving site requirements.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:

The successful candidate must be able to:

• Produce recommendations and deliverables in a thorough, practical, and consistent manner congruent with the organization's objectives

• Facilitate customer focused IT infrastructure provisioning

• Oversee the management of planning, allocation, and utilization of Power, Space, and Cooling (P/S/C) resources

• Review enterprise data center directives and create, review, and update policies, processes, and standard operating procedures for configuration management, incident management, access management, and infrastructure management. Coordinate stakeholder reviews and government approval, maintain version history, and revise guidance as requirements or lessons learned change

• Develop and manage site-level P/S/C metrics development and data distribution to stakeholders

• Coordinate Technical Exchange Meetings (TEMs) with Acquisition Offices and systems owners to facilitate requirements analysis

• Review and comment on Requests for Change (RFCs), communicate impacts to data center P/S/C resources, and maintain policy requirements for configuration baselines, asset records, and change approvals

• Assist with the shaping, development, and documentation of data center project funding requests

• Assist with planning data center renovation and upgrade activities, including updates to infrastructure capacity, maintenance, and equipment lifecycle procedures and related incident reporting, escalation, and service restoration guidance

• Provide written and oral project-level briefings to stakeholders

• Bachelors in a STEM related field and five (5) years or more experience; Masters in a STEM related field and three (3) years or more experience; or ten (10) plus years of data center management experience in lieu of a degree

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.

• Must possess and maintain an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph. 

  MANDATORY SKILLS:

• Data Center Facilities Management, with working knowledge of configuration control, incident reporting and escalation, physical and logical access approvals and reviews, and infrastructure capacity and maintenance practices sufficient to develop and update operational policies and procedures

  DESIRED CERTIFICATIONS: 

• Data Center Technician Professional (DCTP) 
• Data Center Design Professional (DCDP) 
• Data Center Energy Practitioner (DCEP)

• Certified data center professional (e.g., BICSI)