Data Center Operations Team Lead

General Dynamics

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Work type
On-site
Location
Arlington, VA
Salary
$128,039–$173,229 / yr
Posted
48 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Below market

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About General Dynamics

General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation, ship construction, land combat vehicles, and information technology. It serves customers in the U.S. government, allied governments, and a diverse array of commercial markets.

General Dynamics currently has 1351 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Data Center Operations Team Lead

The Data Center Operations Team Lead joins the Infrastructure team to manage a large, complex data center environment. This role involves overseeing over 2,000 physical servers and 15,000 virtual instances, ensuring 7x24x365 availability for national services. Key responsibilities include managing mainframe and server physical and logical security, disaster recovery failover, business continuity, and batch job scheduling. You will execute server consolidation and virtualization efforts while managing enterprise-class storage migrations and optimizations. Required technical expertise includes IBM Z10 mainframes with z/OS, Windows, Solaris, Red Hat Linux, and VMware. Candidates must demonstrate proficiency in ITIL standards, systems engineering, and infrastructure management. The role requires translating business requirements into technical implementations within a high-availability production environment to solve complex infrastructure challenges for a federal client.

What you'll do

  • Manage daily operations for a large-scale data center with over 2,000 physical servers.
  • Oversee physical and logical security, disaster recovery failover, and business continuity for mainframe and distributed environments.
  • Plan and execute server consolidation and virtualization efforts across Windows, Solaris, and Red Hat Linux.
  • Manage enterprise-class storage provisioning, migrations, and optimizations across multiple server technologies.
  • Implement ITIL standards and processes within a highly available, 24/7/365 data center operation.
  • Manage IBM Z10 mainframes utilizing the z/OS Operating System.
  • Translate complex business requirements into technical implementations for large-scale infrastructure systems.
  • Monitor national services to proactively and reactively manage faults and system failures.

What we're looking for

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen.
  • Must possess a BI Full 6C (T4) public trust.
  • Must have 10+ years of related experience in Enterprise IT and Infrastructure Management.
  • Must have 10+ years of experience managing server and support services.
  • Must have at least 3 years of experience in an IT outsourcing environment managing contractor personnel.
  • Must have a Bachelor's degree in a related scientific or technical discipline or equivalent experience.
  • Must be ITIL v3 or v4 Foundation Certified.
  • Project management experience is a plus (preferred).

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