Data Center Technician, Senior

Leidos

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Work type: On-site
Location: Washington, DC
Salary: $92,300–$166,850 / yr
Posted: 4 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Below market

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This role $130k

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TL;DR · Data Center Technician, Senior

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As a Senior Data Center Technician at SEC ISS in Washington, DC, you will lead the day-to-day operations of multiple data center environments, ensuring reliable and secure infrastructure. Your responsibilities include managing hardware moves/adds/changes, coordinating power and cabling requests, and maintaining detailed operational documentation using tools like TeamTrack and ServiceNow. You will also support system architecture teams by validating requirements for System Change Requests and providing implementation updates to stakeholders. Required qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field, 10+ years of data center management experience, and certifications such as Certified Data Center Engineer. Preferred skills encompass experience with federal civilian agency operations, ITIL 4 Foundation, and ServiceNow CSA certification. This role demands expertise in capacity reporting, rack coordination, and DCIM platforms like NLyte for workflow tracking and asset status management.

Skills

TeamTrack ServiceNow NLyte CMDB ITIL 4 Foundation Data center capacity reporting Configuration management Availability reporting Hardware lifecycle operations Moves/adds/changes (MAC) Rack coordination Power and cooling coordination Structured cabling coordination Inventory management Wire map documentation Rack schematics Automated dashboards Recurring reports Disaster recovery Continuity-of-operations (COOP)

What you'll do

Manage and schedule hardware moves/adds/changes for data center equipment.
Coordinate power and cabling requests, updating documentation to reflect changes.
Track and report floor space, rack space, power, and cooling utilization regularly.
Use change/configuration management systems to create and update data center records.
Validate requirements and dependencies for System Change Request execution accurately.
Provide operational status updates and risk reporting to stakeholders regularly.

What we're looking for

10+ years of data center management and operations experience.
Demonstrated proficiency in change and configuration management systems (e.g., TeamTrack).
Expertise in IT service management platforms (e.g., ServiceNow).
Certified Data Center Engineer or equivalent certification required.
Strong skills in data center capacity, configuration, and availability reporting.
Experience with NLyte or similar DCIM tools for workflow tracking and asset status.

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