Description

Founded in 1989, CALNET, Inc. has become one of the fastest growing privately held companies in the Technology, Intelligence Analysis, and Language Services consulting arena. Headquartered in Reston, VA, CALNET employees deliver true value to our customers by employing best practices, world-class technologies industry expertise in every project. CALNET is ISO 9001, ISO 20000, and CMMI-Level III certified

As a Prime Government Contractor for U.S Treasury, we are currently searching for a talented Data Center Operations Managerin Washington, DC.

About the Job

You will be providing IT Infrastructure Operations Support Services (IOSS) to meet current and emerging operational requirements for the U.S Treasury’s IT Infrastructure environment as a Data Center Operations Manager.

Job Requirements

Have 5+ years’ experience managing Data Center Operations on a Government Contract. Data Center support is needed 365 days a year, twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week (24x7) at all primary Data Centers, or the ability to monitor and respond onsite within a pre-defined SLA, and remotely for services hosted by third party Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) within one hour of an incident that cannot be resolved remotely. The Data Center operations and administration services are the activities associated with the provisioning and day-to-day management of the installed systems and software environment. Data Center operations services encompass major hardware and infrastructure software platforms including server platforms, databases, application servers, operating systems, IP-based networks, and remote access services.

The Data Center Manager will be responsible for

Full support of the enterprise systems including problem determination, troubleshooting, reporting and escalation, operating system (O/S) upgrades, change control, version management, backup, recovery, capacity planning, performance tuning, system level scripting, storage and data management, physical asset identification, protection, and security management.
Configuration Management (Desktop Engineering)
Requirements Analysis and Demand Management (RADM).
Active Directory, Messaging (EMAIL), Enterprise Backups.
Desktop Virtualization, Server Administration and SAN Administrations.
Operations Security

Additional Duties will entail

Daily Standup briefings and Daily Status Reports (SITREP’s) are provided to the government PM and staff.
Submit a weekly Desk Side Services Report which includes graphs and metrics that support the performance and SLA agreements.
Submit a monthly Data Center Operations Report.
Produce ad hoc reports as requested by Treasury management or the COR.
Provide a monthly and quarterly reviews of performance metrics
Data Center operations and administration services activities associated with the provisioning and day-to-day management of the installed systems and software environment.

The Data Center Operations Manager is responsible for overall operation of Data Center contract staff, to include ensuring reporting, escalations and staffing are adequate to the needs. This may entail adjusting shifts to accommodate changes in call volumes and ensuring that staff is properly trained for the types of tickets received. In addition, certain operational modes – such as business continuity and disaster recovery – demand planning, and preparedness to ensure business resilience and agility. Changing business demands require an agile IT infrastructure that can rapidly transform the Data Center from IT expenditure into a value-based business service capability. Data Center management provides coverage of systems, IT Security, business continuity, and disaster recovery. Data Center staff are well versed in network management and will work alongside other teams in O&M and troubleshooting activities at a senior level. Senior Data Center staff are expected to have engineering as well as Administrator skill sets.

Required Skills

Bachelor’s Degree
U.S Citizenship and Secret Clearance is required.
5+ years’ experience in managing a Data Center Operations and 10 years of overall IT Infrastructure experience.

This opportunity is in Washington, DC.

CALNET, Inc. offers a competitive salary and a generous benefits package. This package includes medical, dental, vision, life, short- and long-term disability insurances, a 401(k)-retirement savings plan, and generous leave time.

CALNET, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. EEO/M/F/D/V

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