Job Overview

dppis seeking asenior infrastructure engineerfor an opportunity in columbia, sc. candidates must be eligible to earn a low-level us security clearance.

work arrangement:

• hybrid: onsite tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and as needed.
• w2 position; 12 months
• must be eligible to earn a low-level us security clearance, which requires a thorough background search and us citizenship.

position summary:

• thesenior infrastructure engineeris responsible for managing the most complex, project-driven work within the deployment management methodology (dmm) framework.
• key responsibilities include assessing customer requirements, evaluating approved technical solutions from the solutions team, and determining necessary infrastructure changes for both servers and networks.
• the role involves creating detailed deployment specification documents for use by deployment teams and incorporating guidance from architecture, security, and operations teams.

required technologies:

• hands-on experience building and supporting it infrastructure (servers and networks).
• application design experience.
• cisco aci and github experience for software defined networks.

nice to have:

• skilled in multiple disciplines of windows server, rhel, openshift, bigip, cisco, telephony systems, ibm or hitachi san/nas storage.

preferred certifications:

• mcse, ccda or ccdp.

minimum required work experience:

• 8 years of hands-on experience building or supporting it infrastructure (servers and/or networks).
• preferred: 10 years of it infrastructure design/architectural experience (servers and networks). hands-on experience building and supporting it infrastructure (servers and networks). application design experience.

job/class description:

• enforce infrastructure architectural standards through the ongoing review and acceptance of technical solutions' project deliverables.
• assesses and determines server specifications to meet project requirements, including number and size of non-host (distributed) servers, storage specifications, security membership, operating systems, etc. produces project deliverables/documentation in the form of detailed "build" specifications. routinely designs and specifies server infrastructure requiring expertise in two or more operating system platforms.
• assesses and determines network design specifications to meet project requirements, including all connectivity, network equipment, network placement, data center placement, ip address assignments, and firewall rules. produces project deliverables/documentation in the form of detailed "build" specifications and network diagrams.
• provides network/ip address assignments for non-project requests. performs non-project technical consultation with customers, client advocates, or application owners.
• assesses existing network infrastructure and produce detailed network diagrams to meet special requests (not deployment projects): for example, to respond to requests associated with a security compliance audit.
• mentors less experienced engineers.

required knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• advanced knowledge of server technology and associated operating systems (windows server, aix, linux, and/or sun).
• advanced knowledge of network technologies and tcp/ip.
• microsoft office and visio.
• attention to detail, ability to effectively communicate with peers and partner it teams, ability to pivot to multiple tasks, strong troubleshooting skills.

preferred:

• skilled in multiple disciplines of windows server, aix, sun solaris, bigip, juniper, cisco, telephony systems, emc/ibm/hitachi san/nas storage.
• expert-level proficiency for visio.

work environment:

• the network change team is responsible for making the changes required to facilitate all connectivity for the entire organization.
• this team plays a crucial role in ensuring the security, efficiency, and reliability of the organization's network infrastructure.
• they are a collaborative team that is focused on providing support to their customers to ensure the business applications they support are available and operational.
• results-oriented, structured, and fast paced, multi-platformed environment which may require action and response 24x7 to support the technical business needs of the customer.
• team members are expected to maintain a high degree of professionalism and work with minimal supervision.

required education/equivalencies:

• bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or other job-related degree;
• or, associates degree in cs, it, or other job-related degree plus 2 years of work-related experience;
• or, 4 years job-related work experience (total 12 years without a degree)

interested? learn more:
click the apply button or contact our recruiterdanielat(url removed)to learn more about this position (#(phone number removed)).

dppoffers a range of compensation and benefits packages to our employees and their eligible dependents. call today to learn more about working withdpp.

us citizen:this role requires the ability to obtain a low-level us security clearance, which requires a thorough background search and us citizenship. residency requirements may apply.eoe/aa/v/d