Position: Senior Data Center Engineer
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Salary Range: $112, 000 - $122, 000 per year
Clearance: Active Q Clearance

KeyLogic is seeking a skilled and motivated Senior Data Center Engineer to join our team on a major National Department of Energy Laboratory in Albuquerque. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of data center operations and maintenance, ensuring optimal performance and reliability of the infrastructure.This role involves monitoring systems, troubleshooting issues, and implementing best practices to maintain a secure and efficient data center environment.

On occasion will require to work flexible hours and support on-call duties and shift work.

Work will be performed on-site.

Responsibilities:

• Perform:
  • Arista EOS upgrades using both Arista Cloud vision tool set and manually pushing the upgrades.
  • Arista switch replacement and new developments
  • Arista Cloud vision deployment -CVP-modeling and monitoring customized email notifications
  • Arista Cloud vision – build topology maps for all HPC environments and enabled capture of flow data for all devices which allow real time monitoring of traffic flow.
  • Arista Cloud vision – upgrade and maintenance on the CVP appliance.
• Test configuration changes on the HPC environment virtually in GNS3
• Convert HPC devices and HPC services to EMS for out of band network access
• Perform network maintenance and system upgrades (service packs, patches, security configurations).
• Collaborate with Cybersecurity to implement network security measures.
• Monitor system resource utilization and assist in capacity planning.
• Provide Level-2/3 support and troubleshooting for network issues.
• Adhere to configuration and change management policies.
• Respond to customer requests related to network services.

Qualifications:

• BS/BA with 3 years job-related experience, in lieu of degree 9 years of job-related experience.
• Must be US Citizen
• Active DOE Q Clearance

Required Skills:

• Expert with Arista, Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto products.
• Demonstrated experience with TCP/IP, routing protocols (OSPF, BGP), switching technologies, VLANs, VPNs, and related networking concepts.
• Experience with Mellanox high availability configuration and deployment.
• Experience with deployment of subnets and routing protocols with both IPV4 and IPV6.
• Knowledge with STIG compliance
• Strong desire to learn new technologies
• Team Player
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Desired Skills/Certifications:

• Net+
• Sec+
• CCNA