Data Center Manager

Ready to Ignite your career and work alongside some of the most innovative and brightest professionals in federal services today? Join us and unleash your potential working in an agile environment alongside the men and women charged with ensuring the success of one of the most important missions in American Government. As a Data Center Manager, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing the stability, security, and optimization of critical on-premises and cloud-based infrastructure. This position is at the heart of ensuring seamless operations while the Census Bureau transitions toward a hybrid/multi-cloud environment. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to implement automation, consolidate legacy systems, and support enterprise-wide modernization initiatives. Your leadership will be instrumental in maintaining high availability, disaster recovery, and security compliance while integrating next-generation cloud technologies. This role is ideal for a proactive professional eager to drive innovation and efficiency in a high-impact federal project.

Responsibilities:

- Oversee day-to-day operations, maintenance, and new installations within on-premises data centers, ensuring 24/7/365 availability and optimal performance.

- Manage and automate data center infrastructure (physical and virtual) using VMware, Cisco UCS, Sun M Servers, Ansible, and Morpheus Data.

- Implement and maintain security and compliance frameworks, leveraging Red Hat Satellite Server and Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager.

- Develop and execute Data Center to Cloud Migration strategies while managing disposition of assets.

- Lead disaster recovery planning and business continuity exercises, ensuring compliance with USCB COOP requirements.

- Establish and monitor ITIL-based processes for change, configuration, release, and problem management.

- Ensure enterprise-wide infrastructure monitoring integration into EOC, SOC, and NOC dashboards.

- Provide leadership and coordination for the implementation of process improvement strategies, automation initiatives, and security enhancements.

- Ensure system patching, OS/application security hardening, and vulnerability remediation in coordination with security teams.

Requirements

- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

- 8+ years of experience in managing data centers, modernization environments, or similar work experience.

- Wide range of experience with infrastructure-related languages, including but not limited to Java, Python, SQL, etc.

- Strong knowledge of data center operations, cloud services, and server platforms

- Excellent leadership and communication skills

- Strong problem solving skills and the ability to solve complex technical challenges

- Ability to obtain and maintain a government clearance as required for program performance and access to sensitive information.

Benefits

• 401(k) with matching and 100% Vested
• Health Insurance - 3 plans to select from
• Dental insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• AD&D
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Training
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Referral program
• Paid Legal Plan
• and more....

Ignite IT is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran status, sexual orientation, or other protected characteristic. In accordance with EO 13665 Final Rule, Ignite IT will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

Applicants selected must be able to possess and maintain a government clearance