T-Rex Solutions

Federal government

OnPremDataCenterLead

$100–160k Austin, Texas, United States
The Brief

“On-Prem Data Center Lead at T-Rex Solutions. Skills: On-Prem Data Center Lead, data center engineering, infrastructure operations, modernization, hybrid infrastructure. Develop a deep understanding of VA data center operations, hybrid infrastructure, business needs, and ongoing modernization initiatives.. Lead Data Center & Cloud Engineering initiatives, including infrastructure lifecycle modernization, design reviews, technical architecture, and performance optimization.”

What You'll Achieve.

ensuring VA’s infrastructure is available, scalable, resilient, efficient, and aligned with enterprise modernization goals.; provide executive visibility into infrastructure health, capacity, modernization progress, and operational performance.

Industry & Context.

Federal government
Problems you'll solve

identify risks, inefficiencies, capacity constraints, and improvement opportunities; Identify and implement improvements related to cost efficiency, operational performance, disaster recovery readiness, availability, and resilience.

Eligibility Requirements

This position is onsite, located in Austin, TX.

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10+ years of experience in data center engineering, infrastructure operations, or technical management within complex IT organizations., Deep expertise in hybrid infrastructure environments, including on-premises infrastructure and cloud platforms., background in data center design, operations, modernization, lifecycle management, and performance optimization., Experience supporting server, storage, network, power, cooling, and facility optimization efforts., Experience conducting infrastructure assessments, baseline evaluations, capacity planning, and operational improvement initiatives., Experience supporting incident response, service delivery, maintenance, upgrades, disaster recovery readiness, and infrastructure reliability efforts., Experience producing technical documentation, assessment reports, configuration management artifacts, executive reporting, and decision-support materials., understanding of federal or large enterprise infrastructure environments.

Nice to Have

Certifications in one or more of the following: Certified Data Center Management Professional (CDCMP) Data Center Design Consultant (DCDC) Data Center Manager (DCM) Data Center Expert (DCE) Data Center Authority (DCA), Experience leading or supporting initiatives within the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Information Technology (OIT), Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), and/or Veterans Health Administration (VHA)., Experience with capacity modeling, computational fluid dynamics, performance analytics, or advanced infrastructure analysis., Familiarity with VA environments or similarly regulated federal systems., Experience with infrastructure KPI tracking, dashboards, Facility Infrastructure Reporting, and portfolio reporting.

What You'll Do.

Develop a deep understanding of VA data center operations

hybrid infrastructure

and ongoing modernization initiatives.

Lead Data Center & Cloud Engineering initiatives

including infrastructure lifecycle modernization

technical architecture

and performance optimization.

Support development and refinement of data center and hybrid infrastructure roadmaps that align with broader VA organizational objectives.

Develop and maintain engineering standards

and architecture artifacts.

Conduct infrastructure assessments and baseline evaluations to identify risks

and improvement opportunities.

facility optimization

server infrastructure

storage infrastructure

network infrastructure

and lifecycle management activities.

Support capacity planning

infrastructure performance monitoring

and resource utilization improvements across physical and cloud platforms.

Identify and implement improvements related to cost efficiency

operational performance

disaster recovery readiness

Support computational fluid dynamics simulation

and advanced infrastructure analytics where applicable.

Manage and support day-to-day data center operations

including incident response

and operational coordination.

Ensure data center operations and infrastructure solutions comply with VA requirements

security expectations

and audit readiness needs.

Produce assessment and recommendation reports

configuration management artifacts

Facility Infrastructure Reporting support

and portfolio reporting materials.

and decision-making materials that provide executive visibility into infrastructure health

modernization progress

and operational performance.

Present technical recommendations

and modernization strategies clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

collaborate closely with senior OIT partners, architects, engineering teams, operations teams, business stakeholders, and functional consultants; Provide technical leadership across data center engineering and operations; Present technical recommendations, operational risks, and modernization strategies clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Communication Scope

Present technical recommendations, operational risks, and modernization strategies clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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