Abacus Technology is seeking a Data Center Lead to oversee the daily operations and maintenance for the US Mint.  This is a full-time position.

• Lead the design, configuration, deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting of data center hardware and software including Nutanix Hypervisor, VMWare, Windows servers, patching, and Veritas NetBackup systems.
• Lead disaster recovery and support annual exercises for each of the primary and recovery.
• Support FISMA auditing.

15+ years experience in systems and network operations.  Bachelor’s degree in a related field desired.  Must be MCA Microsoft Azure Administrator and ITIL v4 Foundations certified.  Must hold the following certifications or be able to obtain within six months of start date: Nutanix Certified Associate (NCA) and VMWare Certified Implementation Expert (VCIX).  Extensive experience with Nutanix, VMWare, and Windows.  Experience in the following areas: operations and administration; monitoring operations; job scheduling and execution; transaction and batch processing; electronic data exchange management; system administration; storage and data management; remote access services; database administration; middleware administration; collaborative computing administration; and special projects.  Able to respond to data center problems resulting from catastrophic events, incident response and power outages and assist with the execution of the disaster recovery plan when a business or IT operations disruption occurs.  Experience in managing staff to support daily operational tasks, projects/activities to ensure they are delivered on schedule and to meet the customer’s requirements.  Must have strong written and verbal communication skills and be able to present information to both a technical and non-technical audience.  Maintain expert knowledge on all technologies and applications supporting data center operations.  Maintain effective professional relationships with all levels of an organization.  Must be a US citizen.

Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled