Data Center Operations Team Lead

About the role

GDIT seeks a Data Center Manager for a federal client on the Infrastructure team. The position is onsite in Washington, DC and requires U.S. citizenship, a background investigation, and a clean financial record. The role demands flexibility to support issues or planned activities after hours, weekends, and holidays as needed.

Responsibilities

• Manage Data Center Operations of size, complexity, dynamics, availability, and scope comparable to the contract.
• Oversee mainframe and server physical and logical security, disaster recovery failover, business continuity, and batch job scheduling in mainframe and distributed (Windows and UNIX) environments.
• Administer a large, complex server environment containing over 2,000 physical servers hosting more than 15,000 physical or virtual servers.
• Plan and execute server consolidation and virtualization efforts on Windows, Solaris, and Red Hat Linux in a production operational environment.
• Manage enterprise‑class storage across server technologies (e.g., Windows, Solaris, Red Hat, VMware), implementing operational best practices, provisioning standards, and storage migrations/optimizations.
• Implement ITIL standards and processes in a large, highly available, dynamic data‑center operation.
• Operate a 24 × 7 × 365 data center that monitors a national service and manages faults and failures proactively and reactively.
• Manage IBM Z10 mainframe with z/OS operating system.
• Translate business requirements into technical implementation.
• Apply systems engineering expertise within a large, complex infrastructure.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent experience).
• 10+ years of experience managing server and support services, including at least 3 years in an IT outsourcing environment.
• ITIL v3 or v4 Foundation certification.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to pass a background investigation with a clean financial record.

Qualifications

• Excellent analytical, organizational, time‑management, and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong oral and written communication abilities, with professionalism when interacting with executives, customers, vendors, and staff.
• Project management experience is a plus.

Benefits

• 401(k) with company match.
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages, including medical, dental, vision, and Health Savings Account options.
• Paid education and certification opportunities.
• Access to cutting‑edge technology and professional growth resources.
• Paid vacation, holidays, and a variety of paid time‑off plans (sick, personal, parental, military, bereavement, jury duty).
• Short‑ and long‑term disability, life, accidental death & dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and travel accident insurance.
• Internal mobility team dedicated to career development.

Pay

The likely salary range for this position is $128,039 – $173,229, based on experience, geographic location, and contractual requirements.

Schedule

On‑site work in Washington, DC, Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (40 hours per week). Flexibility required for after‑hours, weekend, and holiday support as needed.