Overview

Are you a Installation Engineer who would like to have a positive impact for millions of people? If so, we may have an opportunity for you!

TISTA associates enjoy above Industry Healthcare Benefits, Remote Working Options, Paid Time Off, Training/Certification opportunities, Healthcare Savings Account & Flexible Savings Account, Paid Life Insurance, Short-term & Long-term Disability, 401K Match, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program, Paid Holidays, Military Leave, and much more!

Responsibilities

• Site Management

• Coordinate communications with onsite points of contact regarding all DCIM activities and conduct technical and non-technical project coordination meetings with stakeholders

• Estimate level of effort for both DCIM personnel and support contractors to successfully complete datacenter survey

• Travel to remote regional CONUS locations (up to 50%) to complete datacenter surveys

• Conduct and/or validate inventory documentation on all VA IT equipment hardware (servers, virtual hosts, storage devices, switches, firewalls, etc.) within datacenters using a combination of logical and physical tools and methods

• Document the physical configuration of the data center and all equipment, hardware, furniture, and similar within the space

• Coordinate activities of support contractors and ensure complete gathering of relevant onsite data is completed

• Translate physical site documentation into logical drawings, spreadsheets, and other electronic formats for inclusion into DCIM product

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Necessary Skills:

• Interpersonal communication

• US Citizenship with ability to obtain Public Trust Clearance - Federal Government requirement

• Technical communication

• Attention to detail

• Understanding of implied tasks and interdependencies

• Integration of complex data into consistent, organized data sets using standard office ,software (Microsoft Office 365)

  Preferred:

• Additional standard office software proficiency Microsoft Teams, Trimble SketchUp

• Datacenter management and/or operations experience

• Network management and/or hardware experience

• Server management and/or hardware experience

• Datacenter electrical and/or cooling experience

• Experience with data center infrastructure management software

• Commscope iTRACS

  Physical Requirements:

• Travel will be required, up to 50%

• During normal non-travel work hours, work is mostly performed in an office location and this position is mostly sedentary, requiring the ability to perform work seated at a desk during the daily tour of duty

• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer

• Frequently communicates with their peers and customers within and outside of the Department of Veteran’s Affairs. Must be able exchange accurate information in these situations

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%

• While in office location and while conducting onsite surveys during travel, gathering data of onsite data centers will be necessary

• Constantly positions self to obtain information from IT equipment, including inside rack cabinets, under desks and in server closets which may include the requirement to access constricted spaces

• Occasionally ascends/descends a ladder to evaluate IT equipment/infrastructure in raised spaces

• Ability to traverse raised tiles floors which are occasionally unsteady

• Occasionally moves equipment up to 50 lbs to facilitate access to blocked areas in data center

• Ability to remain in a standing position for as many as eight (8) hours a day

  Preferred Certifications:

• ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) v3

• Industry server, OS, network, data center, or infrastructure certifications

  Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, electronics engineering or other engineering or technical discipline is and 5+ years’ work experience

• Eight (8) years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education (13 years total)

  Clearance:

• The ability to pass a Tier 2/Modest Background Investigation

  Location:

• Philadelphia, PA(100% Onsite)

• Monday - Friday (8:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST)

• Philadelphia Information Technology Center

  Department of Veteran's Affairs

  5000 Wissahickon Ave.

  Philadelphia, PA 19144

TISTA Science and Technology Corporation,a CMMI Maturity Level 3 company, focuses on delivering information technology and professional services to Federal and State agencies. TISTA is recognized in 2019 by Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the US. TISTA is also a recipient of 2019 Top Veteran-Owned Companies by the Washington Business Journal. TISTA also received a 2018 Moxie Award in the GovCon category.

Here at TISTA Science and Technology, we value Veterans and encourage all to apply!

#thinktista #tistacares #tistavaluesvets

Employment Transparency:

TISTA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and embraces diversity in our employee population. It is the policy of TISTA to provide equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. TISTA will refrain from discharging, or otherwise discriminating against, employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees or applicants.

The EEO is the Law poster is available here, and the poster supplement is availablehere. (https://www.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf)

The Pay Transparency Policy is availablehere. (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf)

Tista is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail torecruiting@tistatech.comor call (301) 968-3420 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

TISTA is a federal contractor and is subject to the federal contractor COVID requirements under the new FAR/DFARS clauses and must comply with the incorporated Guidance.

If the candidate is hired to perform work on or in connection with one of TISTA’s federal contracts, TISTA is contractually obligated to ask the candidate to verify and show proof of vaccination status and the candidate will be required to comply with mask and social distancing requirements imposed by the FAR/DFARS as well as any additional requirements imposed by TISTA’s customers for any required onsite work.

Job ID2024-5229

Job LocationsUS-PA-Philadelphia