Federal - Data Center Specialist

Job description

Organization: Accenture Federal Services
Location: Arlington, VA

Accenture Federal Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture LLP, is a U.S. company with offices in Arlington, Virginia. Accenture's federal business has served every cabinet-level department and 30 of the largest federal organizations. Accenture Federal Services transforms bold ideas into breakthrough outcomes for clients at defense, intelligence, public safety, civilian and military health organizations.

We believe that great outcomes are everything. It's what drives us to turn bold ideas into breakthrough solutions. By combining digital technologies with what works across the world's leading businesses, we use agile approaches to help clients solve their toughest problems fast—the first time. So you can deliver what matters most.

Count on us to help you embrace new ways of working, building for change and put customers at the core. A wholly owned subsidiary of Accenture, we bring over 30 years of experience serving the federal government, including every cabinet-level department. Our 7,200 dedicated colleagues and change makers work with our clients at the heart of the nation's priorities in defense, intel, public safety, health and civilian to help you make a difference for the people you employ, serve and protect.

People in the Corporate Function career track contribute to the running of Accenture as a high-performance business through specialization within a specific functional area, and grow into internally focused roles by deepening their skills and/or developing new skills within an internal functional area.

The Data Center Specialist is responsible for the operations and support of the Accenture Federal Services dedicated private cloud infrastructure - including physical and virtual servers, storage, backups, and monitoring. The Data Center Specialist deploys and maintains infrastructure, completes service requests, performs troubleshooting/resolution of incidents and patches and updates infrastructure components. They will also have a focus on the configuration management and vulnerability management areas of the infrastructure.

Desired profile

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications:

·  US Citizen on US soil (required)
·  3 year(s) of expert level experience in LAN technologies (switches, routers, wireless and firewalls) including centralized monitoring and management in large-scale, high-availability environments
·  3 year(s) of experience in large scale LAN/WAN switching and routing implementation and operation with specific knowledge of VLAN, VPN and Metro Ethernet networking
·  2 year(s) of experience with QoS and LAN traffic management techniques
·  3 year(s) of experience in IT infrastructure, TCP/IP, networking and information system security principles, practices and technologies
·  2 year(s) of experience working with core Internet routing protocols and services
·  2 year(s) of experience working with intrusion detection systems and intrusion prevention system technology

Preferred Qualifications:

·  Ability to work well in a team environment as well as independently in addition to providing deep technical skills in the networking area
·  Ability to quickly troubleshoot any network issues and provide sound solutions
·  Ability to identify potential areas of improvement and make recommendations for improvement
·  Ability to train junior technicians in network technologies
·  Good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
·  Ability to develop strong professional relationships with fellow team members

An active security clearance or the ability to obtain one may be required for this role.

Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require now or in the future sponsorship by the employer for a visa.

Accenture is a federal contractor, an EEO and Affirmative Action Employer of Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

Equal Employment Opportunity

All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.

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