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# Data Center Architect

- **Company:** Acuity
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Blade Servers, Data Centers, Disaster Recovery, VMware ESX Servers, Hyper-V, Logical Security, NetApp Applications, Cisco Nexus Switches, Storage Virtualization, VMware Infrastructure, VMware VSphere, Hyperconverged Infrastructure, HybridCloud, Togaf, Storage Technologies, Information Technology, Nutanix, Vmware
- **Published:** July 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dcjobsite.com/job.asp?id=3308784103&tx=KL1717FFG&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Systems Engineering, or related field.
 * 10+ years of experience in data center operations and infrastructure design.
 * 5+ years of experience designing secure infrastructures for federal or highly regulated organizations.
 * Deep expertise in VMware, Hyper-V, and storage technologies (NetApp, Dell/EMC).

Preferred Certifications

 * Federal & Security: CISSP.
 * Domain-Specific: VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) or NetApp Certified Data Administrator.
 * Architecture/Management: TOGAF.

Technical Skills

 * Virtualization: VMware vSphere, ESXi, NSX, vSAN.
 * Storage: SAN/NAS architectures, Fibre Channel, iSCSI.
 * Networking: Cisco ACI, software-defined data centers (SDDC).
 * Hardware: Blade servers, HCI platforms (Nutanix, Dell VxRail).

Regulatory & Domain Expertise

 * Demonstrated expertise in applying NIST 800-53 physical and logical security controls.
 * Technical implementation of FISMA High requirements for on-premises data centers.
 * Knowledge of ICD 705 standards for secure facility (SCIF) operations.

Clearance Requirement

 * Active security clearance (Secret or Top Secret)

## Description

* Design high-availability and disaster recovery architectures for physical and virtualized federal environments.
 * Lead the technical design of data center consolidation and modernization efforts for cabinet-level agencies.
 * Collaborate with security teams to ensure physical and virtual infrastructure meets NIST 800-53 and FISMA High standards.
 * Develop technical specifications for hardware procurement and facility power/cooling requirements.
 * Engineer hybrid-cloud connectivity architectures linking physical data centers to GovCloud environments.
 * Provide technical oversight for the implementation of hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) solutions.


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