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# Data Center Standards Engineer - Junior

- **Company:** Peraton Inc
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** $80,000.0 - $128,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** AutoCAD, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe FrameMaker, Cloud Engineering, Data Centers, Data Center Infrastructure Management (CIM), DevOps, Network Security, Microsoft Visio, Scrum Methodology, Microsoft SharePoint, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Bicsi, Madcap, Adobe, Information Technology
- **Published:** September 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9188998/data-center-standards-engineer-junior

## About the Role

* Currently possess or be able to obtain VA Public Trust - High Risk (BI High) / Tier 4 background investigation.
 * Bachelor's degree, preferably in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field; 2+ years of standards development or technical documentation experience in an infrastructure context.
 * Education substitutions (per Peraton Career & Compensation Framework): Master's degree substitutes ~2 years of required experience. In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, 4 additional years of relevant experience is acceptable (Associate's degree + 2 additional years also accepted for equivalent professional levels).

Desired Skills, Tools & Certifications

 * Tools: Adobe FrameMaker / Acrobat, MS Visio, AutoCAD, SharePoint, MadCap Flare.
 * Processes: ITIL v4 service management, SAFe Agile / Scrum for iterative delivery, NIST 800-53 / RMF, ISO 27001, TIA-942, ASHRAE TC 9.9, VA CRISP alignment, NFPA 70/70E, and OSHA safety practices.; WCAG 2.0 / PDF/UA-1 accessibility; TIA-942.
 * Certifications (desirable): BICSI RCDD (required for telecommunications design authorship), STC Certified Professional Technical Communicator (CPTC), Adobe Certified Professional., ITIL v4 Foundation (Practitioner/Managing Professional a plus), SAFe Practitioner or SAFe DevOps.

## Description

Peraton supports the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mission to deliver timely, reliable care and benefits to America's Veterans by engineering, operating, and modernizing a nationwide data center portfolio. Our team runs enterprise and regional data centers, telecommunications spaces, and secure network connections that host the systems Veterans depend on - from claims processing and pharmacy fulfillment to appointment scheduling and benefits delivery. We provide full-lifecycle data center and cloud engineering, 24x7x365 operations and monitoring, DCIM platform administration, analytics, and facility infrastructure reporting. If you want your engineering, operations, or analytics work to matter to someone, this is where it does., * Develop and maintain data center engineering standards, specifications, procedures, and technical requirements that drive consistent portfolio-wide practices.

 * Coordinate standards inputs from electrical, mechanical, telecom, and IT SMEs; publish standards releases on cadence.
 * Author reference designs, technical briefs, and illustrated newsletters supporting engineering knowledge transfer.
 * Ensure all published materials meet WCAG 2.0 / PDF/UA-1 accessibility requirements.


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