Senior Data Center Engineer

Founded in 2017, percipient.ai utilizes state-of-the-art research in Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, and Deep Learning to develop cutting-edge tools that bridge the gap between AI and human understanding. We pride ourselves in maintaining an inclusive and collaborative work environment that enables each individual to grow while having a meaningful impact on national security. Join our team today!

Percipient.ai is seeking a Senior Data Center Engineer to assist our IT support team in maintaining public/private cloud resources, as well as corporate infrastructure supporting the development of our visual intelligence advanced analytics platform. This role shall develop and maintain a hybrid public/private cloud virtualization environment, as well as manage a multi-site organizational network and server infrastructure. The position requires skills in managing data center hosting environments, enterprise virtualization, network and security engineering, system performance tuning/monitoring, cloud computing, vulnerability management/patching, and overall network infrastructure troubleshooting.

• Improving the integrity, availability, confidentiality, and performance ofpercipient.ai’s network and cloud services
• Maintaining corporate IT and network infrastructure
• Management of public and private cloud virtualization environments
• Implementing and monitoring resource utilization/availability
• Developing and maintaining IT plans/processes/procedures
• Systems reliability engineering
• Managing and participating in an on-call program to enable the high performance/availability of a private cloud environment

• BS in Computer Science or related field, or commensurate experience/qualifications
• 7 years of systems/applications operation and networking experience in 24/7 production environments
• Firm grasp of advanced aspects of data center virtualization, including VMware vSphere, Linux KVM, enterprise storage arrays, spine/leaf switching architecture, and GPU accelerated computing
• Experience running large-scale virtualized infrastructures supporting both on-prem and cloud deployments
• Experience in public/private infrastructure automation using products such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Juju, etc.
• Experience supporting AWS, Azure, OCI, and/or Openstack cloud API
• Demonstrated experience in deploying, managing, and troubleshooting Linux, Mac, and Windows endpoints
• Scripting experience with either Python, Bash, or Perl
• Experience operating and troubleshooting various network tools, such as centralized access management (SAML, Oauth, LDAP, Kerberos), vulnerability scanning/analysis, SIEMs, and firewalls
• Experience in multi-OS security triage and forensic analysis is a plus
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; a team player
• US citizenship required due to federal requirements

We want the best for all of our employees and go out of our way to provide top-tier benefits. Join our team to receive:

 ● Substantial Equity

 ● Unlimited Flexible Time Away (FTA)

 ● 401k Matching

 ● 90% Employee Medical Premium Coverage

 ● 65% Dependent/Family Medical Premium Coverage

 ● Flexible Spending Accounts

 ● Employee Referral Program

 ● Lunches & Snacks

 ● Commuter Benefits

 ● Life Insurance

 ● Travel Assistance

 ● And more

Percipient.ai is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed to hiring and supporting a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We hire talent located within a daily commutable distance to our offices in Reston, VA. We believe in the benefit of a highly-collaborative in-office culture, so if you're near the Reston Town Center, plan to be in the office at least 4 days a week.