Data Center Services Lead
Job Location:
Pascagoula, MS - USA
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Job Summary
Req ID: 49144
Team: 58 Information Systems
Entity: Ingalls Shipbuilding
US Citizenship Required for this Position:No
Full-Time
Shift: 1st
Relocation: No relocation assistance available
Virtual/Telework Opportunity: Yes - Occasional or hybrid telework available
Travel Requirement:Yes 25%-50% of the time
Were building tomorrows fleet today
With more than 11000 employees HIIs Ingalls Shipbuilding division is the largest manufacturing employer in Mississippi and a major contributor to the economic growth of Alabama. For nearly 85 years weve designed built and maintained amphibious ships destroyers and cutters for the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard. The largest supplier of U.S. Navy surface combatants were simultaneously building four classes of ships and have pioneered the development and production of technologically advanced highly capable ships for the surface Navy fleet for decades. Think thats cool Keep reading:
We are seeking an experienced Data Center Lead to oversee and govern all aspects of the Infrastructure Service Providers responsible for delivering Data Center Services. This role serves as the primary point of accountability for ensuring high-quality service delivery operational excellence and adherence to contract requirements. The Data Center Lead will drive governance across traditional on premises data centers while supporting hybrid cloud environments within Microsoft Azure.
The ideal candidate has strong experience in data center operations cloud technologies (Azure or AWS) compute security and managing third party service providers.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and govern day to day operations of the Infrastructure Service Provider for Data Center Services including contract oversight performance management invoice validation change management disaster recovery operations SLA adherence and compliance.
Provide strategic direction and oversight of data center operations ensuring alignment with organizational objectives security standards and architectural principles.
Support and oversee cloud infrastructure components including virtual machines storage networking and hybrid integrations between Azure and on premises environments.
Review and monitor Azure security controls including identity management RBAC governance policies and threat protection ensuring the provider aligns with corporate security requirements.
Ensure seamless integration and operational continuity between cloud services and on premises data center environments.
Provide leadership in troubleshooting and resolving complex infrastructure issues across cloud and data center platforms including performance connectivity resilience and security incidents.
Develop maintain and enforce architectural documentation operational procedures standards and governance frameworks related to data center and cloud operations.
Collaborate closely with application network and cybersecurity teams to maintain a stable scalable and secure environment.
Serve as a senior escalation point for infrastructure issues and participate in on call rotations as needed.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives including cost optimization automation opportunities modernization of infrastructure services and improved provider performance.9
Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science Cloud Engineering or related field and 10 years of experience
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Masters degree in Information Technology Computer Science Cloud Engineering or related field and 8 year of experience
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PHD in Information Technology Computer Science Cloud Engineering or related field and 6 years of experience
- 5 years of enterprise experience working with Microsoft Azure or AWS environments
- Hands-on experience with:
- Cloud servers and virtual machine management
- Azure networking identity storage and resource governance
- Azure security tools and best practices
- Hybrid cloud and on prem data center operations
- Ability to troubleshoot complex cloud issues across compute networking and security layers
- Strong documentation communication and collaborative skills
- Familiarity managing VMs through the Azure Portal including monitoring scaling and performance tuning
- Familiarity with Azure Analytics services such as Log Analytics Monitor or Sentinel
- Familiarity measuring and tracking contract performance with external service providers including SLA adherence and vendor deliverables
- Exposure to automation and scripting (PowerShell CLI Python)
- Relevant Azure certifications (AZ 104 AZ 305 AZ 700 AZ 900 or similar)
Why HII
We build the worlds most powerful survivable naval ships and defense technology solutions that safeguard our seas sky land space and cyber. HIIs diverse workforce includes skilled tradespeople; artificial intelligence machine learning (AI/ML) experts; engineers; technologists; scientists; logistics experts; and business administration professionals.
Recognized as one of Americas top large company employers we are a values and ethics driven organization that puts peoples safety and well-being first. Regardless of your role or where you serve at HII youll find a supportive and welcoming environment competitive benefits and valuable educational and training programs for continual career growth at every stage of your career.
Working at HII is more than a job - its an opportunity to build a future. We offer comprehensive benefits including: medical prescription drug dental and vision plan choices on-site health centers tele-medicine wellness resources employee assistance programs savings plan options (401K) financial education and planning tools life insurance tuition reimbursement employee discounts early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships and more. Some benefits may vary depending on your specific division or work location.
Together we are working to ensure a future where everyone can be free and thrive.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin physical or mental disability age or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal state or local law.U.S. Citizenship may be required for certain positions.
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