Affinity

4379 Data Center Operations & Security Lead

Affinity • $100K — $130K *
Boyers, PA 16020In-Person
Information Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in IT, Electrical, Industrial or Facilities Engineering (or equivalent experience)
  • 15+ years of data center operations experience
  • Hands-on expertise with VMware vSphere, Windows/Linux servers, Dell EMC storage, and Cisco/Palo Alto technologies
  • Strong background in incident, change, and configuration management
  • Experience in classified U.S. Government environments
  • Direct experience supporting Iron Mountain Data Center operations
  • Must complete Government COMSEC training within 6 months of hire

Responsibilities

  • Lead daily operations of data centers ensuring uptime and security compliance
  • Manage troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and infrastructure for servers and networks
  • Oversee physical activities like rack-and-stack and environmental monitoring
  • Supervise on-site technicians and coordinate with cross-functional teams
  • Act as COMSEC Custodian for material compliance with government protocols
  • Lead major incident response and service restoration efforts
  • Maintain asset inventories and configuration documentation
  • Implement best practices for operational integrity and audit readiness

Benefits

  • Employee-focused culture with a dynamic engineering team
  • Opportunity to lead critical infrastructure for U.S. Government programs
  • Engagement with a variety of high-tech tools and systems
  • Visibility and influence over site-level security and operational standards
  • Professional development opportunities in a mission-critical environment
Full Job Description
4379 Data Center Operations & Security Lead
4379 |

Job Description:

OVERVIEW:

We are seeking talented and driven Data Center Operations & Security Lead to join our dynamic, employee-focused engineering team. In this role, you will oversee secure data center operations, critical infrastructure management, and communications security (COMSEC) activities for classified U.S. Government programs. This role ensures continuous availability of compute, storage, and network environments while maintaining compliance with DoD and U.S. Government security standards. The Site Lead will serve as the primary point of contact for operations, vendor coordination, and site-level leadership within a high availability, mission-critical environment.

GENERAL DUTIES:

  • Lead day-to-day data center operations across IT systems, facilities, and physical security, ensuring continuous uptime and compliance with all safety and security requirements.
  • Manage Tier 2-3 troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and infrastructure optimization for servers, storage, and networking systems.
  • Oversee physical data center activities including rack-and-stack, cabling, power distribution, and environmental monitoring.
  • Supervise on-site technicians and coordinate with cross-functional teams (network, systems, cybersecurity, and facilities) to resolve incidents and optimize performance.
  • Serve as COMSEC Custodian, overseeing government-provisioned materials, record keeping, and compliance with NSA/DoD protocols.
  • Act as Major Incident Manager, leading incident response, root cause analysis, and service restoration for system outages or critical events.
  • Maintain accurate asset inventories, hardware lifecycle records, and configuration documentation using ServiceNow, BMC Remedy, or similar systems.
  • Implement and enforce best practices and compliance standards (SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, DISA STIG) to ensure operational integrity and audit readiness.
  • Support and lead audits, inspections, and customer/vendor visits, ensuring documentation accuracy and adherence to site and personnel security standards.


REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelors degree in Information Technology, Electrical, Industrial, or Facilities Engineering (equivalent experience considered).
  • 15+ years of experience in data center operations, including IT infrastructure, systems administration, and facility management.
  • Hands-on expertise with:
    • VMware vSphere / ESXi, Windows/Linux servers
    • Dell EMC or equivalent enterprise storage platforms
    • Cisco / Palo Alto networking and security technologies
    • Monitoring tools such as SolarWinds, Splunk, or equivalent
  • Strong background in incident, change, and configuration management.
  • Experience supporting classified U.S. Government environments or cleared data centers.
  • Direct experience at or supporting Iron Mountain Data Center operations.
  • Must complete Government-provided COMSEC training within six (6) months of hire.


DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Data Center & IT Management: EPI CDCP, CDCS, or CDCFM
  • IT Service & Governance: ITIL v4, COBIT 5 Foundation
  • Cybersecurity & Networking: CompTIA Security+ or Network+
  • Familiarity with UPS, CRAC, PDUs, and BMS systems.
  • Experience with major incident response and root cause analysis.
  • Proven leadership experience managing teams in 24x7 operations environments.


CLEARANCE:

  • Active TS-SCI with CI Polygraph required


Job Details

City : Boyers

State : PA

About Affinity

Affinity’s patented technology structures and analyzes millions of data points across emails, calendars, and third-party sources to offer users the tools they need to automatically manage their most valuable relationships, prioritize important connections, and discover untapped opportunities. Affinity uses artificial intelligence to analyze relationship strength and illuminate the best paths to warm introductions. The platform also offers a holistic view of users’ networks in a centralized, automatically updated database without any manual upkeep. Founded in 2014, Affinity is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Affinity has raised $120M to date and is backed by leading investors including Menlo Ventures, Advance Venture Partners, 8VC and MassMutual Ventures. It has over 2,700 customers in 70 countries, including venture capital firms such as Bain Capital Ventures and Kleiner Perkins, private equity firms such as SoftBank Group, investment bankers such as Woodside Capital Partners, financial services firms such as Fidelity Investments, real estate companies such as Tishman Speyer, insurers such as American Family Insurance and enterprises such as Nike, Qualcomm and Twilio. Affinity has been named in Fortune Magazine's Best Workplaces, Inc. Magazine's Best Workplaces and editor's number one pick, the Data Breakthrough Award, BIG Innovation Award and others.
Learn more about Affinity
Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Founded
2014
* Ladders Estimates

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