Virtualization Systems Engineer - Principal

Job Title
Virtualization Systems Engineer - Principal
Job ID
27349725
Location
Fort Belvoir,  VA
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Description

Virtualization Systems Engineer - Principal

Fort Belvoir, VA

Top Secret Clearance with SCI Eligibility Required to Start

 

Talent Orchard LLC, a boutique workforce solutions company has an immediate opportunity for a Principal level Systems Engineer specializing in Virtualization technology to provide engineering services on a multi-discipline engineering team.  This role requires an active Top Secret Clearance with SCI Eligibility and will support a Government Customer in Fort Belvoir, VA.

 

As a Principal Virtualization Systems Engineer, you would:

 

  • Serve as a principal level engineer for a mid-sized virtual farm consisting of two primary locations and multiple satellite sites with small-footprint Cisco UCS deployments at each of three different classification levels, in addition to VMWare Horizon View deployments at each level as well. 
  • Have overall responsibility for planning and execution of farm upgrades, enhancements and future capabilities to support evolving mission requirements while maintaining farm integrity and availability.  Duties will include planning farm expansions, deploying new hardware as appropriate, updating critical infrastructure hardware and software, and anticipating and responding to future resource requirements based on existing trends.
  • Work alongside junior engineers and operations & maintenance (O&M) staff to oversee and provide guidance on normal operational duties to include patching and updates, image and template creation and maintenance, health checks, resource allocation, backups and snapshots, and response to user issues and tickets as required.
  • Exercise strong oral and written communication skills in providing all documentation for developed solutions, including Technical Implementation Plans (TIPs), Work Instructions, As-Built documents and operational transition documentation.

 

To be successful in this role, your background will include the following:
 

  • Bachelor’s Degree in an Information Technology Discipline
  • Active Top Secret Clearance with SCI Eligibility
  • VCP or equivalent Professional Certification
  • CompTIA Security+ or CISSP
  • Proven experience designing and implementing an enterprise-class virtual infrastructure using ESXi v6.x at multiple sites
  • Strong experience with vSphere and vCenter
  • Configuration and management of the Platform Services Controller
  • Experience configuring and maintaining distributed virtual switches
  • Experience working with HA and DRS clusters, server and storage vMotion
  • Virtual network configuration and troubleshooting skills
  • Capacity planning and management and system tuning experience
  • Ability to innovate and automate complex operations using scripts and other tools
  • vSAN configuration and troubleshooting
  • Strong experience with VMWare Horizon View including familiarity with Dell/Wyse zero-client endpoints
  • Fluency in using Windows PowerShell scripting language to automate administrative, maintenance and engineering tasks
  • Advanced understanding of Windows networking services, to include DNS, DHCP, Sites and Services
  • Thorough understanding of DoD server and application hardening processes including ACAS remediation and STIG checklists
  • Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, to be able to effectively document solutions and obtain requirements from customers
     

Ideally, your background would include these desired skills:
 

  • Working knowledge of Red Hat Linux and Microsoft Windows Server guest platforms
  • Master’s Degree in an Information Technology Discipline
  • ITIL v3 Foundations certification

 

 

Established in 2010, Talent Orchard has an exceptional reputation, providing staffing solutions to time-sensitive, talent scarcity issues to deliver better talent management ROI.  Our specialty lies in the critical area of program talent acquisition and resource management, not in one narrow skillset, but across many areas of technical and functional delivery. To learn more about our other exciting opportunities, visit our Jobs Page at www.talentorchard.com.

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