Job#: 3024452 Job Description: Senior Virtualization & Storage EngineerApex Systems is hiring for a Senior Virtualization & Storage Engineer with a government client supporting the Navy, on-site in San Diego, CA!
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Location: 100% on-site in San Diego, CA
Schedule: Monday-Friday, Core Business Hours (8-hour shifts; Standard 40-hours/week)
Contract Duration: 6 month contract-to-permanent-hire opportunity
Pay Rate: $76-82/hour (depending upon experience)
Description:Senior Virtualization & Storage Engineer to support NIWC PAC within a classified SWAN environment. This is a hands-on senior engineering role focused on designing, optimizing, and sustaining enterprise virtualization and storage platforms that underpin mission-critical systems. You will be providing deep expertise in VMware ESXi environments and Dell enterprise storage systems.
Key Responsibilities:Virtualization Engineering
- Engineer, administer, and optimize VMware vSphere / ESXi environments.
- Manage clusters, resource pools, distributed switches, and high availability configurations.
- Perform host lifecycle management, patching, and upgrades.
- Troubleshoot performance issues across computer, memory, and network virtualization layers.
- Design and maintain resilient virtualization architectures supporting classified workloads.
- Support VM provisioning automation and integration with DevSecOps workflows.
Storage Engineering
- Engineer and administer Dell enterprise storage platforms (PowerStore, Unity, PowerMax, or equivalent).
- Configure and manage SAN/NAS environments.
- Implement LUN provisioning, storage tiering, replication, and snapshot strategies.
- Optimize storage performance and capacity planning.
- Ensure backup integrity and disaster recovery readiness.
- Troubleshoot storage connectivity and performance issues (iSCSI, FC, NFS, etc.)
Mission & DevSecOps Integration
- Support containerized and traditional VM-based workloads.
- Integrate virtualization platforms into secure CI/CD and infrastructure automation efforts.
- Support compliance with DISA STIGs, RMF controls, and DoD cybersecurity requirements.
- Collaborate with Windows, cloud, network, and security engineers to maintain secure and resilient infrastructure.
- Contribute to automation efforts using scripting (PowerShell, PowerCLI, Python, etc.).
- Maintain architecture documentation and operational runbooks.
Requirements:- ONE of the following IAT II Certifications: CompTIA Security+, CompTIA CySA+, CCNA - Security, GICSP, GSEC, or SSCP
- 10+ years of relevant experience; senior-level role with exposure to complex tasks.
- Experience operating within DoD cybersecurity frameworks (RMF, STIG compliance).
- VMware vSphere / ESXi
- vCenter administration
- Dell enterprise storage platforms
- Experience supporting DoD or classified environments.
- Strong troubleshooting skills across computer, storage, and network layers.
Preferred Experience:- Experience in restricted classified environments.
- VMware certifications (VCP, VCAP).
- Dell storage certifications.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code or virtualization automation.
- Exposure to Kubernetes/OpenShift environments hosted on VMware.
- Experience supporting high-availability and mission-critical systems.
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