14300 - IT - SCDOR - Network Engineer - Consultant
Location - Columbia SC
Duration - 12 Months
Start Date - 2 Dec 2026
Interview Process: 1-2 Rounds - Onsite Interviews Only
Work Location: Hybrid. 3 Days Onsite and 2 Days Remote per Week
Candidate location: Candidate must be a CURRENT SC resident. No relocation allowed.
A senior VMware infrastructure engineer with 8+ years of ESX administration, substantial enterprise SAN/VMware troubleshooting experience, 3+ years of government experience, and the ability to support complex production infrastructure with minimal supervision.
Required skills
13+ Years of Experience in IT
3+ Years of Government Experience (Federal/State/Local Municipality)
VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Certification OR 5+ additional Years of Experience in VMware.
8+ Years of Experience with Enterprise environments with known issues on both the SAN and VMware front.
8+ Years of Experience with VMware ESX administration.
Experience with Capacity Planning based on technical analysis research.
Education - Bachelor's degree in information technology systems, computer science, or related field
Preferred skills
Experience with NIST, PCI, or a Pub 1075 environment
Working technical knowledge of current network hardware, protocols, and Internet standards, including, TCP/IP, DNS, and DHCP.
Advanced knowledge in Windows Server 2012, 2016, and 2019
Scope of the project:
This specific Statement of Work is for a contractor that demonstrates an expert knowledge of designing, implementing, and support of agency VMWare solutions.
This individual will need to work with various application and infrastructure groups to understand requirements for each area of the organization. Design documentation will need to be produced documenting final deployment details along with support procedures as needed.
General duties include effectively researching and providing guidance leading to solutions with our strategic direction initiatives that include but are not limited to monitoring system infrastructure and security; assist in supporting disaster recovery/failover scenarios.
This position at the South Carolina Department of Revenue is one of multiple that will form a team of highly experienced IT professionals with time sensitive challenging projects. This contractor will be an expert in some or all the fields of networking, virtual environments, security, encryption, network automation, Microsoft server, and networking environments. The intent of this work order is to provide implementation and maintenance support on the network and networked systems at the SC Department of Revenue.
Under general supervision, the contractor will serve as an engineer reporting directly to a functional manager. Contractor will be a team member that ensures the stability and integrity of data, and server services through monitoring, maintenance, support, and optimization of all server infrastructure. This individual has 24/7 on-call responsibilities shared with the group.
Daily Duties / Responsibilities:
Non-Technical
- Effectively interact and communicate with peer to Director-level IT professionals.
- Provide feedback to team regarding product issues, enhancements and new features.
- Must have initiative, drive and be a self-starter.
- Ability to ask pertinent questions of others.
- Proactively seek to identify, communicate and implement process related improvements.
- Effectively manage multiple tasks and activities concurrently and able to provide periodic status updates to key stakeholders.
- Collaborate extensively with peers and management to resolve client issues while actively contributing to a growing knowledge network that improves the effectiveness of our team and the information available to our clients.
- Prioritize numerous issues of varying severity, and effectively manage the resolution of all issues within accepted service levels. This includes ownership of the data entered into the Helpdesk system and appropriately updating both client and appropriate employees of status of all issues on a timely basis.
- Good customer skills, be attentive to detail, and responsive to customer tickets.
Technical
- Troubleshoot and recommend technical solutions.
- Develop workaround solutions as appropriate.
- Perform equipment and software upgrades.
- Install, configure, test, monitor, and maintain system and application hardware, and software.
- Diagnose and resolve problems related to hardware and software; and escalate complex issues to other groups or vendors for resolution.
- Maintain familiarity with current computer and network products.
- Adhere to corporate information security guidelines and promote information security among coworkers
- Performs other duties and special projects as assigned
Company / Department culture
The SC Dept. of Revenue is among the most sought-after agency in the state sector for contractors due to our reputation for accomplishing highly complex
technology in a multi-layer secured environment. We are known for requiring skilled and professional workers that can get the job done well and on time. Our
team is creative and hardworking. The DOR technology division implements technology using effective methodology and procedures, and we appreciate the insights and best practices that contractors bring with them.
Company Culture:
A strong and healthy organizational culture will drive our efforts and lead to success for all stakeholders. SCDOR strives to exemplify a culture that embodies:
• Excellence demonstrated by focusing on proactive customer service.
• Open Communication demonstrated through vibrant two-way communication with stakeholders.
• Functional Security demonstrated through the protection of taxpayer information.
• Leadership demonstrated by modeling integrity, ethical behavior, and the highest standards of conduct.
• Visionary and Innovative planning and problem solving.
• Ownership of problems by taking responsibility for actions and performance.
• Accountability demonstrated through performance metrics and evaluations.
• Collaboration among teams for everyday process improvement.
• Empowering Employees to make a positive difference by enhancing their skills and knowledge, as well as recognizing their contributions.
• Professionalism demonstrated by competent, resourceful, accountable, and courteous employees.
