VMware Systems Engineer

Job#: 3041017

Job Description:

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Position: VMWare Systems Engineer

Location: Pentagon, Washington D.C.

Duration: Long Term Contract

Shift: Monday-Friday core business hours

Clearance: DoD TS/SCI

Description:

The candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, managing and

monitoring of existing and new systems within the National Military Command

Center. Will be working with a team of other systems engineers and systems

administrators to resolve issues, implement patches, updates, and report progress to supervisor and stakeholders. You will be required to make entries within the Remedy ticketing system to document the work that is being accomplished on a regular basis. Candidates must be comfortable with developing schedules/timelines for the work that is required to be reviewed by leadership. You will be working with other teams to include system administration, multimedia engineers, telecommunications engineers, etc. in a collaborative effort in designing and troubleshooting systems. You will be called up to brief status updates or present problems and solutions to government and DOD personnel. Candidate must be able to explain technical issues to non-technical personnel and in a professional manner. Provide solutions based on system requirements and work with multiple teams to develop solutions to technical issues that arise. Draft/review Engineering Installation Plans for IT requirements supporting the NMCC. Work directly with third party vendors to discuss IT solutions/integration with mission critical systems within the NMCC. Establish baseline hardware/software configuration for IT networks within the NMCC. Assist with System Administrators implementation, security, privileges, and regular maintenance tasks. Develop and produce documentation, SOPs,

reports, and presentation slide decks.

Basic Qualifications:

IAT Level II Certifications: at a minimum, one of the following: Security+ CE (Preferred), CCNA-Security, CySA+ **, GICSP, GSEC, CND, SSCP.

BS Degree in Information Technology and 8 years work experience can be in lieu of degree).

Experience with Secure Technical Implementation Guidance hardening

practices.

Experience with Linux operating systems (Red Hat and CentOS).

Ability to work effectively in a team environment with other highly skilled and diverse individuals. Extensive experience with VMware deployments, to include migration of VMs from Hyper-V to VMware, and building out a comprehensive VMware solution from start to finish (utilizing advanced features such as High Availability, Fault Tolerance, etc.)

Extensive experience with managing Windows Server 2022 and 2019 domain environments, to include AD, Group Policy, etc.

Responsibilities include:

At the present time we are working on a large scale. Requirements Management Priorities and plans can change quickly for the Systems Administration team, which requires a high degree of adaptability. System Designs in our environment, systems design parameters present unique challenges, which often require complex solution. Our System Engineers must possess a wide variety of skills. In our environment, the most essential tools are VMware and Veeam Backup & amp; Replication. So, by necessity, extensive experience with these tools is a must. We manage many systems, each at different stages of their life cycle, which compounds the complexity of our work. With tech refreshes and server/data migrations continuously on the horizon, high level. NMCC environment presents unique challenges when it comes to systems integration. Flexibility and an agile mindset are necessary traits for our System Engineers. Test Automation Develop, execute, and document test plans, test schedules, scripted tasks, with the goal of maintaining the highest level of system protection and availability. Servers hosted on the VMware platform and backed up by Veeam will be a particular emphasis in troubleshooting. Take a systematic approach to identifying and resolving server and application issues. Emphasis on documenting solutions for recurring issues and developing an internal knowledgebase.

Preferred Qualifications:

Extensive experience with building out and managing VMware environments.

Extensive experience with building/testing Group Policy.

Work closely in conjunction with our Cybersecurity teams to harden our systems in accordance with DISA guidelines and best practices.

Project Management Within the Systems Administration team, the System Engineers are heavily focused on project management and execution

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