Responsibilities
Noblis is seeking an experienced Enterprise Hardware Specialist and VDI Engineer with a strong DevOps background to support the lifecycle of our next-generation endpoint architecture. In this role, you will be responsible for developing, configuring, managing, and deploying client workstations across our enterprise.
The selected candidate will bridge the gap between hardware infrastructure and automated software deployment by maintaining the FAA's development and test labs, ensuring absolute environment consistency, and managing master configurations and images.
Key responsibilities include:
- Zero/Thin Client Engineering: Design, configure, deploy, and manage the lifecycle of 10ZiG Zero Client endpoints. Maintain and optimize configurations and master images to ensure seamless user experiences. Support operational deployments and facility configurations.
- VDI Management: Administer and optimize connection to VDI infrastructure, ensuring performance tuning, system hardening, and seamless desktop delivery to endpoints.
- Dev/Test Lab: Maintain, organize, and support dedicated development and test lab environments. Ensure lab infrastructure mirrors the operational baseline and production standards for accurate testing.
- DevOps: Implement DevOps methodologies to ensure strict configuration consistency across development, test, and production environments. Utilize automation to minimize configuration drift.
- Hardware Infrastructure Management: Maintain laboratory hardware infrastructure, including server racking, cable management, system maintenance, and maintaining lab environments. Manage and maintain hardware components including client workstations, KVMs, and console servers.
- Patch and Asset Management: Track software/firmware lifecycles and execute enterprise-wide patch management strategies. Oversee firmware and software patch management schedules for all endpoints and lab hardware.Track, audit, and log hardware assets througout their lifecycle.
- Technical Documentation: Author, maintain, and update high-quality technical procedures, including System Support Modifications, architectural diagrams, configuration guides, and spreadsheets
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 10 years' experience with Bachelor's of science degree in an engineering discipline
- Experience working in an agile DevOps environment with a focus on automation, continuous integration, and infrastructure reproducibility.
- Strong background as a hardware specialist, including server racking, cable management, system maintenance, and maintaining lab environments.
- Demonstrated experience tracking software/firmware lifecycles and executing enterprise-wide patch management strategies.
- Exceptional ability to write clear, concise, and structured technical documentation for engineering teams.
- Proficiency in PowerShell, Python, or Bash to automate tasks and endpoint configurations.
- Familiarity with GitLab for managing tasks, modifications, and testing.
- Solid understanding of enterprise networking fundamentals.
- U.S Citizen or Permanent resident (3+ years)
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with FAA air traffic control systems
- Experience supporting lab and/or test environments, including rack-based systems, labs, and/or data center environments
- Familiarity with configuration management and change control
- Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal skills
Overview
OverviewNoblis and our wholly owned subsidiaries, Noblis ESI and Noblis MSD, take on some of the nation's toughest challenges, delivering advanced solutions to our customers' most critical missions. We bring together leading scientific, engineering, and management expertise in a culture grounded in objectivity and collaboration, ensuring our work creates lasting impact across federal missions.
We work with a broad range of government agencies in the defense, intelligence, and federal civilian sectors. Learn more and find opportunities at careers.noblis.org
Why Work at NoblisAt Noblis, we share a passion for excellence and innovation, and we create an environment where people can do meaningful work while maintaining the balance that keeps them energized and fulfilled. We seek out individuals with a natural curiosity and desire to collaborate and learn. We believe our people are our greatest strength, and we consistently seek exceptionally skilled, mission-driven professionals who care deeply about doing work that enriches lives and makes our nation safer.
Noblis has earned numerous workplace awards for our culture, our commitment to employee well-being, and our dedication to meaningful, impactful work. We also maintain a drug-free workplace.
Remote/hybrid status is subject to change based on Noblis and/or government requirements.
Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, sex, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental disability, pregnancy/childbirth and related medical conditions, veteran or military status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact us.
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Total Rewards
At Noblis we recognize and reward your contributions, provide you with growth opportunities, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, and work-life programs. Our award programs acknowledge employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our service standards. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in our benefit programs. Other offerings may be provided for employees not within this category. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Benefits page on our Careers site.
Compensation at Noblis is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the combination of education, certifications, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, internal and external equity, location, clearance level, as well as contract-specific affordability, organizational requirements and applicable employment laws. The projected compensation range for this position is based on full time status. For part time or on-call staff, compensation is proportionately adjusted based on hours worked. While monetary compensation is important, it's just one component of Noblis' total compensation package.
Posted Salary Range
USD $95,500.00 - USD $149,200.00 /Yr.
