Position Title: Virtualization Engineer
Location: Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO
Relocation Assistance: None available at this time
Remote/Telework: NO - Not available for this position
Clearance Type: DoD Secret
Shift: Day shift (Mon-Fri)
Travel Required: Up to 10% of the time
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Description of Duties:
The Virtualization Engineer supports the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on the Integrated Research and Development for Enterprise Solutions (IRES) contract. The candidate will:
· Have a strong understanding of troubleshooting and configuration of VMware to include protocols and switching, best practice configurations, connectivity, and networking concepts.
· Expect to work on complex assignments and perform a wide range of VMware system administration activities with little to no direct supervision.
· Provide root-cause analysis for recurring or critical problems.
· Work closely with a team of system administrators, network engineers, and cybersecurity administrators to maintain a high-quality test environment for the Government customer.
· Perform vulnerability remediation and mitigations to reduce cybersecurity risks and ensure DoD compliance.
· Conduct daily system monitoring, system backup and restoral, and application upgrades to ensure optimal and continuous system operations.
· Document necessary system changes and actions in appropriate systems of record to ensure historical data is captured per customer and mission requirements.
· Advise Government customer on system status, optimization and improvement efforts in accordance with program objectives and design baselines as needed.
· Assist system administration team with the deployment of new virtual machines.
· Perform administration of virtualization environments to include troubleshooting, break/fix activities, the patching and remediation of servers, and system audit log reviews as needed.
· Have good written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated experience briefing customers and management.
Core duty hours are 0900 ‐ 1500 hours with flexibility to arrive earlier/later Monday ‐ Friday.
Occasional off shift, extended or weekend support may be required
Occasional local travel may be required to support off-site customers and projects
Resumes, in month and year format, must be submitted with application in order to be considered for the position. The selected candidate may be assigned as an employee for one of our teammate companies.