Virtualization Engineer (Secret Clearance)

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Virtualization Engineer to support an on-going program for Defense Threat Reduction Agency in Ft. Belvoir, VA. The team is seeking a skilled virtualization engineer to design, build, and maintain virtualization infrastructure for an enterprise Stockpile Management System.

Location: Ft Belvoir, VA

Hours: Standard operating hours, 8-4

Clearance: Secret w/ ability to obtain TS/SCI

Responsibilities of the Virtualization Engineer:

• Maintaining the existing VMware vSphere 7.x environment.

• Must be proficient with the following: vSphere HA, vCenter HA, Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), VMotion, Certificate management, Key Management System, Enhanced Link Mode, VCSA Backup and Recovery, Host Profile, Network configurations such as VMKernel, VMNic, distributed switch configurations, Content Libraries, and vSAN storage policies.

• Understanding of how a network communicates to software and hardware appliances, including failover, Fault Tolerance, and RAID.

• Responsible for maintaining VSAN 7.0 (all-flash) SSD data storage systems.

• Knowledge with configuration of virtual Switches and VLANs.

• Designing and building virtual environment service models including Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service.

• Ability to provide design, analysis, development, integration, documentation, testing, implementation, and user support.

• Ability to perform lifecycle replacements of hardware (ability to lift 50lbs - rack hosts)

• Understand power requirements/needs to support racked hardware.

• Work closely with the user community and provide seamless support of virtual computing issues.

• Ensuring ESXI and uptime to Central/Core virtual computing environment meets the Monthly DRRS availability rate (current DRRS rate is 99.7%).

• Familiarity with vROPs (ARIA Operations), SRM, vRA, and Horizon 7 DELL EMC server hardware.

Qualifications of the Virtualization Engineer:

• Bachelors degree (technical preferred) and 5+ years of related experience

• Required Technical Skills: Design, build, and maintain virtualization infrastructure for a large dispersed enterprise; COOP/DR; Storage

• Security Clearance Level: Top Secret to start w/SCI eligibility.

• Required Certifications: DoD 8570 IAT Level II (ex. CompTIA Security + w/CE)

• Required: VMware Certified Professional certification (Data Center v7.x)

• Required Skills and Abilities: Provides guidance to less-experienced System Engineers; may coach and review the work of less experienced professionals; may serve as a team or task leader.

Compensation of the Virtualization Engineer:

• Compensation: $120,000 - $140,000 + bonus/commission based on years of experience

• Full benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, PTO/Holiday

• Fully funded, long-term program

• Clearance upgrade to TS/SCI

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