Sr. Virtualization Systems Engineer/Architect providing virtualization solutions for a US Government client. Responsible for server infrastructure design, integration, and support in Raleigh, NC.
Responsibilities
Act as a Subject Matter Expert on best practices for server virtualizations solutions and make recommendations
Responsible for the design, configuration, deployment, integration, and maintenance and support of server virtualization and server infrastructure solutions
Specialize in building and managing virtual computing platforms
Play a critical role in data migration, virtual machine lifecycle management, troubleshooting, tuning and performance, and monitoring of the environment
Provide technical assistance and advice on complex activities
Formulate and define specifications, develop, modify and maintain complex systems and subsystems, using vendor engineering releases and utilities for overall operational systems
Apply analytical techniques when gathering information from users, defining work problems, designing technology solutions, and developing procedures to resolve the problems
Develop complete specifications to enable computer programmers to prepare required programs
Review task proposal requirements, gather information, analyze data, prepare project synopses, compare alternatives, prepare specifications, resolve processing problems, coordinate work with programmers and engineers, and orient users to new systems
Work with considerable freedom to make decisions on the techniques and approaches to be used
Prepare recommendations for system improvement for management and user consideration
Architect and design server virtualization solutions
Perform systems administration for Windows Server and UNIX / Linux systems such as RHEL and SLES
Develop automation through scripting and APIs (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, PowerShell, Python, Bash, Terraform)
Perform certificate lifecycle management for systems and applications
Evaluate inefficiencies with server resources and make right-sizing recommendations
Manage and maintain server virtualization platform on premise as well as cloud e.g. VMware, Nutanix, Harvester, OpenShift, Proxmox, Azure, AWS, GCP
Play a lead role in meetings relating to specific technical projects or tasks
Respond promptly to incidents in ServiceNow
Diagnose and repair system problems working closely with vendor support for all servers, software and other hardware directly or with the team members
Define, monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot system performance of all server virtualization and other related infrastructure systems
Requirements
A degree from an accredited College/University in the applicable field of services is required
13+ years of professional experience in supporting virtualization technologies
Basic understanding of data center networking (TCP/IP, switching/routing, ports and protocols, firewall concepts, load-balancing)
Strong, demonstrable scripting experience in one or more of the following: PowerShell, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, VBScript, C++, Unix Shell, Python, Perl, Ruby, JavaScript, etc.
Good knowledge of Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, Group Policy
Knowledge of MS Windows Server operating systems including Server 2016, 2019, and 2022 as well as RHEL and SLES operating systems
Knowledge of MS database server SQL Server 2008 R2 and later
Knowledge of container technologies including but not limited to Docker, Kubernetes, and Rancher
Knowledge of IaaS in cloud using MS Azure, AWS, or GCP
Experience with hardening and improving the security of Windows operating systems and hardware platforms, local area networks, wide area networks, messaging, and client-server applications
Ability to develop and maintain IT documentation
Expertise working with vendors to resolve problems and implement solutions independently
Excellent communication skills
Must be eligible to obtain a Position of Public Trust clearance
All candidates must be a US Citizen or have permanent residence status (Green Card)
Candidate must have lived in the United States for the past 5 years.
Cannot have more than 6 months travel outside the United States within the last 5 years. Military Service excluded.
Benefits
Eligible for a federal government background investigation for clearance
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