VMWare Systems Engineer II

At Agile Defense we know that action defines the outcome and new challenges require new solutions. That's why we always look to the future and embrace change with an unmovable spirit and the courage to build for what comes next.

Our vision is to bring adaptive innovation to support our nation's most important missions through the seamless integration of advanced technologies, elite minds, and unparalleled agility-leveraging a foundation of speed, flexibility, and ingenuity to strengthen and protect our nation's vital interests.

VMware Systems Engineer II

The candidate shall design, deployment, testing, certification, patching, addressing interoperability issues of all VMware components to include the hypervisor, vSphere, NSX, vRealize Suite, and Site Recovery Manager. All applicants must possess an active Top-Secret clearance and all work must be performed on site at either Clarksburg, WV or Pocatello, ID. The candidate must be able to pass a CI-polygraph.

Position requirements and duties of the Systems Engineer II (VMware)

• The Contractor shall design, implement, and perform ongoing support of the on-premises cloud Infrastructure.
• The Contractor shall serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for all VMware environments.
• The Contractor shall create and maintain an on-premises cloud, software defined data center infrastructure for both bare-metal and virtual machines with the appropriate SAN, network, or local storage configurations, using both OEM and third-party tools that include virtual storage tools and services.
• The Contractor shall automated provision/configure of all required resources for servers.
• The Contractor shall evaluate, improve, and maintain the information security throughout the virtualized infrastructure.
• The Contractor shall monitor and correct storage issues and create recovery processes and hardware for failures and performance bottlenecks.
• The Contractor shall install, configure, test, and maintain system management tools, infrastructure, and server plugins.
• The Contractor shall proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability.
• The Contractor shall monitor and test application performance for potential bottlenecks, identify possible solutions, and work with developers to implement those fixes.
• The Contractor shall maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies.
• The Contractor shall write and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks, such as automated provisioning storage with Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
• The Contractor shall participate in the design of information and operational support systems.
• The Contractor shall provide 3rd level support.
• The Contractor shall liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution.
• The Contractor shall ensure technical documentation exists for all systems and is kept up to date to include inventory and patch levels of all systems to include hostnames, property numbers, IP addresses, enclave, number of cores, number of processors, admin passwords, certificates, and service accounts on a monthly interval.
• The Contractor shall integrate systems with Windows and Linux as it applies to core service dependencies. Engineer and implement solutions for multi factor authentication with FBI standardized software and hardware.
• The Contractor shall document system configurations to include passwords, access controls, version number, and revision numbers, patch levels, and inventory to include hostnames, TCP/IP addresses, number of processors, and number of cores, memory, and license keys.
• The Contractor shall continually transition knowledge to the Government staff through training and assistance on how to use the technology using industry best practices.
• The Contractor shall provide real-time reporting of provisioned and non-provisioned and utilized resources to include performance metrics for availability, performance, and trends.

Experience/Education requirements for the Systems Engineer II (VMware)

• VMware Data Center Virtualization (DCV) certification within the last five years required.
• Eight years of experience required.
• The government prefers Advanced VMWare certifications such as Cloud Management and Automation (DCV-CMA).
• A bachelor's degree is preferred.

$115,000 - $120,000 a year

Employees of Agile Defense are our number one priority, and the importance we place on our culture here is fundamental. Our culture is alive and evolving, but it always stays true to its roots. Here, you are valued as a family member, and we believe that we can accomplish great things together. Agile Defense has been highly successful in the past few years due to our employees and the culture we create together.

What makes us Agile? We call it the 6Hs, the values that define our culture and guide everything we do. Together, these values infuse vibrancy, integrity, and a tireless work ethic into advancing the most important national security and critical civilian missions. It's how we show up every day. It's who we are.

We also believe in supporting our employees by offering a competitive and comprehensive benefits package. To explore the benefits we offer, please visit our website under the Careers section.

Happy - Be Infectious.
Happiness multiplies and creates a positive and connected environment where motivation and satisfaction have an outsized effect on everything we do.

Helpful - Be Supportive.
Being helpful is the foundation of teamwork, resulting in a supportive atmosphere where collaboration flourishes, and collective success is celebrated.

Honest - Be Trustworthy.
Honesty serves as our compass, ensuring transparent communication and ethical conduct, essential to who we are and the complex domains we support.

Humble - Be Grounded.
Success is not achieved alone, humility ensures a culture of mutual respect, encouraging open communication, and a willingness to learn from one another and take on any task.

Hungry - Be Eager.
Our hunger for excellence drives an insatiable appetite for innovation and continuous improvement, propelling us forward in the face of new and unprecedented challenges.

Hustle - Be Driven.
Hustle is reflected in our relentless work ethic, where we are each committed to going above and beyond to advance the mission and achieve success.

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