Posted today
Top Secret/SCI
Mid Level Career (5+ yrs experience)
$120,000 - $144,000
Occasional travel
Engineering - Systems
Springfield, VA (On-Site/Office)
Job Description
Job Title: Software Virtualization Engineer
Location: Springfield, VA
Eligibility: Candidate must possess an active TS/SCI clearance
Job Description:
We are looking for a Software Virtualization Engineer to support the
virtualization of a variety of mission applications supporting the
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency systems. You’ll be at the
forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving the
operation of the systems that matter most.
Responsibilities:
- Development of Virtualized Packages for Mission Baseline
Applications
- Applications will be consumed both by VDI sessions and thick
clients
- Applications include those with plugins and advanced graphics
requirements
- Work with application testers and mission SME's to validate
mission application behavior
- Incorporate any required sequencing changes into the app
sequencing process
- Identify facets of user application settings (registry, AppData,
etc.) that need to be persisted across sessions in a
non-persistent VDI environment
- Identify automation opportunities for application sequencing and
work with the engineering team to streamline the sequencing
process for mission applications, once established
- Assist the virtualization team and VDI team with application
delivery infrastructure configuration, as needed
- Improve backup/Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations.
- Articulating knowledge, discoveries, designs, etc. rapidly and
concisely in written detailed designs, test plans and test cases,
implementation plans, operational guides, and training guides under
project management time and cost-constrained deadlines.
- Performing work without appreciable direction and exercising
considerable latitude in the determination of technical objectives
of assignments.
- Working with VMware software defined data center products and tools
for troubleshooting and performance tuning.
- Analyze, test, and apply regular security patches and software
updates as required
- In-depth and up-to-date knowledge of Virtualization products and
capabilities
- Ability to analyze and apply virtualization product capabilities to
changing program requirements
- Create and maintain technical documentation and provide training to
other team members
- Incident resolution and fulfillment of software requests
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years of experience with Systems
Administration/Virtualization. (Additional Education, Training,
Certifications or Work Experience can be substituted in lieu of
degree or work experience)
- 8140.01M IAT Level II certification
- 3+ years of experience with VDI technologies, including VMware
Horizon, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, or Microsoft Remote
Desktop Services.
- 2+ years of experience with Citrix XenApp or comparable application
virtualization technology (Microsoft App-V, FlexApp, App Volumes,
etc)
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience with Windows Desktop (10/11) and Server (2012+) Operating
Systems
- Utilize scripting and automation tools (e.g., PowerShell) to
automate tasks and manage deployments.
- Experience with non-persistent desktop environments
- Experience with profile management solutions such as VMware DEM or
Liquidware Labs' Profile-Unity
- Familiarity with ActiveDirectory, specifically Group Policy
- Understanding of load-balancing application delivery services
- Understand principles of ITIL
- Able to create architectural design documents and presentations
- Able to test and apply hardware and software updates
- Understand architectural frameworks such as TOGAF
- Virtualization compute environment certification, i.e. VMware
Certified Associate for Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV)
- Familiarity with ticketing systems (Service+, ServiceNow, Remedy,
etc)
Travel Required:
Occasional trips to the customer site in St. Louis, MO
Telecommuting Options:
Onsite only, work tasks require access to customer networks
Job Title: Software Virtualization Engineer
Location: Springfield, VA
Eligibility: Candidate must possess an active TS/SCI clearance
Job Description:
We are looking for a Software Virtualization Engineer to support the
virtualization of a variety of mission applications supporting the
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency systems. You’ll be at the
forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving the
operation of the systems that matter most.
Responsibilities:
- Development of Virtualized Packages for Mission Baseline
Applications
- Applications will be consumed both by VDI sessions and thick
clients
- Applications include those with plugins and advanced graphics
requirements
- Work with application testers and mission SME's to validate
mission application behavior
- Incorporate any required sequencing changes into the app
sequencing process
- Identify facets of user application settings (registry, AppData,
etc.) that need to be persisted across sessions in a
non-persistent VDI environment
- Identify automation opportunities for application sequencing and
work with the engineering team to streamline the sequencing
process for mission applications, once established
- Assist the virtualization team and VDI team with application
delivery infrastructure configuration, as needed
- Improve backup/Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations.
- Articulating knowledge, discoveries, designs, etc. rapidly and
concisely in written detailed designs, test plans and test cases,
implementation plans, operational guides, and training guides under
project management time and cost-constrained deadlines.
- Performing work without appreciable direction and exercising
considerable latitude in the determination of technical objectives
of assignments.
- Working with VMware software defined data center products and tools
for troubleshooting and performance tuning.
- Analyze, test, and apply regular security patches and software
updates as required
- In-depth and up-to-date knowledge of Virtualization products and
capabilities
- Ability to analyze and apply virtualization product capabilities to
changing program requirements
- Create and maintain technical documentation and provide training to
other team members
- Incident resolution and fulfillment of software requests
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years of experience with Systems
Administration/Virtualization. (Additional Education, Training,
Certifications or Work Experience can be substituted in lieu of
degree or work experience)
- 8140.01M IAT Level II certification
- 3+ years of experience with VDI technologies, including VMware
Horizon, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, or Microsoft Remote
Desktop Services.
- 2+ years of experience with Citrix XenApp or comparable application
virtualization technology (Microsoft App-V, FlexApp, App Volumes,
etc)
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience with Windows Desktop (10/11) and Server (2012+) Operating
Systems
- Utilize scripting and automation tools (e.g., PowerShell) to
automate tasks and manage deployments.
- Experience with non-persistent desktop environments
- Experience with profile management solutions such as VMware DEM or
Liquidware Labs' Profile-Unity
- Familiarity with ActiveDirectory, specifically Group Policy
- Understanding of load-balancing application delivery services
- Understand principles of ITIL
- Able to create architectural design documents and presentations
- Able to test and apply hardware and software updates
- Understand architectural frameworks such as TOGAF
- Virtualization compute environment certification, i.e. VMware
Certified Associate for Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV)
- Familiarity with ticketing systems (Service+, ServiceNow, Remedy,
etc)
Travel Required:
Occasional trips to the customer site in St. Louis, MO
Telecommuting Options:
Onsite only, work tasks require access to customer networks
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