System Administrator - Virtual Infrastructure

Hawk Associates, 520-335-8788

System Administrator – Virtual Infrastructure Team – Sierra Vista, AZ
Job Description: Hawk Associates is seeking an IT professional who wants to join a mission-focused
team at Fort Huachuca, Arizona -- A team that is dedicated to providing Clients with successful technical
solutions and Employees with job satisfaction.

Hawk Associates, a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), provides Information
Technology/Cybersecurity and C5ISR support to the DoD Joint Warfighter, non-DoD Agencies,
Government organizations, Coalition Partners, and Commercial Industry. Join us – dedicated
professionals getting the job done right…the first time.

While this is a Systems Administrator role by title, the successful candidate will be expected to
function as a proactive problem solver—designing, implementing, and refining solutions that
elevate our infrastructure to a higher standard of performance and resiliency.

The Virtual Infrastructure Systems Administrator is responsible for the end-to-end management,
administration, and optimization of our virtualized data center environment. You will support a diverse
infrastructure—spanning VMware, Linux and Windows environments, enterprise storage arrays, server
hardware, GPU resources, and complex monitoring/automation systems—in a mission-critical military
intelligence setting.

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
• System Administration of VMware vCenter and VMware ESXi
• System Administration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) servers
• System Administration of NetApp and Pure Storage enterprise storage arrays
• Install and configure VMware vSphere, Linux, Red Hat OpenShift and other operating systems
• Applying security patches and DISA STIGs to VMware, Linux, storage servers and other systems
• Troubleshooting Storage Area Networks (SANs) and Network Attached storage (NFS, iSCSI)
• Install, configure, and troubleshoot server hardware. Dell servers, Cisco UCS C-series servers, Cisco
B-series blades using UCS manager and other hardware platforms.
• Responsibilities also include:
o Preparing system documentation
o Automating processes with scripts
o Assisting other teams with VM troubleshooting and VMware Horizon workstation automated
provisioning
o Utilize monitoring tools including Dell Open Manage, Cisco Intersight, Zabbix, Solarwinds, and
NetApp ACTIVIQ to maintain system performance and health

Requirements:
• Current TOP SECRET security clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Current CompTIA Security+ certification (IAT Level II or higher certification)
• Experience configuring, managing, and conducting security of VMware or RHEL servers
• Experience with RedHat OpenShift

Preferred Qualifications:
• VMware Certified professional (VCP) or NetApp certification
• Red Hat Certified system administrator (RHCSA)
• Experience configuring Storage Area Networks
• Kubernetes experience
• Experience developing, configuring, and executing automation scripts (leveraging Ansible,
PowerShell, Chef Inspec, and Docker automation processes) for system patching, configuration, and
DISA STIG compliance across VMware, Linux, and storage servers
• Current Counterintelligence Polygraph