Senior Systems Administrator

Title: Senior Systems Administrator

Location: Remote

Clearance: Public Trust

Responsibilities:

• Perform daily administration and monitoring of Cisco UCS domains, fabric interconnects, chassis, and blade servers


• Manage, maintain, and upgrade VMware vSphere, vCenter, and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) components, including ESXi, vSAN, and NSX-T


• Design, implement, and maintain virtualization and computing policies in compliance with classified data handling rules


• Execute and validate daily/weekly/monthly health checks and performance monitoring of UCS and VMware infrastructure


• Perform regular failover and disaster recovery testing and documentation to meet audit and mission continuity requirements


• Manage server profiles, templates, and firmware updates for Cisco UCS


• Apply VMware and Cisco patches, hotfixes, and feature releases following change-management and security approval processes


• Harden computing and virtualization infrastructure according to DISA STIGs and agency security technical implementation guides (STIGs)


• Monitor the computing environment using vRealize Operations, Intersight, and other alerting systems


• Manage role-based access control (RBAC) and audit logging for VMware and UCS environments


• Support incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis for computing infrastructure issues


• Produce capacity, performance, and compliance reports for internal audits


• Participate in working groups and disaster recovery exercises


• Maintain up-to-date SOPs, system diagrams, and operational procedures

Requirements:

• A minimum of three (3) years of hands-on Cisco UCS and VMware vSphere/VCF administration experience


• Security+ or higher certification required; current VMware Certified Professional (VCP) certification preferred


• Knowledge of server virtualization, vSAN, NSX, and software-defined data centers (SDDC)


• Strong experience with virtualized environments and cloud infrastructure


• Proficiency in hardware lifecycle management


• Solid understanding of SAN/NAS storage integration with VMware


• Deep knowledge of VMware Cloud Foundation architecture and deployment preferred


• Experience with scripting (e.g., PowerShell, PowerCLI, Python) for automation of administrative tasks preferred


• Public Trust required, Secret preferred

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled