VMware Engineer

We are partnered with a company with a mission to deliver Enterprise Network Engineering, Enterprise IT, Program Management, and Project Management support to large commercial corporations, government agencies, and government-contracted agencies within the Washington, DC metropolitan area and beyond.

They have an innovative approach to helping their customers discover, evaluate, implement, and manage advanced technology projects to enhance their needs.

Candidates are expected to have a strong work ethic and possess the ability to work as critical members of a team in pursuit of mission objectives and in support of their customers. They value candidates who are detail-oriented while also being able to think and react quickly to emerging and unique problem sets. To be successful in this role, you’ll be able to rapidly adapt and learn how to operate the front and back end of new products and processes.

If you are interested in this opportunity and want to learn more, apply today! 

Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain an IT enterprise of Virtual Machine environments (Nutanix or VMware) hosting MS Windows servers, Linux environments, and Citrix VDI services.
• Responsible for VM cluster maintenance activities, ensuring cluster health and managing license upgrades.
• Perform tasks within a Nutanix Acropolis environment to identify, analyze, and remediate performance issues.
• Maintain VM enterprise capabilities for Windows/Linux and VDI server services in compliance with DISA STIG requirements.
• Maintain all physical back-end server services and team resources assignments.
• Identify and diagnose complex performance, security, and technical issues.

Skills/Must have:

• At least 10 years of IT experience inclusive of the following minimum specific experience:
• 5 years of experience managing MS Windows servers and Linux environments for Virtual Machine environments
• 2 years of experience managing Nutanix HCI environments, to include configuration of a cluster and the components needed to create and manage VMs (networks and images)
• 2 years of experience managing Citrix VDI services
• Demonstrated experience creating and managing VMs, configuring optimization features at the VM level, managing alerts, events, log collection, and reporting Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) (or prior MCSE with ability to obtain MCSA within 6 months of hire)
• Citrix Certified Administrator (or ability to obtain certification within 6 months of hire)
• Certified Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Administration (ECA)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Administration
• VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization (VCP)

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Salary:

• From $170,000.00 per year