Core Position Responsibilities:
- Direct host patching, maintenance, and major version upgrades across multi-cluster ESXi and vCenter environments
- Fine-tune VMware DRS rules, High Availability (HA) admission controls to maximize compute density and hardware efficiency
- Design and govern vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS), including uplink teaming policies, network failover teaming policies, and VLAN tagging integrity
- Architect and audit dedicated, non-routed Layer 2 storage fabrics (SAN, iSCSI, NFS), ensuring complete absence of Layer 3 SVIs and gateway routing hops
- Verifying consistent Jumbo Frame (9000/9216) MTU settings across VMkernel interfaces, vNICs, fabric interconnects, physical switches, and storage targets
- Author, validate, and maintain unified UCS server profile templates across B-Series blade rack servers to eliminate configuration drift
- Enforce zero-trust identity baselines, privilege access workstations principles, and DISA STIG compliance across enterprise forests
- Implement Tiered administrative modules, eliminating insecure credential exposure and auditing sensitive privilege delegation paths.
- Establish engineering documentation standards, perform root-cause analysis, develop detailed infrastructure topology diagrams and standard operating procedures
- Drive technical engineering forums, deliver regular executive briefings on platform health, Enterprise system modernization initiatives
Minimum Qualifications
- Master of Computer Science or related area, and 4+ years IT domain knowledge; or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related area, and 8+ years IT Domain Knowledge
- DoD 8140 DCWF 651, Advanced Level
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) or Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE), or equivalent certification
- This position requires candidates to be U.S. citizens and to possess, at minimum, an active Secret security clearance
- 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.