Secret Cleared Hybrid Sr DTRA Virt6ualization Engineer at The Computer Merchant, LTD.
Alexandria, VA 22309
About the Job
JOB TITLE: Secret Cleared Sr. DTRA Virtualization Engineer
JOB LOCATION: Ft Belvoir, VA - Hybrid
WAGE RANGE*: $75-80/hr. W2 Only
JOB NUMBER: RQ173198
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:
VMWare Certified Professional (ex. Data Center v7.x)
JOB DESCRIPTION
Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a DTRA Virtualization Engineer. Will work on a team to support the design, engineering, implementation, and operations and support of the Defense Integration and Management of Nuclear Data Services (DIAMONDS) application supports the management of the nuclear weapons stockpile accountability management and all related systems.
Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled
* While an hourly range is posted for this position, an eventual hourly rate is determined by a comprehensive salary analysis which considers multiple factors including but not limited to: job-related knowledge, skills and qualifications, education and experience as compared to others in the organization doing substantially similar work, if applicable, and market and business considerations. Benefits offered include medical, dental and vision benefits; dependent care flexible spending account; 401(k) plan; voluntary life/short term disability/whole life/term life/accident and critical illness coverage; employee assistance program; sick leave in accordance with regulation. Benefits may be subject to generally applicable eligibility, waiting period, contribution, and other requirements and conditions.
JOB LOCATION: Ft Belvoir, VA - Hybrid
WAGE RANGE*: $75-80/hr. W2 Only
JOB NUMBER: RQ173198
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:
VMWare Certified Professional (ex. Data Center v7.x)
JOB DESCRIPTION
Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a DTRA Virtualization Engineer. Will work on a team to support the design, engineering, implementation, and operations and support of the Defense Integration and Management of Nuclear Data Services (DIAMONDS) application supports the management of the nuclear weapons stockpile accountability management and all related systems.
How a Virtualization Engineer, Senior will Make an Impact:
- Minimum 5 years of experience
- Works directly with various teams within the Enterprise group and the team in Albuquerque.
- Daily interactions using Teams Chat, in-person discussions, and contact with professional services.
- The VM team is a small but highly effective team. The Enterprise section is great at supporting across the different specialties.
- Maintaining the existing VMware vSphere 7.x environment.
- Must be proficient with the following: vSphere HA, vCenter HA, Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), VMotion, Certificate management, Key Management System, Enhanced Link Mode, VCSA Backup and Recovery, Host Profile, Network configurations such as VMKernel, VMNic, distributed switch configurations, Content Libraries, and vSAN storage policies.
- Candidate should be knowledgeable with how a network communicates to software and hardware appliances, including failover, Fault Tolerance, and RAID.
- Maintaining VSAN 7.0 (all-flash) SSD data storage systems.
- Knowledge with configuration of virtual Switches and VLANs.
- Designing and building virtual environment service models including Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service.
- Ability to provide design, analysis, development, integration, documentation, testing, implementation, and user support.
- Ability to perform lifecycle replacements of hardware (ability to lift 50lbs - rack hosts)
- Understand power requirements/needs to support racked hardware.
- Work closely with the user community and provide seamless support of virtual computing issues.
- Ensuring ESXI and uptime to Central/Core virtual computing environment meets the Monthly DRRS availability rate (current DRRS rate is 99.7%).
- Familiarity with vROPs (ARIA Operations), SRM, vRA, and Horizon 7 DELL EMC server hardware.
- Their relevant skills and technology will be used daily to ensure a secure and robust VM environment.
Education: Bachelor or Arts or Science
Required Technical Skills: VMWare Certified Professional (ex. Data Center v7.x)
Security Clearance Level: Secret to start w/SCI eligibility
Required Skills and Abilities:
- Provides guidance to less-experienced system engineers; may coach and review the work of less experienced professionals; may serve as a team or task lead
- Proficient in: vSphere HA, vCenter HA, Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), VMotion, Certificate management, Key Management System, Enhanced Link Mode, VCSA Backup and Recovery, Host Profile, Network configurations such as VMKernel, VMNic, distributed switch configurations, Content Libraries, and vSAN storage policies.
Preferred Skills:
- VMware vSphere 7.x, ESXi, storage, and design/build virtual environment
Location:
- Hybrid but this is mission specific and will be discussed with the Enterprise lead.
Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled
* While an hourly range is posted for this position, an eventual hourly rate is determined by a comprehensive salary analysis which considers multiple factors including but not limited to: job-related knowledge, skills and qualifications, education and experience as compared to others in the organization doing substantially similar work, if applicable, and market and business considerations. Benefits offered include medical, dental and vision benefits; dependent care flexible spending account; 401(k) plan; voluntary life/short term disability/whole life/term life/accident and critical illness coverage; employee assistance program; sick leave in accordance with regulation. Benefits may be subject to generally applicable eligibility, waiting period, contribution, and other requirements and conditions.
Salary
75 - 80 /hour