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| Department: | Contracts |
| Location: | San Antonio, TX |
Position: Systems Engineer
Location: National Military Command Center (NMCC), Pentagon
Work Location: 100% onsite
Hours: Monday–Friday, core hours between 6:00 AM–4:00 PM
Citizenship: Must be a U.S. Citizen
Required Security Clearance: TS/SCI
Minimum of 4 years of overall experience.
At least 3 years of specialized experience administering computer systems.
Experience operating or supporting:
Large-scale computer systems
Multi-server local area networks
Client/server environments
Experience with:
Systems administration
Systems engineering
Systems architecture
Systems integration
Hardware/software configuration management
System optimization
Resource utilization
Capacity analysis and planning
Server/data migrations
Technology refreshes
System upgrades
Troubleshooting
Requirements management
Bachelor’s degree in:
Computer Science / Computer Systems
Information Systems / Information Technology
Engineering / Engineering Technology
Software Engineering / Programming
Management
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
Mathematics
Business / Finance
Related discipline
Master’s degree in a related discipline plus:
3 years general experience
At least 2 years specialized experience
OR
No degree plus:
8 years general experience
At least 6 years specialized experience
Must possess at least one DoD IAT Level II certification, including:
Security+ CE
CCNA Security
CySA+
GICSP
GSEC
CND
SSCP
Extensive hands-on experience building and managing VMware environments.
Extensive experience with:
VMware ESXi
VMware vSphere 7.x / 8.x
VMware vCenter
VMware clusters
Experience building VMware environments from the ground up.
Experience configuring:
VMware High Availability (HA)
Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
Host networking
Virtual switches
Distributed switches
Datastores
Cluster resources
Experience implementing and managing enterprise VMware deployments.
Experience supporting VMware clusters across multi-server enterprise networks.
Hands-on experience deploying Dell PowerEdge R770 servers.
Experience with:
Server racking
Power cabling
Network cabling
Initial server configuration
Bare-metal deployment
ESXi hypervisor installation and configuration
Experience integrating servers with Dell PowerVault ME5 Series SAN storage arrays or comparable enterprise SAN infrastructure.
Experience with:
Fiber-optic storage connectivity
Direct-Attach Copper (DAC)
Isolated backend storage fabrics
Block-level shared storage
iSCSI
Dedicated storage VLANs
Storage multipathing
Redundant storage paths
Jumbo Frames
MTU 9000
VMware datastores
Shared storage architectures
Ability to design and maintain resilient host-to-array connectivity.
Experience isolating storage traffic from production network traffic.
Proven experience performing physical and/or virtual server migrations.
Experience performing migrations between virtualization platforms.
Experience migrating Microsoft Hyper-V workloads to VMware vSphere.
Experience planning and executing migrations while minimizing:
Downtime
Data loss
Application disruption
User impact
Experience validating systems following migration.
Experience migrating workloads into VMware clustered SAN environments.
Senior-level experience administering:
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2022
Active Directory
Group Policy Objects
Experience designing, implementing, and troubleshooting:
Windows domain environments
Organizational Units
Group Policy
Security policies
Security baselines
Experience administering:
Red Hat Linux
CentOS Linux
Direct experience hardening systems in accordance with DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
Experience hardening:
Windows Server
Red Hat Linux
CentOS Linux
Understanding of:
DoD cybersecurity requirements
Cybersecurity risk management
System security baselines
Security compliance
Ability to work closely with cybersecurity teams to identify and minimize risk.
Extensive hands-on experience with Veeam Backup & Replication.
Experience designing and managing enterprise backup environments.
Experience configuring:
Backup Jobs
Backup Copy Jobs
Backup repositories
Secondary/offsite repositories
Restore processes
Disaster recovery processes
Experience protecting:
Virtual machines
File servers
Databases
Large file shares
Experience supporting VMware-hosted systems protected by Veeam.
Experience designing solutions for complex enterprise environments.
Experience integrating mission-critical systems.
Ability to work directly with third-party vendors to:
Evaluate solutions
Develop integration plans
Implement IT solutions
Experience establishing baseline hardware/software configurations.
Experience developing solutions based on system and mission requirements.
Experience drafting and reviewing Engineering Installation Plans (EIPs).
Experience creating and maintaining:
Standard Operating Procedures
Technical documentation
System documentation
Reports
Presentation slide decks
Troubleshooting documentation
Knowledge-base documentation
Experience documenting technical work in Remedy or comparable ticketing systems.
Strong experience identifying and resolving:
Server issues
Application issues
Infrastructure problems
System integration issues
Ability to take a systematic troubleshooting approach.
Experience documenting resolutions to recurring technical issues.
Experience developing, executing, and documenting:
Test plans
Test schedules
Scripted tasks
Experience testing systems for:
Availability
Reliability
Security
System protection
Experience developing:
Project schedules
Timelines
Implementation plans
Milestones
Experience managing multiple technical efforts simultaneously.
Ability to adapt to changing:
Technical requirements
Project priorities
Mission requirements
Implementation plans
Experience tracking and reporting project progress.
Ability to work effectively with:
Systems Administrators
Systems Engineers
Cybersecurity teams
Multimedia Engineers
Telecommunications Engineers
Third-party vendors
Government personnel
DoD personnel
Ability to provide technical status updates to leadership and stakeholders.
Ability to brief:
Technical issues
Problems
Risks
Solutions
Project status
Ability to explain complex technical issues to non-technical personnel.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Experience with or strong knowledge of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).
VMware Cloud Foundation certification or active pursuit of certification, including:
VCF Professional
VCF Advanced
VCF Specialist
Comparable current VMware/Broadcom certification
Understanding of Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) architecture.
Experience or knowledge involving:
Infrastructure automation
Lifecycle management
Standardized architecture frameworks
Automated patching
Standardized patch baselines
Software-defined compute
Software-defined storage
Software-defined networking
Knowledge of:
vSphere
vSAN
NSX
Experience applying VCF concepts to:
Secure environments
Multi-tenant environments
Multi-site environments
DoD or military enclaves
Experience with VMware Fault Tolerance (FT).
Advanced experience designing and scaling VMware HA/DRS environments.
Extensive experience building VMware environments from scratch.
Advanced VMware architecture and engineering experience.
Experience configuring:
Clustered VMDKs
SCSI Bus Sharing
Physical SCSI Bus Sharing
Shared-disk architectures
VMware-hosted clustered databases
Advanced experience with Dell PowerVault ME5 or similar SAN infrastructure.
Experience protecting large workloads in the 10–20 TB range or larger.
Advanced experience with:
Backup Copy Jobs
Multiple repositories
Offsite backups
Enterprise disaster recovery
Large database and file-share protection
Experience designing disaster recovery solutions for tightly integrated applications.
Experience supporting environments where:
SQL databases
Management applications
Supporting services
reside within the same VM or tightly integrated system.
Experience planning coordinated application failover.
Knowledge of how VM migration and failover can affect node-locked application licensing.
Understanding of:
Static MAC addresses
BIOS UUIDs
VM UUIDs
Virtual hardware identifiers
Node-locked licensing
Experience preserving application licensing during:
VM migration
Cluster failover
Disaster recovery
Familiarity with AMAG Symmetry or comparable mission-critical physical-security systems.
Understanding of:
Access-control systems
Edge-device resiliency
Local databases
Cached configurations
Distributed processing
Operation during temporary server outages
Security+ CE preferred among acceptable IAT Level II certifications.
Strong experience supporting mission-critical DoD systems.
Experience supporting highly secure or classified environments.
Experience with agile system integration and rapidly changing mission requirements.
