Senior Server Lead - DoD Infra, VMware, OpenShift

Caelum Research Corporation; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Leave

Holidays

Job summary

Caelum Research Corporation in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Server Lead to provide senior technical leadership for enterprise compute, virtualization, OS, VDI, container platforms, and storage integration on a DoD contract.

This on-site role requires strong Windows/Linux administration, VMware, OpenShift, backup/recovery, RMF evidence, and the ability to coordinate upgrades, testing and after-hours escalation; active DoD clearance preferred.

Qualifications

• 8+ years enterprise server/infrastructure engineering with technical-lead responsibility.
• Advanced Windows Server and Linux/RHEL administration.
• Strong VMware, storage, backup, VDI and high-availability knowledge.
• DoD STIG, patching, vulnerability remediation and secure-baseline experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain required clearance/access.
• On-site support and after-hours escalation capability.

Responsibilities

• Lead Windows/Linux, VMware ESXi/vSphere/vCenter/VCF, VDI and OpenShift environments.
• Own availability, capacity, performance, patching, lifecycle planning and configuration baselines.
• Lead backup/recovery, restoration testing, replication, retention and RPO/RTO achievement.
• Integrate DISA STIGs, vulnerability remediation, privileged access, logging and RMF continuous monitoring.
• Plan upgrades and migrations with testing, rollback, change control and validation.
• Automate operations using PowerShell, Ansible or approved orchestration.
• Maintain system plans, diagrams, SOPs, inventories, recovery procedures and RMF evidence.
• Serve as senior escalation authority for mission-impacting infrastructure events.

Skills

Windows Server administration

Linux/RHEL administration

VMware ESXi/vSphere

VDI

OpenShift

Automation (PowerShell/Ansible)

RMF/compliance

Escalation leadership

Tools

PowerShell

Ansible

VMware VCF/SDDC Manager

vSAN

Cohesity

Dell PowerProtect

Job description

Caelum Research Corporation in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Server Lead to provide senior technical leadership for enterprise compute, virtualization, OS, VDI, container platforms, and storage integration on a DoD contract.

This on-site role requires strong Windows/Linux administration, VMware, OpenShift, backup/recovery, RMF evidence, and the ability to coordinate upgrades, testing and after-hours escalation; active DoD clearance preferred.