Senior Systems Engineer – Hybrid Data Center & Migrations

General Dynamics - IT; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Comprehensive health packages

Internal mobility team

Paid education and certifications

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

General Dynamics - IT seeks a Systems Engineer to design, implement, and support enterprise infrastructure for modernization and migration of mission-critical systems. The role spans compute, virtualization, storage, Windows, and Linux, coordinating with network, cybersecurity, cloud, and application teams to ensure availability and security.

Responsibilities include planning migration cutovers, creating runbooks, and validating compliance with DoW standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years experience with Data Center Solutions, Data Center Engineering, and/or Data Center Migration.
• DoW 8570 IAT Level II compliance or equivalent certifications.
• One or more of the following certifications: VCP-DCV, Dell/NetApp storage certs, Linux/LFCS/RHCSA, Windows Server Hybrid Administrator, AZ-104, AZ-305.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, design, and cutover strategies for multi-platform infrastructure, focusing on compute, storage, and virtualization platforms.
• Ensure service availability, data integrity, and security during complex physical and virtual migration events.
• Develop migration runbooks, validation plans, and contingency/rollback procedures.
• Coordinate with network and cybersecurity teams for seamless service integration and security boundary enforcement.
• Execute the installation, configuration, and maintenance of servers, enterprise storage, and hypervisors in both physical and virtual environments.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to understand business needs and requirements and provide appropriate infrastructure solutions.
• Manages and tests backup and recovery procedures to ensure data integrity and availability across Windows, Linux, and virtualized workloads.
• Maintains detailed documentation of system configurations, infrastructure topology, procedures, and changes.
• Creates reports on system performance, storage utilization, security incidents, and other key metrics.
• Coordinates with other IT teams to ensure coordinated delivery of IT services.
• Provides recommendations for system improvements based on analysis and industry best practices.

Skills

VMware vSphere

PowerCLI

Ansible

Terraform

Dell EMC Storage

NetApp Storage

Linux

Windows Server

Active Directory

DNS

Backup/DR

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associate's degree

Tools

VMware PowerCLI

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

General Dynamics - IT seeks a Systems Engineer to design, implement, and support enterprise infrastructure for modernization and migration of mission-critical systems. The role spans compute, virtualization, storage, Windows, and Linux, coordinating with network, cybersecurity, cloud, and application teams to ensure availability and security.

Responsibilities include planning migration cutovers, creating runbooks, and validating compliance with DoW standards.