Senior Virtualization Engineer

Centurion; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Centurion seeks a Senior Virtualization Engineer to manage and maintain a federal agency's virtualized infrastructure, including on-prem and CSP cloud environments (Azure). The role emphasizes deployment, configuration, security, performance, and availability, with mentoring responsibilities for junior staff in a Washington DC metro area setting.

The ideal candidate will lead virtualization initiatives across VMware, AWS, and Azure, applying automation, and disaster recovery strategies while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5-7 yrs leading virtualization administration.
• Experience managing VMware, Hyper-V, or similar technologies.
• Must have VCF experience.
• Automating IT administration and server provisioning through tools such as Azure DevOps, Azure Automation, Azure CLI, PowerShell, VMware PowerCLI, and Terraform.
• Integrating infrastructure tool APIs to enable IaC with CI/CD deployment pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Architecture, complex troubleshooting, upgrades and migrations, backup and disaster recovery, automation, and mentorship to junior staff.
• Designing, building, implementing, and troubleshooting systems hosted on VMware, AWS, and Azure.
• Leading upgrades, migrations, and evolution of the architecture.
• Installing, configuring, and maintaining VMs and virtual infrastructure across on-prem and CSP data centers.
• Monitoring and optimizing performance of virtual environments and resource allocation.
• Diagnosing complex virtualization issues including performance, connectivity, and security.
• Implementing and managing backup and disaster recovery solutions for virtual environments.
• Ensuring security by applying patches, updates, and configurations.
• Maintaining documentation of virtualization configurations, procedures, and policies.
• Collaborating with IT teams to support virtualization needs and integrate with other systems.
• Providing guidance and mentorship to junior virtualization admins and staff.
• Researching and reporting on new technologies and their value to the organization.
• Implementing and managing backup and disaster recovery solutions to ensure data integrity and availability.

Skills

VMware

Hyper-V

VCF

Automation

Azure DevOps

Azure Automation

Azure CLI

PowerShell

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Backup & DR

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

VMware PowerCLI

Terraform

Azure CLI

Powershell

Job description

Centurion is currently seeking a Senior Virtualization Engineer who will be responsible for managing and maintaining the a federal agency's virtualized infrastructure. This role involves overseeing the deployment, configuration, and support of virtual environments, ensuring optimal performance, security, and availability. This position requires candidates to be local to the Washington, DC metro area. The virtual environment includes managing and maintaining on-prem hardware infrastructure (servers and storage), the on-prem hypervisor (vSphere), and cloud infrastructure provided by a CSP such as Microsoft Azure.

About the Role

This role involves overseeing the deployment, configuration, and support of virtual environments, ensuring optimal performance, security, and availability.

Responsibilities

• Architecture, complex troubleshooting, overseeing upgrades and migrations, implementing backup and disaster recovery, automation, and providing mentorship to junior staff.
• Designing, building, implementing, and troubleshooting information systems hosted on VMware, AWS, and Azure.
• Leading system upgrades, migrations, and continue to evolve the existing architecture.
• Leading the installation, configuration, and maintenance of virtual machines (VMs) and virtual infrastructure across on-prem and CSP provided data centers.
• Monitoring and optimizing the performance of virtual environments, ensuring efficient resource allocation.
• Diagnosing and resolving complex issues related to virtualization, including VM performance, connectivity, and security.
• Implementing and managing advanced backup and disaster recovery solutions for virtual environments.
• Ensuring the security of virtual environments by applying patches, updates, and security configurations.
• Maintaining comprehensive documentation of virtualization configurations, procedures, and policies.
• Working closely with other IT teams to support virtualization needs and integrate virtual solutions with other systems.
• Providing guidance and mentorship to junior virtualization administrators and other IT staff.
• Researching and reporting on new technologies and how they provide value to the organization.
• Implementing and managing backup and disaster recovery solutions to ensure data integrity and availability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5-7 yrs leading virtualization administration.
• Demonstrated experience in leading the management of VMware, Hyper-V, or similar technologies.
• Must have VCF experience.
• Automating IT administration and server provisioning through tools such as Azure DevOps, Azure Automation, Azure CLI, PowerShell, VMWare PowerCLI, and Terraforms.
• Integrating infrastructure tool APIs to enable the deployment of Infrastructure as Code integrated with CI/CD deployment pipelines.

Required Skills

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5-7 yrs leading virtualization administration.