Senior Virtualization Engineer — DoD VMware/Nutanix Lead

KaylaTek, Inc.; Camp Springs (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k) matching

PTO

11 Paid Holidays

EAP

Professional Development Program

Military Leave Support

Referral bonuses

Job summary

KaylaTek is seeking a Senior Virtualization Engineer to support VMware/Nutanix clusters for the Air Force District of Washington at Joint Base Andrews, MD. The role demands securing and optimizing converged infrastructure with high availability and DoD compliance.

You will architect, deploy, and maintain virtualization platforms, mentor peers, and lead major migration initiatives in a highly secure defense environment.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of infrastructure engineering with VMware/Nutanix focus.
• DoD security experience and current DoD 8140 IAT II cert.
• Active DoD Secret/Top Secret clearance or above.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational support for VMware/Nutanix clusters for AFDW.
• Design, deploy, configure, and maintain virtualization platforms.
• Mentor engineers on platform use and maintenance.
• Maintain patches and upgrades for hyper-converged envs.
• Lead migration projects to Nutanix platform.
• Ensure compliance with DISA STIGs and NIST SP 800-171.

Skills

VMware/Nutanix expertise

Mentoring

Security compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Master's degree

Tools

VMware

Nutanix

vROPS

Ansible

Terraform

PowerShell

Python

Windows Server

Linux

Job description

KaylaTek is seeking a Senior Virtualization Engineer to support VMware/Nutanix clusters for the Air Force District of Washington at Joint Base Andrews, MD. The role demands securing and optimizing converged infrastructure with high availability and DoD compliance.

You will architect, deploy, and maintain virtualization platforms, mentor peers, and lead major migration initiatives in a highly secure defense environment.