Senior Virtualization Engineer: Lead VMware & VDI (Onsite)

GCyber; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 Days Paid Leave

Parental Leave

401(k) Matching

Health Insurance

Training & Development

Commuter Benefits

Job summary

GCyber seeks a Senior Virtualization Engineer to lead the design, administration, and modernization of the enterprise virtualization platform at Ft. Meade.

This role focuses on VMware vSphere/VDI, security, and lifecycle management, with mentorship for junior engineers. You will collaborate with systems, storage, networking, and cybersecurity teams to deliver highly available infrastructure across multiple geographies, and you will operate onsite with no remote work options due to security

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance required.
• DoD 8140/8570 IAT Level II certification required.
• 7+ years of enterprise IT infrastructure experience.
• Experience designing and supporting highly available virtualization platforms.
• Extensive VMware vSphere, Horizon, and vSAN experience.
• PowerShell/PowerCLI automation experience.
• VDI and VM performance troubleshooting expertise.
• Strong networking knowledge and integration with virtualization.

Responsibilities

• Own health, performance, security, and lifecycle of the virtualization environment.
• Design, implement, administer, and optimize VMware VDI environments.
• Build and maintain highly available virtualization clusters.
• Lead modernization, hardware refreshes, platform upgrades, and migrations.
• Install, configure, integrate, and support enterprise server hardware and virtualization infra.
• Develop testing strategies, validate changes, and document results.
• Troubleshoot complex virtualization, storage, networking, and VDI issues.
• Support operations across multiple locations and networks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

IAT Level II

7+ years exp

VMware vSphere

VMware Horizon

VMware vSAN

PowerShell/PowerCLI

VDI troubleshooting

Networking fundamentals

Documentation/Communication

Education

DoD 8140/8570 IAT Level II certification

Tools

VMware vSphere

VMware Horizon

VMware vSAN

PowerCLI

VDI tooling

Job description

GCyber seeks a Senior Virtualization Engineer to lead the design, administration, and modernization of the enterprise virtualization platform at Ft. Meade.

This role focuses on VMware vSphere/VDI, security, and lifecycle management, with mentorship for junior engineers. You will collaborate with systems, storage, networking, and cybersecurity teams to deliver highly available infrastructure across multiple geographies, and you will operate onsite with no remote work options due to security