Senior VMware/Nutanix Virtualization Engineer (DoD)

Leidos; Camp Springs (MD); On-site; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Senior Virtualization Engineer for the AFNCR IT Services program at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. You will provide operational support for VMware/Nutanix clusters, ensuring high availability and performance across command-and-control environments.

The role requires DoD security clearance, extensive virtualization experience, and collaboration with cybersecurity and network teams to maintain DISA STIGs and NIST 800-171 compliance. On-call rotation is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of related experience, or a Master’s with 10+ years.
• Active DoD Security Clearance (Secret or Top Secret).
• 10+ years of infrastructure engineering focusing on VMware/Nutanix.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational support for VMware/Nutanix clusters across AFNCR IT services.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and perform root cause analysis for virtualization issues.
• Lead and train engineers on VMware/Nutanix usage and maintenance.
• Maintain patches/upgrades for hyper-converged infrastructure and hardware.
• Lead migrations from legacy platforms to Nutanix.

Skills

Security clearance

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Problem solving

DoD knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 12+ years experience

Master’s degree + 10+ years experience

Tools

VMware

Nutanix

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Senior Virtualization Engineer for the AFNCR IT Services program at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. You will provide operational support for VMware/Nutanix clusters, ensuring high availability and performance across command-and-control environments.

The role requires DoD security clearance, extensive virtualization experience, and collaboration with cybersecurity and network teams to maintain DISA STIGs and NIST 800-171 compliance. On-call rotation is expected.