Senior VMware vSphere Engineer – DoD, Secret Clearance

Zaden Tech; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Zaden Tech in Chantilly, VA seeks an experienced VMware administrator to support a Defense Health Agency program. You will operate and optimize a large vSphere environment across two enclaves, build automation pipelines, and keep systems STIG-compliant.

Candidates must have 3+ years of enterprise VMware experience, plus scripting skills in Terraform/Ansible/PowerCLI or PowerShell. U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain DHA designation are required or achievable within six months.

Qualifications

• 3+ years administering VMware vSphere in an enterprise environment.
• Hands-on scripting or automation with Terraform, Ansible, PowerCLI or PowerShell.
• Linux and Windows server administration.
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain DHA-designated privileged access.
• DoD 8140 qualification for privileged infrastructure or ability to earn within six months.

Responsibilities

• Operate vSphere 8 clusters, vCenter, ESXi hosts and vSAN storage.
• Right-size VMs, retire dormant ones and consolidate workloads.
• Build and maintain VM templates and automation with Terraform, Packer and Ansible in GitLab CI.
• Patch hosts and VMs and maintain STIG compliance.
• Troubleshoot performance, capacity issues and support test-event setup.

Skills

VMware vSphere

Terraform

Ansible

PowerCLI/PowerShell

Linux administration

Windows Server administration

Scripting/automation

Tools

vCenter

ESXi

vSAN

Job description

Zaden Tech in Chantilly, VA seeks an experienced VMware administrator to support a Defense Health Agency program. You will operate and optimize a large vSphere environment across two enclaves, build automation pipelines, and keep systems STIG-compliant.

Candidates must have 3+ years of enterprise VMware experience, plus scripting skills in Terraform/Ansible/PowerCLI or PowerShell. U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain DHA designation are required or achievable within six months.