SME Systems Engineer

Bcore; Herndon, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Dental/Vision

401(k)

Paid Time Off

Insurance

Stipends

Referral bonuses

Job summary

Bcore in Herndon, VA is seeking an SME Systems Engineer to advance mission-critical IT solutions in a high-security environment. This role requires deep VMware expertise and hands-on experience with vCenter, ESXi clusters, NSX, SRM, and vSAN, plus cloud migration skills.

You will design, implement, and optimize complex distributed systems across data centers to ensure robust failover and performance for government-grade workloads.

Qualifications

• This position requires a bachelor’s degree and at least 16 years of IT experience.
• Strong hands-on ability to install and configure VMware vCenter.
• Experience implementing NSX, SRM, or vSAN in DR or failover environments.
• Experience with AWS and cloud migration.
• Proven ability to design complex distributed systems and infrastructure architecture.

Skills

Infrastructure architecture

VMware expertise

vSphere

Networking

Cloud migration

Automation integration

Distributed systems

Monitoring VMs

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

VMware vCenter

VMware vSphere

NSX

SRM

vSAN

AWS

Aria Suite

Job description

Overview

SME Systems EngineerHerndon, VATS/SCI with Poly

At Bcore, our strength comes from how we deliver impact to the mission. Whether it’s architecting critical IT solutions, producing actionable intelligence, or developing cutting edge technology, we succeed because of the expertise, collaboration, and agility of our teams. Our Mission Services division combines enterprise IT, cloud solutions, DevSecOps, systems engineering, software development, and operational support. Bcore accelerates decisive advantage for warfighters and intelligence professionals by fusing human insight, rapid-fire engineering, precision‑measured outcomes, and relentless grit into mission-ready solutions.

Do you want to join a team that is building tailored technical solutions to modernize our government’s mission and our client’s business? Do you have a desire to change how people work? Are you interested in helping to protect our nation’s cyber interests? Join our growing team supporting customer missions as a SME Systems Engineer in Herndon, Virginia.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• This position requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree and at least 16 years of overall IT experience.
• Ability to install and configure vCenter server
• Experience with ESXi cluster servers
• Strong technical knowledge of VMWare products: vSphere, vCenter, &/or Aria Suite
• Experience implementing NSX, SRM &/or vSAN in DR or failover operational environments
• 3+ years experience in infrastructure architectureand design complex distributed systems environments, include failover techniques, recovery/rollback, and application partitioning.
• Experience monitoring the health of VMs operating in various data centers
• Understanding of network & storage architectures, including peripheral interfaces (SCSI, RAID, Ethernet) and multi-processor designs (SMP)
• Experience virtualizing enterprise applications
• Experience with AWS
• Experience with VMWare 7
• Strong networking expertise
• Experience with cloud migration
• Experience with (automation/operations) integration across IT infrastructure

What you can expect from us

• The expected salary range within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is: $190,000 - 220,000. Final compensation is unique to each individual and will be determined based on factors such as experience, education, geographic location, and contractual requirements . This is not a guarantee.
• Benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k), Paid Time Off, STD/LTD/Life Insurance/Voluntary Life Insurance, Stipends, Referral Bonuses , and more.

BCore is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.