Virtualization Specialist

A2 Federal; Augusta (GA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A2 Federal is seeking a seasoned virtualization engineer to design and operate hosted enterprise virtual server environments. You will implement standardized OS platforms and ensure security requirements are integrated throughout virtualization practices.

Responsibilities include configuring RAM, CPU, storage, and networking; supporting UCS and VMware ESXi; managing SAN/NAS storage, backups, and cloud-transition planning to AWS GovCloud or C2S; and maintaining thorough documentation and audit

Qualifications

• Experience delivering hosted enterprise virtualization environments.
• Experience with UCS and VMware ESXi hypervisor operations.
• Strong documentation and security integration skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide standardized OS platforms via virtualization and document implementations.
• Configure RAM, CPU, storage, and networking; ensure failover and redundancy.
• Support UCS and VMware ESXi; handle integration, configuration, maintenance and updates.
• Operate SAN, NAS, and virtual solutions; configure storage for failover.
• Monitor systems and resolve issues within two hours of occurrence.
• Evaluate and support cloud transition to DoW cloud-based infra (AWS GovCloud/C2S).
• Analyze requirements to automate or improve systems; review capabilities and scheduling limits.
• Manage backup and data retention; troubleshoot Dell/EMC Data Domain; document storage setups.
• Incorporate security throughout work: cert tests, security configurations, audit integration, change management.

Skills

System administration

Security

Automation

Networking basics

Tools

VMware ESXi

Cisco UCS

Dell EMC Data Domain

SAN/NAS storage

Job description

Provides the virtualization capability for the Scalable GEOINT Architecture, using virtualization to deliver standardized operating system platforms for required software. Brings engineering-level experience to make sure hosted enterprise virtual server environments are delivered to administration staff with correct storage, redundancy, networking, and virtual hardware specifications.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Use virtualization solutions to provide standardized operating system platforms for required software; integrate current and future security requirements for virtualization and document implementations.
• Configure hosted enterprise virtual server environments with correct RAM, CPU count, failover priority, storage, redundancy, and networking.
• Support Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) virtual servers and VMwareESXi hypervisor operations, including integration, configuration, maintenance, and updates.
• Operate SAN, NAS, and virtual solutions supporting enterprise applications; configure storage for failover asappropriate.
• Monitor systems toidentifyand resolve issues, with all issuesidentifiedwithin two hours of occurrence.
• Evaluate, recommend, and support transition of the architecture (parts or whole) toDoWcloud-based infrastructure such as AWS GovCloud and C2S.
• Analyze user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems; review system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations.
• Manage backup and data retention requirements, including Dell/EMC Data Domain backup solutions; troubleshoot storage devicesand document storage installations.
• Incorporate security throughout all work: develop certification test procedures, evaluate and implement security configurations through security checklists and vulnerability scanning, and ensure audit integration and change management.