VM Senior Systems Engineer

Systems Plus, Inc.; Maryland; On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Systems Plus, Inc. is seeking an experienced IT professional to serve as SME for network switching, firewall management, and resilient hosting architectures.

The role emphasizes coordination with enterprise operations, cybersecurity, cloud, and technology support partners to maintain uptime and performance. Candidates should have 5+ years of related experience, hands-on work with VMware Cloud Foundation, Aria Operations, and Ansible, and a strong background in multi-region fault tolerance and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience with 5+ years in IT or related fields.
• In-depth knowledge of network switching in Dell Blade systems and firewall management.
• Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and VMware Aria Operations Suite.
• Experience with infrastructure as code using Ansible.
• Ability to architect fault-tolerant, multi-region systems with failover strategies.

Responsibilities

• Provide SME guidance on two or more areas: Kubernetes, Server Hosting, Virtual Networking, and Cloud Security.
• Coordinate troubleshooting sessions with technical staff and vendors.
• Review and refine operational events to boost uptime and performance.
• Develop and report on operational metrics for uptime and service performance.
• Identify vulnerabilities and report risk states of hosting architectures.

Skills

Network switching

Firewall management

Troubleshooting

Automation

Scripting/Programming

Vendor coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

VCF

VMware Aria Operations

Ansible

Kubernetes

vCenter/vSphere

OpenShift

Job description

Daily Responsibilities:

• In-depth knowledge of network switching and firewall management
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues and when necessary, coordinate working sessions with technical staff and supportive vendors/resellers.
• Review existing operational events and propose refinements, automation, and/or broaden handling capabilities as appropriate with focus on service uptime and performance.
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) on two or more of the following: Kubernetes, Server Hosting, Virtual Networking, Network and Application Security, Scripting/Programming.
• Interact with other stakeholders in the House community for troubleshooting/solution development/etc. This interaction could include other members of other members of Enterprise Operations, Cybersecurity, the networking team, cloud team, technology support partners, etc.
• Identify and report on current vulnerability/risk state of House Virtual Server and Container hosting architecture.
• Assist in the development and performance of quality control checks for service uptime and operations.
• Assist in the development and performance of operational metrics for service uptime and operations.

Required Experience:

• Candidate must be U.S. Citizen.
• In-depth knowledge of network switching in Dell Blade systems and Firewall Management for Virtual Infrastructures.
• Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).
• Experience with VMware Aria Operation suite.
• Experience Architecting fault-tolerant systems with multi-region redundancy and well-defined failover strategies.
• Experience with threat modeling, data encryption and identity management (RBAC/MFA).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Ansible.
• In-depth knowledge of VMware Aria Operations Suite version 9
• Experience working with at least 3 of the following technologies:

- VMWare (by Broadcom) Products (examples: vCenter, vSphere, Other)

- Monica (formerly VMware) Products (examples: Workspace One, Horizon VDI, Other

- Microsoft Windows Server Operating Systems and/or Linux Based Server Operating Systems

- Dell and/or HPE Blade/Rack Server Hardware

- Kubernetes Container Infrastructure (examples: Tanzu, OpenShift, Docker, others)

• Preferred: Dell and/or Cisco Chassis Network and Storage Switch configuration

Required Degree:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (+5 years) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology or similar relevant degrees.

Required Clearance:

Candidates must be able to secure and maintain Federal Government security clearances as deemed appropriate by management.