VMWare Operations Specialist with Security Clearance

DCI Solutions; Dunn Loring (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

DCI Solutions in Vienna, VA seeks a VMware Operations Specialist to ensure the ongoing performance and security of VMware environments. You will administer and support vCenter Server, ESXi hosts, clusters, datastores, VMs, and templates, and lead changes, patches, upgrades, and migrations.

The role involves troubleshooting incidents across compute, storage, and networking, performing root-cause analysis, and coordinating with storage and network teams to resolve latency and connectivity issues.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on virtualization experience in enterprise environments.
• Experience supporting VMware environments in a production operations role.
• Strong knowledge of vSphere, vCenter, vMotion, ESXi, clusters, HA and DRS.
• Experience troubleshooting complex infrastructure incidents across compute, storage, networking and OS.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a VMware Operations Specialist.
• Administer and support VMware environments, including vCenter Server, ESXi hosts, clusters, datastores, VMs, templates.
• Plan and execute changes: patches, upgrades, migrations.
• Troubleshoot incidents: availability, performance, capacity, connectivity, VM issues.
• Perform root-cause analysis and participate in problem management.
• Coordinate with storage and network teams on latency and connectivity issues.
• Validate backups, restores, replication and DR activities.
• Maintain operational documentation and participate in on-call rotations.

Skills

VMware virtualization

Incident troubleshooting

Change management

Scripting / Automation

Tools

VMware vSphere

vCenter Server

PowerCLI / PowerShell

Python / REST APIs

Job description

DCI Job Requirement for: VMWare Operations Specialist

Location: Vienna, VA

Job Description:

• Serve as a VMware Operations Specialist
• Responsible for the ongoing performance and security of VMware environments
• After implementation and handover to operations
• Administer and support VMware environments, including:
• vCenter Server, ESXi hosts, clusters, datastores, VMs, templates, etc.
• Provide troubleshooting for a variety of incidents, including:
• Availability, performance, capacity, connectivity, host failures, VM issues, etc.
• Perform root-cause analysis
• Contribute to problem-management activities, corrective actions, prevention plans
• Plan and execute approved changes, including:
• Host maintenance, patching, upgrades, configuration updates, and migrations
• Monitor platform health, capacity, performance, alarms, and operational trends
• Identify risks before they affect business services
• Support DRS, vMotion, storage virtualization, disaster-recovery
• Coordinate with storage and network teams to investigate:
• Latency, multipathing, VLAN, routing, MTU, and connectivity issues
• Maintain operational documentation, procedures, architecture records, etc.
• Validate backup, restore, replication, and recovery processes
• Support activities for the virtualization platform, including:
• Vulnerability remediation, security hardening, access reviews, and audits
• Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, and post-incident retrospectives
• Mentor junior administrators Qualifications:

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of hands-on virtualization experience in enterprise environments
• Including supporting VMware environments in a production operations role
• Strong, hands-on experience with the following:
• VMware vSphere, vCenter Server, vMotion, ESXi
• Clusters, HA, DRS
• Virtual networking, and virtual storage
• Experience troubleshooting complex infrastructure incidents
• Across compute, storage, networking, operating systems, and applications
• Experience with change management, incident management, and problem management
• Working knowledge of scripting or automation, such as:
• Power CLI, PowerShell, Python, or REST APIs
• Experience supporting the following:
• Patching, monitoring, and backups
• Lifecycle management
• Disaster recovery, and security remediation

Preferred Qualifications:

• VMware Certified Professional or higher, such as VCP-DCV or VCAP-DCV
• Experience with
• VMware Aria or VMware Cloud environments
• vSAN, NSX, Site Recovery Manager, HCX
• Familiarity with enterprise storage platforms
• SAN/NAS technologies, IP networking, Linux, and Windows Server
• Experience with observability, configuration-management, IaC, or automation platforms
• ITIL certification or equivalent experience with structured IT service management
• Experience operating in regulated, highly available, or global enterprise environments Required: US Citizenship Job Type: Full-time Salary: $120,000-$150,000