VMware Systems Engineer – Secret Cleared (Honolulu, On‑Site)

World Wide Technology; Home (KS); On-site; USD 115,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellbeing benefits

401k Plan with Company Matching

Paid Time Off

Job summary

World Wide Technology seeks a VMware Systems Administrator to support, maintain, and optimize a Navy virtualized infrastructure on-site in Honolulu, HI. The role requires hands-on VMware expertise and DoD 8570 Level II certification, ensuring secure, stable operations across ESXi/vCenter, storage, networking, and server administration.

The ideal candidate communicates well and collaborates across teams, with a proven problem‑solving mindset in a technically challenging government setting.

Qualifications

• BA/BS or equivalent years of combined experience and training.
• 5+ years of IT experience with 1-2 years of hands on experience with VMware technologies.
• DoD 8570 Certification: IAT Level II or higher (Security+ CE, CISSP, or equivalent).
• 3-5 years of experience administering VMware vSphere environments.
• Strong understanding of ESXi, vCenter, clusters, HA, DRS, and vMotion.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain VMware vSphere environments, including ESXi hosts, vCenter Server, clusters, and resource pools.
• Monitor and optimize virtual machine performance, capacity, and resource allocation.
• Perform VM provisioning, configuration, cloning, snapshots, and lifecycle management.
• Manage and troubleshoot vCenter, ESXi, and related VMware components.
• Support storage integration with VMware, including SAN/NAS connectivity and datastore management.
• Maintain and optimize HA, DRS, vMotion, and other VMware availability features.
• Apply patches, updates, and firmware upgrades to VMware hosts and supporting hardware.
• Troubleshoot virtualization‑related issues across compute, storage, and networking layers.
• Collaborate with Windows/Linux system administrators to support virtualized workloads.
• Maintain documentation for system configurations, procedures, and infrastructure diagrams.
• Participate in on‑call rotations and provide Tier 2/3 support for escalated issues.
• Participate in CPF exercises

Skills

VMware vSphere

vCenter

ESXi

DoD 8570 Certification

Security+ CE/CISSP

CISSP

Education

BA/BS or equivalent

Job description

World Wide Technology seeks a VMware Systems Administrator to support, maintain, and optimize a Navy virtualized infrastructure on-site in Honolulu, HI. The role requires hands-on VMware expertise and DoD 8570 Level II certification, ensuring secure, stable operations across ESXi/vCenter, storage, networking, and server administration.

The ideal candidate communicates well and collaborates across teams, with a proven problem‑solving mindset in a technically challenging government setting.