**Position Title: Virtualization Engineer** **Location:** Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO **Relocation Assistance:** None available at this time **Remote/Telework:** NO - Not available for this position **Clearance Type:** DoD Secret **Shift:** Day shift (Mon-Fri) **Travel Required:** Up to 10% of the time \#cjpost **Description of Duties:** The **Virtualization Engineer** supports the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on the Integrated Research and Development for Enterprise Solutions (IRES) contract. The candidate will: • Have a strong understanding of troubleshooting and configuration of VMware to include protocols and switching, best practice configurations, connectivity, and networking concepts. • Expect to work on complex assignments and perform a wide range of VMware system administration activities with little to no direct supervision. • Provide root-cause analysis for recurring or critical problems. • Work closely with a team of system administrators, network engineers, and cybersecurity administrators to maintain a high-quality test environment for the Government customer. • Perform vulnerability remediation and mitigations to reduce cybersecurity risks and ensure DoD compliance. • Conduct daily system monitoring, system backup and restoral, and application upgrades to ensure optimal and continuous system operations. • Document necessary system changes and actions in appropriate systems of record to ensure historical data is captured per customer and mission requirements. • Advise Government customer on system status, optimization and improvement efforts in accordance with program objectives and design baselines as needed. • Assist system administration team with the deployment of new virtual machines. • Perform administration of virtualization environments to include troubleshooting, break/fix activities, the patching and remediation of servers, and system audit log reviews as needed. • Have good written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated experience briefing customers and management. Core duty hours are 0900 - 1500 hours with flexibility to arrive earlier/later Monday - Friday. Occasional off shift, extended or weekend support may be required Occasional local travel may be required to support off-site customers and projects **Resumes, in month and year format, must be submitted with application in order to be considered for the position. The selected candidate may be assigned as an employee for one of our teammate companies.** **Basic Requirements:** Must have one of the following combinations of education and experience: HS Diploma (or GED) and 12 years of general experience; Associate’s degree and 10 years of general experience; Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of general experience; Master’s degree and 6 years of general experience. • Must have at least 7 years of directly related experience. • Must have at least 1 year of leadership experience. • Must have experience installing vCenter Server Appliance including configuration and updates. • Must have experience with VMware 6.0 or higher, to include building, configuring, managing and troubleshooting virtual machines in enterprise-level environments. • Must have a current DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (Security+ CE, CySA, etc.) or higher • Must have, or obtain, an active DoD Secret Security Clearance **Desired Requirements:** • Demonstrated understanding of the project management lifecycle and related processes. • Have experience performing root cause analysis • Have experience with HPE server products • Have experience creating and configuring virtual distributed switches. • Have a VMware Certified Technical Associate or VMware Certified Professional certification. • Knowledge of Missile Defense, DoD communications systems and MDIOC operations. • Degree in an IT or Engineering related discipline • A demonstrated record of proactively achieving organizational goals and objectives. This position is expected to pay **$104,000 - $129,000** annually; depending on experience, education, and any certifications that are directly related to the position. This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days. If a candidate has not been selected at that time, it will continue to be posted until a suitable candidate is selected or the position is closed. Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things that you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Typical benefits offered include flexible work schedules, educational reimbursement, retirement benefits (401K match), employee stock purchase plan, health benefits, tax saving options, disability benefits, life and accident insurance, voluntary benefits, paid time off and paid holidays, and parental leave.