Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a VMware VDI Engineer,  providing technical delivery and management of innovative, reliable, and responsive IT services to a federal government customer.  GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.  

At GDIT, people are our differentiator.  As a VMware VDI Engineer, you will provide a stable, well performing enterprise VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure environment for the customer.  You will also provide operations, maintenance, monitoring, and daily management of the VDI environment.  This exciting opportunity will support private cloud and virtualized hosting services for an enterprise implementation for the customer.  Hosting services are provided through two geodiverse, remotely managed data centers. 

HOW A VMWARE VDI ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT  

Administer a VMware Private Cloud environment (servers and desktops) utilizing vCenter, VRA, Horizon View, and vROPS 

Design, implement, and maintain a scalable VMware VDI environment 

Monitor and optimize virtual desktop pools for performance 

Respond to assigned tasks, incidents, and service requests within the customer’s service level agreement 

Ensure compliance with change management and security procedures 

Responsible for preventive and corrective maintenance of the VMware Private Cloud and Horizon VDI environment 

Execute projects to upgrade and expand resources within the VMware Private Cloud environment. 

Mentor junior team members regarding VMware VDI best practices, continuous learning, and innovation 

Perform other duties as assigned to meet contract, company, and department goals and objectives 

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED: 

Education and Experience:  

MA/MS degree in computer science or a related discipline and 7 years of experience, or 10 of experience if no degree 

5+ years of experience administering a server and/or VMware virtual desktop environment 

Master's degree and 8 years of experience, a Bachelor's degree and 10 years of experience, or 14 years of experience if no degree.  

VMware certification preferred Certified Professional – Desktop Management certification preferred 

Required Technical Skills:  

Extensive VMware Virtualization Experience - install, configure, and manage VMware environment, including Virtual Datacenters, Virtual Desktops, Host Clusters, High Availability (HA), Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), Storage DRS, and other functions managed by vCenter 

Experience with VMware vCenter/vSphere administration/management 

Experience with VMware Horizon View administration/management. 

Working experience of vRealize Operations (vROps) - use vROps for capacity planning and to troubleshoot performance issues. 

Experience troubleshooting virtual storage connectivity and performance issues. 

Experience with VMware vRA (vRealize Automation), now formally called VMware Aria Automation 

Experience with VMware vROps (vRealize Operations), now formally called VMware Aria Operations 

Office 365 application comfort and knowledge 

Understanding of VMware ESXi and VMware NSX-T or V networking concepts with VDI profile services such as VMware DEM 

Understanding of concepts like Directory Services and multi-site/domain configurations 

Capacity tracking/planning and resource allocation 

Experience with Software Defined Storage (vSAN and/or vVOLs), Data Centers (SDDC), and Network (NSX) 

Experience developing, validating, and implementing configuration standards 

Experience working with public cloud gateway services (preferred: AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure) 

Experience with Windows 7/8/10 

Hands on experience with on- and off-site backup and restore technologies (Veritas NetBackup) 

Experience with documenting environments (Visio, etc…) 

Security Clearance Level:  

Ability to pass government background investigation 

Required Skills and Abilities:  

Enjoys a fast-paced environment 

Excellent customer service skills 

Able to work and interact with others in a structured / team environment 

Accuracy and attention to detail, must have organizational skills 

Independent problem solver with troubleshooting, decision making and analytical skills 

Requires limited supervision  

Self-motivated 

Self-starter 

Time management skills 

Flexibility and adaptability to handle competing work demands 

Verbal and written communication skills 

Demonstrated ability to communicate to nontechnical audience on technical issues 

Demonstrated ability to communicate on a technical level to a technical audience 

Ability to work flexible hours and be on-call 

Location:  

Remote, occasional travel may be required ( 

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE: 

Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home 

401K with company match  

Comprehensive health and wellness packages  

Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career  

Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications  

Cutting-edge technology you can learn from  

Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays