NOTE: This opportunity is open to full-time W2 employment (no third party, please). The candidate MUST be a U.S. Citizen, local to the DC Capital region, and available to be on-site full-time in Washington DC.

Daily Responsibilities

• Review existing operational events and propose refinements, automation, and/or broaden handling capabilities as appropriate with focus on service uptime and performance. 
• Interact with other stakeholders in the client 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 client 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. 

• Must be a U.S. Citizen (no dual status), as mandated by our government client.
• Must be able to complete/pass/hold at minimum a Federal Public Trust Investigation.
• This position is full-time on-site in Washington DC.
• 8+ years professional IT experience.
• 6+ years of experience in a storage engineer role.
• Must have 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. 
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues and when necessary, coordinate working sessions with technical staff and supportive vendors/resellers. 
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) on two or more of the following: Kubernetes, Server Hosting, Virtual Networking, Network and Application Security, Scripting/Programming. 
• Demonstrate experience working with at least 3 of the following technologies: 
•       VMWare (by Broadcom) Products (examples: vCenter, vSphere, others). 
•       Omnissa (formerly VMware) Products (e.g. Workspace One, Horizon VDI, others). 
•       Microsoft Windows Server Operating Systems and/or Linux Based Server Operating Systems.  
•       Dell and/or HPE Blade/Rack Server Hardware. 
•       Kubernetes Container Infrastructure (e,g. Tanzu, Docker, others) .
•       Dell and/or Cisco Chassis Network and Storage Switch configuration is PREFERRED. 
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent years of experience.

Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.